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Dacia Manifesto Concept Is electric off-roader full of big ideas

Electric Cars Report

With the reveal of Manifesto Concept, Dacia is emphatically reaffirming its unrivalled vision of an essential, cool, robust, affordable and environmentally efficient car. Although it does not prefigure an upcoming model, Manifesto is a lab for ideas with some of its innovative features available on future vehicles in the Dacia range.

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ZF connected seat belt actively enhances occupant seating position to help mitigate injury in a crash

Green Car Congress

This is where the idea of repositioning comes in. Advertising campaign from the National Safety Council in 1964 promoting the first widespread use of seatbelts in cars in the US. This means it can be integrated into many types of car seats without restricting the design.

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Connecting home door to car: Volkswagen Car-Net App-Connect & the Door Bird app

Green Car Congress

Together with DoorBird , the Berlin-based start-up, and Hörmann, the gate and door manufacturer, Volkswagen is presenting a world exclusive at the IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) in Berlin: the means to connect to the door station at home using your vehicle’s infotainment system. App-Connect (incl.

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Georgia Tech team simulates risks of hacked connected vehicles; stalling 20% of cars could gridlock Manhattan

Green Car Congress

have simulated what it would take for hackers to wreak widespread havoc in a city by randomly stranding cars. The researchers want to expand the current discussion on automotive cybersecurity, which mainly focuses on hacks that could crash one car or run over one pedestrian, to include potential mass mayhem. Credit: Yunker lab.

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Geely launches Lynk & Co; a new electrified and connected global car brand

Green Car Congress

China-based automaker Geely has launched Lynk & Co —a new global car brand designed and engineered in Sweden; every model will feature an electrified powertrain. Full mobile connectivity will also be standard, working in partnership with Ericsson. Geely Auto Group is one of China’s largest car manufacturers.

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AT&T unveils two major initiatives for the connected car market

Green Car Congress

AT&T announced two major initiatives for the connected car market: a connected car center in Atlanta, called the AT&T Drive Studio; and a modular, global automotive platform called AT&T Drive. Accenture - Connected vehicle services and solutions, including telematics and big data analytics. AT&T Drive Studio.

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Two Oddball Ideas for a Megaqubit Quantum Computer

Cars That Think

But connecting them all by coaxial cable to control and readout electronics, which work at room temperature, would be impossible. Instead of connecting each transistor to its neighbor with a metal interconnect, they had them share the quantum well. In “downlink” mode that transceiver encodes data onto the terahertz radiation.

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