Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Auto Start-Stop technology will be available on 70% of Ford’s North American vehicle lineup by 2017, the company said. By making Auto Start-Stop available on more vehicles, we are working to be part of the solution to environmental sustainability with effective, fuel-saving technologies. liter EcoBoost. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

Sweden-based NIRA Dynamics, a software company developing sensor-fusion-based systems for different vehicle applications, is rolling out its Road Surface Information (RSI) software more broadly, in partnership with InfoCar AB. With sensor-fusion-based algorithms, RSI can determine the level of road roughness and road friction.

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Electrek

AUGUST 21, 2021

With the Tesla Powerwall only available to solar roof customers ( and backorders up the wazoo ), many are dipping their toes into vehicle or home backup systems from the likes of Bluetti. Bluetti, makers of battery backup systems both large and small, have announced its modular take on the home battery backup.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2016

Acura revealed its second-generation autonomous driving development vehicle in California, a modified version of the RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD luxury performance sedan. The development vehicle is designed to achieve high reliability by fusing overlapping information together from various sensors—i.e., sensor fusion.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Super Cruise, GM’s semi-automated driving technology, will come to market in a new 2017 Cadillac vehicle. To do that, we have to be passionate and fearless advocates for safety technologies like vehicle-to-vehicle communication, vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and ultimately, fully autonomous driving.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2023

Offering a Cadillac-estimated 450 miles of range, the Escalade IQ features a curved pillar-to-pillar 55-inch total diagonal LED display, available Super Cruise driver assistance technology, and vehicle-to-home bidirectional charging technology with GM Energy’s available Ultium Home products.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

Ford Motor Company is offering competitors access to its electrified vehicle technology patents in a move to help accelerate industry-wide research and development of electrified vehicles. In 2014, Ford filed more than 400 patents dedicated to electrified vehicle technologies. The patents would be available for a fee.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Engineers designing advanced electric vehicles or sensor fusion can use the hardware support package, even before silicon is available. Just two of its products already make Infineon a strong contender in today’s auto industry, which is just starting to embrace technologically advanced electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2017

Elektrobit (EB), a leading developer of embedded and connected technology solutions for the automotive industry, introduced four new modules for its EB robinos product line: EB robinos Grid Fusion, EB robinos Path Planning, EB robinos Positioning and EB robinos Safety Management. The new EB robinos modules are: EB robinos Grid Fusion.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Siemens Energy Management Division has teamed with Duke Energy and Ford to demonstrate the results of an 18-month effort to reduce the cost and expand electric vehicle charging technologies. Appliance connection. Held at the Duke Energy Envision Center in Erlanger, Ky., In 2012, Siemens was awarded $1.6

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2016

This level of autonomy would enable the vehicle, on a technical level, to achieve the final stage of traveling “driver off” (level 5) without a human driver inside. This establishes the opportunity for self-driving fleets by 2021 and lays the foundation for entirely new business models in a connected, mobile world.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

As part of its strategic partnership with Jaguar Land Rover, EPSRC issued a joint call for research proposals that focussed on developing fully autonomous cars: “ Towards Autonomy - Smart and Connected Control ”. Human Interaction: Designing Autonomy in Vehicles (HI:DAV).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Many of the infotainment features in most 2017 vehicles are so distracting they should not be enabled while a vehicle is in motion, according to a new study by University of Utah researchers. Strayer, found In-Vehicle Information Systems take drivers’ attention off the road for too long to be safe. Overall Demand by Vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

It has become a standard in autonomous driving and ADAS applications to enable sensor fusion combining and processing the collected information from automotive cameras and radars for vehicles to recognize their surroundings. 360-degree surround view is expected to become an essential feature available in all vehicle segments.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

Ford Fusion Hybrid automated research vehicle with four LiDAR sensors. The MIT research focuses on scenario planning to predict actions of other vehicles and pedestrians, while Stanford is exploring how a vehicle might maneuver to allow its sensors to peek around obstructions. Click to enlarge. —Greg Stevens.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Drivers of Ford electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles ( Focus Electric, C-MAX Energi and Fusion Energi) can now access their battery charge status, unlock their doors and get a driving score from their last trip with the MyFord Mobile application for smartwatches. —David Hatton, Ford manager, Connected Vehicles and Services.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

MyFord Mobile is available on Ford’s plug-in (PHEV) and battery-electric (BEV) vehicles, Fusion Energi, C-MAX Energi and Focus Electric, and is available for download both through the App Store and Google Play. In the last month, roughly 5,000 to 7,000 trips have been made in vehicles using MyFord Mobile daily.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This D³ (Data Driven Decisions) portfolio currently spans 400 use cases, of which more than 50 are available for regular operation. Intelligent data analysis and machine learning are used to optimise energy management both in buildings and in vehicles. AI-based energy management in vehicles. Examples from research & development.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2013

Mercedes-Benz will introduce Car-to-X (C2X) communication technology into series production vehicles by the end of the year. However, Daimler is also involved in the further development of Car-to-X communication and, based on a hybrid approach, is also able to extend its systems into the area of ad-hoc communication between vehicles.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 13, 2022

From managing communications between autonomous vehicles, to optimization of resource allocations in mobile calls, AI has brought the sophistication necessary for modern wireless applications. As the number and scope of devices connected to networks expands, so too will the role of AI in wireless.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Vehicle automation is set to be rolled out in stages, starting with partially automated driving from 2016; high levels of automation from 2020; and fully automated systems available from 2025. With both levels of automation, however, the driver must be able to take control of the vehicle at all times. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2016

The QNX Platform for ADAS includes pre-integrated reference implementations for building multi-camera vision systems and V2X applications (vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications). ADAS platforms: NVIDIA DRIVE Automotive Platform for computer vision, deep learning, sensor fusion. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The AppLink software enables apps from connected smartphones to be controlled using the vehicle interface, including available voice recognition and audio buttons. Ford becomes the first US automaker to contribute proprietary source code from one of its products to an open-source project. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The Tour assist package comes with the adaptive cruise assist, which supplements the adaptive cruise control by means of gentle steering intervention to keep the vehicle in lane, and the efficiency assist, which promotes an economical driving style. It calculates continuously a detailed model of the environment from a fusion of sensor data.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2017

Continental is developing a new system called Road Condition Observer that uses vehicle sensors and cloud data to classify a road surface as dry, wet, covered with snow or icy and to assess the grip of the road surface. Currently, detecting wet conditions is undergoing advanced testing at vehicle manufacturers. —Bernd Hartmann ”.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2015

Vision: The vehicle is equipped with cameras for vision-based perception: an ADAS (advanced driver assistance system) camera, a high-resolution color camera, and an infrared camera. The ADAS camera is used for pedestrian, lane and vehicle detection. poor lane markings).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2012

Ford is developing Traffic Jam Assist, an intelligent driving feature that employs technology from the already-available active park assist, adaptive cruise control, Lane-Keeping Aid and the PowerShift transmission to enable a vehicle to automatically keep pace with other vehicles. and delays reduced by 20%.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2013

The Ford challenge echoes the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) $50,000 Apps for Vehicles challenge. Participants will have access to Ford’s OpenXC connectivity research platform as a sandbox to create and test their ideas for the Personalized Fuel Efficiency Apps Challenge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2014

The highly integrated platform ECU zFAS is based on a complex multicore network, hosting sophisticated sensor fusion and a variety of innovative functions with multiple safety criticality levels for applications such as piloted parking or driving. Earlier post.). Our goal is leadership in piloted parking and piloted driving. Source: TTTech.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technology Program is seeking public comment on the draft of an upcoming solicitation ( DE-FOA-0000793 ) totaling more than $50 million for new research projects that will develop advanced technologies to improve vehicle performance and increase fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2010

liter Atkinson-cycle I-4 hybrid engine, and earlier applied in the Fusion and Milan hybrid sedans. The new premium midsize sedan hybrid joins the Ford Fusion and Escape Hybrids and Mercury Milan and Mariner Hybrids. Enlighten: Adds electric vehicle mode indicator and tachometer. Earlier post.) SmartGauge with EcoGuide.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2012

Intelligent control electronics ensure that the optimum drive configuration is available for the situation at hand. Like the coupé, the BMW i8 Concept Spyder is built around the LifeDrive architecture ( earlier post ), a fusion of independent functional units. Connectivity.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Novel technologies now support panoramic sensing capabilities, which allow an evaluation of space available for possible lateral avoidance (swerving) maneuvers. Determination of requirements posed by vehicles with alternative power sources and optimization with respect to these special requirements.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The demonstrations include platooning live on Munich roads, traffic signal and vehicle synchronization, and technology that protects vulnerable road users based on secure vehicle-to-everything technology (V2X). Platooning promises to increase fuel efficiency up to 10%, improve road safety and reduce exhaust emissions.

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Get Electric Vehicle

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

According to Nikkei Asia, the new electric vehicles will include music and other networking functions, in addition to improved driving performance and safety The electric vehicles will then be available in Japan in 2026, followed by Europe. The new EV is expected to be available in Japan in the second half of 2026.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2017

BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye announced that a fleet of approximately 40 autonomous BMW vehicles will be on the roads by the second half of 2017, demonstrating the significant advancements made by the three companies towards fully autonomous driving. —Klaus Fröhlich, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG for Development.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

Active lateral control and the connection of longitudinal or lateral control in all speed ranges are new thanks to the fusion of radar and camera information. Level 4 highly automated trucks also improve efficiency and productivity, among other things, through higher utilization of the vehicles—practically around the clock.

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