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GENIVI Alliance to demonstrate Remote Vehicle Interaction at Connected Car Expo

Green Car Congress

The GENIVI Alliance, an automotive industry association driving the broad adoption of specified, open source, In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) software, will showcase its latest Remote Vehicle Interaction (RVI) open source software technology at the Connected Car Expo (CCE) held in conjunction with the LA Auto Show from 16 – 18 November.

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VW launches Car-Net

Green Car Congress

Beginning in the 2014 model year, VW Car-Net will be introduced on select trims of Jetta, Passat, Tiguan, CC, Beetle, Beetle Convertible, and Eos models. In the event that an accident is detected (airbag deployment1 or a rollover), a call is automatically triggered from the vehicle2, connecting a passenger to a VW Car-Net Customer Specialist.

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Rivian launches FleetOS management system in Amazon EDVs

Teslarati

The subscription platform supports fleet owners with vehicle distribution, service, telematics, software services, charging, connectivity management, and lifecycle management. Rivian believes that converting customers to service subscribers will grow its revenue outside vehicle sales.

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Mitsubishi shows XR-PHEV concept at LA Show

Green Car Congress

liter inline-3-cylinder turbocharged engine (134 hp/100 kW) paired with a compact electric motor (161 hp/121 kW) with a high-boost converter and a main drive lithium-ion battery pack with storage capacity of 14 kWh (located beneath the floor of the cabin). Connected car technology. Fuel economy would be more than 65 mpg US (3.6

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2017 Range Rover picks up suite of ADAS and semi-autonomous driving technologies

Green Car Congress

The introduction of Jaguar Land Rover’s InControl Touch Pro infotainment system delivers improved satellite navigation functionality and connectivity. As part of an InControl Connect Pro pack, InControl Touch Pro incorporates a series of new app services to Range Rover.

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Exploding Chips, Meta's AR Hardware, and More

Cars That Think

So like your smartphone, it needs these converters to digitize your voice but also to handle the radio signal and so on. And then you feed it to your analog to digital converter. Instead, what he’s proposing is that we invent an analog-to-digital converter that doesn’t need one. They couldn’t be connected any more closely.

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

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It converts electrical energy from the battery into mechanical energy to drive the vehicle’s wheels. It typically consists of numerous individual battery cells connected to provide the required voltage and capacity. They include components such as inverters, converters, and motor controllers.