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This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

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The first group of students created several apps to enter in the competition, including ones that connected users to water-filling stations, provided people with information about food banks, and allowed users to report potholes. After she made the curriculum available for anyone to use via Google Classroom , it increased in popularity.

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Ford launches app developer challenge to improve consumer understanding of personal fuel efficiency

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Participants will have access to Ford’s OpenXC connectivity research platform as a sandbox to create and test their ideas for the Personalized Fuel Efficiency Apps Challenge. Developers can get help and assist others with projects through the OpenXC Google Group or the official IRC channel at #openxc on Freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net).

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Volkswagen outlines a range of near-term technologies for reducing fuel consumption and emissions; stop-start 2.0, 10-speed DSG

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Volkswagen presented its latest technologies for reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions—which includes the first 10-speed dual-clutch gearbox (DSG)—in an Innovation Workshop for the media at the Ehra-Lessien test track facility near Wolfsburg. Media Control. Interactive systems.

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Audi expands connected services offerings

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Audi is broadening its range of online services with the new Audi connect offerings myCarManager and myService. The latest version of the “Audi MMI connect” smartphone app now also includes vehicle-specific services such as myCarManager. The workshop can now contact the customer to arrange their upcoming appointment.

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VW launches new Sharan MPV; up to 14.3% more fuel efficient; stop-start, battery regen standard

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AdBlue is available from Volkswagen workshops and at filling stations. The Sharan also offers a high degree of connectivity, as it can for the first time be equipped with the ‘App-Connect’ and ‘Guide & Inform’ Car-Net functions. New driver assistance systems. Automatic Post-Collision Braking System is included as standard.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

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You may think about the integration of solar panels to the charging station along with the grid connection. The first one is about providing features that make electric vehicles safe, secure, smart, and connected. The ACES (Autonomous, Connected, Electric, Shared) vehicles demands advances software solutions. EV Workshop.

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How Do EVs Compare To Gas Cars?

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Keep in mind that repairing or replacing the motor of a fuel car can cost up to $10.000 and, all things considered, EVs simply require fewer visits to workshops and are much cheaper to own. You can see these clearly in EV charging maps like Open Charge Map , PlugShare , Chargemap or even Google Maps. Are EVs as fast as fuel cars?

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