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Ford expands Smart Mobility projects with connected e-bike study

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Ford detailed the new experiment called Handle on Mobility at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. These experiments will help test transportation ideas for better customer experiences, more flexible user-ship models and social collaboration that can reward customers. Info Cycle experiment.

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Editorial: Why Are People Worried About Automotive 'Kill Switch' Mandates?

The Truth About Cars

But it’s also more lucrative info for an industry that now seems completely obsessed with data mining its own customers. While it wasn’t long ago when the idea of networked vehicles and driver monitoring were dismissed as the kinds of things that only happened in authoritarian countries, Western governments appear to be changing their tune.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans strategic initiative adVANce: holistic system solutions for transport; electric Vision Van

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The objective of working with young companies is to enter into long-term cooperative agreements and systematically develop ideas in the three adVANce fields of innovation. At the rear wall of the driver’s cabin are the package dispenser and the driver’s info terminal providing all the relevant information on the delivery process.

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VW BUDD-e EV concept makes US auto show debut; 233-mile range based on EPA cycle; next-gen connectivity and HMI

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The idea behind the navigation panel is rooted in the car’s original function: driving. The first component, Active Info Display, is a freely programmable instrument cluster located in front of the driver; the second is a head unit which was once a separate screen for the infotainment system. Drive, control, consume.

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Perspective: Not all reductions in battery costs are found underneath the microscope

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Modifications in this area typically tie back to the cell performance or pack’s durability resulting in extended, 18 month plus type validation programs for new ideas, with the module representing a mechanical, power and energy extension of the cell configured to support a vehicle’s packaging and powertrain requirement.

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Volkswagen unveils BUDD-e electric van concept at CES; first VW based on new Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB)

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The idea behind the navigation panel is rooted in the car’s original function: driving. The first component, Active Info Display, is a freely programmable instrument cluster located in front of the driver; the second is a head unit which was once a separate screen for the infotainment system. Drive, control, consume.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ? Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s

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