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SwRI-led team achieves 20% improvement in vehicle fuel efficiency with connectivity, automation; ARPA-E NEXTCAR

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A team led by Southwest Research Institute has applied connectivity and automation to achieve a 20% improvement in efficiency on a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. Vehicle connectivity and automation are already being used to effectively improve vehicle safety and driver convenience. Earlier post.).

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Autonomy orders 23,000 EVs from 17 automakers; $1.2B order covers 45 EV models

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Autonomy, the nation’s largest electric vehicle subscription company, placed an order for 23,000 electric vehicles with 17 global automakers to expand and diversify its subscription fleet beyond Tesla. The fleet order is valued at $1.2 Telematics: Fully connected. The 23,000-unit order represents 1.2%

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Sibros and Google Cloud team up to deliver OTA updates, AI, and real-time data to a wide range of EVs

Electrek

Connected vehicle system developer Sibros has added a new partner to its Rolodex. This time it isn’t an automaker but Google Cloud. The post Sibros and Google Cloud team up to deliver OTA updates, AI, and real-time data to a wide range of EVs appeared first on Electrek.

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NVIDIA to acquire DeepMap, enhancing mapping solutions for AVs

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These maps need to efficiently scale across AV fleets, with fast processing and minimal data storage. DeepMap was founded five years ago by James Wu and Mark Wheeler, veterans of Google, Apple and Baidu, among other companies. These maps must also reflect current road conditions, such as a work zone or a lane closure.

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Audi names vehicle networking strategy Audi connect; expanding functions in summer 2011

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Audi has named its vehicle networking strategy “Audi connect.” The topics bundled within Audi connect will largely determine the mobility of the future. With Audi connect, the company is building on the foundation of a collaboration with Google that began in 2005. Car and internet. Car and owner.

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Renault and Volvo team up on next generation electric vans

Baua Electric

The Flexis vans will be Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs) built around Google’s Android Auto operating system. This allows Google to go beyond the screen into the functions of the car,” says de Meo. And, once they’re ready, they’ll have a waiting customer in the form of Flexis partner, CMA CGM. “Not

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

Advanced technology, prototype vehicles, and business plans are being developed by Google, car sharing services like Car2Go (Daimler), Uber, automakers, network providers, software and technology suppliers. Several of these firms confirmed their progress at Silicon Valley Connected & Charged Symposium, hosted by software giant SAP.

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