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BMWs to feature in-car intelligent personal assistant

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The BMW Group is introducing the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant—a new proprietary in-car AI assistant intended to enhance the BMW driving experience. BMW’s Intelligent Personal Assistant combines with the new BMW Operating System 7.0 BMW’s Intelligent Personal Assistant combines with the new BMW Operating System 7.0

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CapGemini: 87% of global consumers prefer personal vehicle to ensure safe travel, up from 57% in April 2020

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This reflects a continuous shift in consumer preference towards personal mobility, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, as car ownership today is seen as a safeguard against the risk and spread of infection. Meanwhile, 78% of consumers will opt for using their personal vehicles over taking public transport.

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Volvo Car Mobility launches mobility brand M; market debut in 2019

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M will learn about its user’s needs, preferences and habits, personalizing the customer relationship. It will debut in Sweden and the US in the spring of 2019. M is part of our answer. It will be fully integrated into M in 2019, making the service available to all existing Sunfleet members.

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Volvo Car Mobility launches mobility brand M; market debut in 2019

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M will learn about its user’s needs, preferences and habits, personalizing the customer relationship. It will debut in Sweden and the US in the spring of 2019. M is part of our answer. It will be fully integrated into M in 2019, making the service available to all existing Sunfleet members.

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Mercedes-Benz EQC electric crossover makes US debut at CES 2019

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The first Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle from the EQ brand made its US premiere at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. A special feature of Interior Assistant is the personal favorites function, which is initiated using a horizontally outstretched index and middle finger. The ratio between digital and real testing is roughly 35 to 65 percent.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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GM to kill Chevy Volt production in 2019 (Updated)

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General Motors confirmed Monday morning that it plans to cease production of the Chevrolet Volt in March, as part of an effort to streamline production and pivot its business more toward zero-emissions and personal-mobility efforts. The Volt was the first production plug-in car sold in the U.S.

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