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BMW updates BMW Connected with expanded services, device support and availability

Green Car Congress

The personal mobility companion BMW Connected already comprises many functions designed to help users with their daily mobility needs. Using the Open Mobility Cloud as a basis, it connects touchpoints such as smartphones and smartwatches with users’ cars, thus weaving the car into their digital lives.

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City of Gdynia orders 30 Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Li-ion battery packs for off-wire driving

Green Car Congress

The city of Gdynia in Poland has signed a contract with Solaris for the delivery of 30 trolleybuses worth more than 95 million PLN (US$28 million) in total. This will support a zero-emission ride of around 15-20 kilometers without connection to traction. Apart from featuring traditional trolleybus drivelines—i.e.,

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Forget the Milano EV – Alfa Romeo changes name to something non-Italian-sounding

Baua Electric

The ongoing tensions between Italy and Alfa Romeo’s parent company Stellantis reached a head last week when the Italian government told the automaker that naming its upcoming Alfa Romeo EV the Milano was against the law because the car will be built in Poland. A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland. Get started here.

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The Portrait Artist

Cars That Think

Perry prefers to meet in person in order to develop a human connection. That rapport lets her subjects open up, giving readers a glimpse of their personalities, motivations, and attitudes. I generally leave feeling I actually connected with the person, that it was more than just a Q&A.” Education: B.A.,

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

Cars That Think

Mentoring the next generation of engineers When Zakrzewska was growing up in Poland, she and her family often listened to the radio. In 2020 she began volunteering for I’m a Scientist , an enrichment program designed to connect students with scientists and engineers. I couldn’t see myself as a lecturer,” she says.

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TomTom extends coverage of real-time traffic products for congestion reduction

Green Car Congress

TomTom, the leading supplier of in-car location and navigation products and services, has extended its HD Traffic portfolio of real-time (updates every 2 minutes) traffic products for congestion reduction with the addition of Australia, Canada, Luxembourg and Poland, bringing the total count of countries covered to 18.