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Toyota to explore integration of SmartDeviceLink Technology with Ford subsidiary; open source version of Ford AppLink

Green Car Congress

Branded as AppLink, SDL technology is currently available on more than 5 million Ford vehicles in North America, South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Ford’s new SYNC 3 technology debuts this summer in North America on the 2016 Ford Escape and Fiesta. Ford SYNC 3.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. BYDs breakthrough all-electric E6, photographed at this years Detroit auto show. One told me he was appalled when he learned that Ford, which lost billions last year, had staged a gala at the Hotel George V during the Paris auto show. In between, they stopped in Omaha.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

Since the general auto market remained slumped, global EV market share increased nicely from 2.8% France’s auto industry is probably the largest Western auto industry that goes completely under the radar in the US. In South America BYD seems the only E-bus act in town. million EVs sold (70% of them “pure” BEVs).

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