Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

Mercedes-Benz plans to launch a global high-power charging network across North America, Europe, China and other key markets. Mercedes-Benz intends for its high-power charging network to enhance customers’ charging experience, and create a global infrastructure asset with future value-creation potential.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The system employs a device with two cameras, IR blasters, GPS with SIM connectivity, and G-sensors to monitor vehicle acceleration and braking. Initially targeted at fleet operators, the system offers real-time tracking video, AI-based driver behaviour monitoring, and in-cabin alerts for trucks, the company said.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 4, 2024

Hyundai and Kia are teaming up with Samsung to save EV owners time and money through connected car and home services. Through a new agreement, Hyundai (and Kia) will use Samsung’s “SmartThings” IoT platform in their connected car services. This way, you can control home devices like air conditioning and lights directly from your car.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Almost half of global consumers (46%) are considering purchasing a car in the next 12 months, an increase from 35% in April 2020. Without a clear end to the pandemic in sight, 87% of global consumers stated their safety and physical well-being, alongside that of their families, is best served through a personal vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

SAIC-GM, GM’s Chinese joint venture with SAIC, announced its Connectivity Strategy 2025, which lays out a roadmap for its connectivity development from 2017 through 2025. The strategy will take advantage of its extensive customer base and global resources with a focus on vehicle information, infotainment and intelligent driving.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2024

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 04 Mar 2024, 09:38 AM Owners can activate the Accident Ahead Alert system by using the ‘connected safety’ option in the infotainment display to enable data sharing. If an accident is detected ahead, the hazard lights will flash and drivers will be notified on the gauge cluster and head-up display.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

—Duncan Aldred, global vice president, Buick and GMC. The Buick Wildcat EV concept illustrates the new global brand design language that will be apparent in production vehicles going forward. For example, when Zen Mode is activated, it will dim the cabin lights, disperse calming aromatherapy scents and activate massaging seats.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

General Motors demonstrated eight safety applications for its latest intelligent and connected vehicle (ICV) technology for the first time in China at the National Intelligent and Connected Vehicle Pilot Zone in Shanghai, which opened in June. GM looks forward to contributing. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

JUNE 30, 2022

Eleven months after SpaceX submitted several applications, the FCC has given the company permission to connect moving vehicles to its constellation of Starlink internet satellites. This will dramatically reduce global latency. Starlink inter-satellite laser links should be operational by end of year. 919 of those satellites are new V1.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2023

The BLADE (Beaumont Light Atmospheric Distillation Expansion) project built a third crude unit within the facility’s existing footprint to expand light crude oil refining. In 2022, ExxonMobil reached record production at its North American refineries and achieved its highest global throughput since 2012.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

An in-car personal agent named “Yui” connects the driver and passengers with the vehicle. With the use of audio and visual lighting cues that move around the cabin, it responds to requests or commands from front or rear passengers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

The storage battery market is expected to continue growing in light of the spread of renewable energy and electrified vehicles, as well as the global trend toward carbon neutrality.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

The global automotive industry is staged to experience $1 trillion of revenue growth over the next five years, Field said: from about $2 trillion today to about $3 trillion by the end of the decade. Our vision for connectivity, it’s all about helping people stay connected. That’s a tremendous amount of growth. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The FF 81 is a luxury, mass-market electric vehicle from FF, with advanced connectivity and a user experience tailored to a wider audience than the FF 91, which is scheduled to launch in Q3 2022. Faraday Future has contracted with Myoung Shin Co.,

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Plug in America

JUNE 10, 2021

Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. Like Plug In America, the Alliance is calling for every new light-duty passenger vehicle sold in their countries to have a plug by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This award is a critical enabler for non-traditional defense businesses like GM Defense to deliver commercial technologies that support our customers’ transition to a more electric, autonomous and connected future. Commercial battery electric technologies continue to mature.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 2, 2023

A Tesla Megapack-powered project being developed by Neoen at Queensland Green Power Hub has been given the green light for construction. The battery system will be located next to the Western Downs substation, with Powerlink delivering the connection works. “Neoen now holds a global storage portfolio of 842 MW / 1341 MWh.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In Shanghai, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Hackett outlined the next phase of the company’s China expansion strategy, focused on SUVs, electric and connected vehicles, a streamlined business structure and closer connections to Chinese customers. —Jason Luo, chairman and CEO, Ford China.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2013

The 500-megawatt (MW) HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) Light transmission connection is the highest capacity link of its kind, based on voltage source converter (VSC) technology, to go into commercial operation. The new link also facilitates power trading between the two countries and connects Ireland to the European grid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

and Tongji University announced the continuation of their successful collaboration through the new Shanghai Intelligent and Connected Vehicle Demonstration Program. Dedicated to developing customized connected car solutions for the Chinese market based, the joint lab utilizes NXP’s technology competencies and market experience solutions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2016

BMW Connected, a new personal mobility companion, made its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016, Microsoft’s developer conference, last week. The first version—called BMW Connected North America—is now available at the Apple App Store to BMW ConnectedDrive customers in the US for iOS devices.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 10, 2024

The new Matrix lights offer adaptive glare-free high beam and are standard on the RS version, with optional availability on lower trims. In addition to its connectivity advancements, the new Octavia offers an array of engine options, including four petrol and two diesel engines, capable of delivering up to 265bhp.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2015

According to a new report from Navigant Research, worldwide revenue from connected vehicle systems is expected to grow from $96.3 Vehicle connectivity for this report includes vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V); vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I); vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P); vehicle-to-cyclist (V2C); and other combinations of communicating with vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Azure Dynamics Corporation announced 29 new Ford Transit Connect Electric sales, including 8 units in Europe and 21 units in North America, which includes a 3-unit reorder from Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The proposal also includes the already established EU fleet wide targets for 2020/2021 of 95 g CO 2 /km for passenger cars and 147 g CO 2 /km for light commercial vehicles, both of which are based on the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) test procedure.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Specifically, Ford is: Accelerating the introduction of connected, smart vehicles and services customers want and value. By 2019, 100% of Ford’s new US vehicles will be built with connectivity. The company has similarly aggressive plans for China and other markets, as 90% of Ford’s new global vehicles will feature connectivity by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2019

million light vehicles equipped with some form of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) system will be produced globally in 2024, representing 12% of the light vehicle fleet, based on new research and forecasts from business information provider IHS Markit). —Anna Buettner, connected car principal analyst at IHS Markit.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Prologue’s generous dimensions and roomy interior position the SUV alongside the Passport in Honda’s light truck lineup. inch audio/connectivity display. Honda will introduce 30 new EVs globally by 2030, with a global sales volume of 2 million units. Prologue will have a wheelbase of 121.8-inches,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

Opportunities for cooperation in the fields of autonomous driving, alternative fuel technologies, and connectivity are also being explored. To this end, Volkswagen Truck & Bus and Navistar have founded joint venture Global Truck & Bus Procurement LLC which is headquartered in Lisle (Illinois) and will begin work immediately.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Volvo Cars, protective gravity sports gear manufacturer POC and Ericsson will present an innovative safety technology connecting drivers and cyclists at the International CES in Las Vegas next month. The cyclist will be warned via a helmet-mounted alert light. Some select cycling statistics: Globally, 132.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Pending product approval, the Valencia plant could produce the electric and connected vehicles beginning later this decade. million in 2021) and the European Parliament voted earlier this month to set new CO 2 targets for light-duty vehicles, including a requirement that new sales be 100% zero emission vehicles by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2022

15 testing facilities are able to simulate more than 400 charging sessions per day, while integrated automation solutions connect the shopfloor to the automatic warehouse, ensuring optimized stock control, full traceability and efficient operations, supported by AGVs and handling vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2015

Ford Motor Company is expanding its global Ford Smart Mobility plan ( earlier post ) with a new experiment to study how connected electric bicycles can work seamlessly with cars and public transport to deliver faster and easier daily commutes and help businesses operating in urban centers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

With a combination of direct and network-based communications between vehicles, infrastructure, and vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists, the test results showed that C-V2X can exploit the full potential of connected and intelligent mobility. C-V2X will most likely be implemented initially on the 4.5 GHz ITS spectrum.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

Nissan Motor Company is targeting becoming world’s leading manufacturer of light commercial vehicles (LCV) by fiscal year (FY) 2016. Light Commercial Vehicles include several classes of vehicles that are designed and developed primarily for work use. Nissan offers one of the widest ranges of LCVs, from mini-LCVs up to 7.5-ton

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

An important consideration of solar-electrolysis in the context of climate mitigation is the enormity of upscaling required—both at the global scale with respect to the investment, land area, materials, and embodied energy; and at the project scale with respect to the potential localised impacts of gigawatt scale plants. Palmer et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

A focus on light-weighting will be fundamental to our industry for years to come, and we are investigating many advanced materials applications as possible solutions for weight reduction in our vehicles. —Raj Nair, Ford group vice president, Global Product Development. Hollow steel crankshafts and forged aluminum connecting rods.

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