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2 TN college teams win top awards at KPIT Sparkle 10th anniversary edition competition – ET Auto

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Team Krenoviantz from Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, won the Gold Award with prize money of INR 5,00,000. Innovation – Plug-in Kit for Ready Charging. Team G-Rex from Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, won the Platinum Award with prize money of INR 7,00,000.

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Ford Just Dropped a Ton of New Stuff In Its Historical Archive

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General Motors has a similar but less robust archive that lets users view and download around 900 vehicle information kits. & For example, the brochure for the 1966 Ford Ranchero gives detailed engine specs, such as bore and stroke, compression, and axle measurements.

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Jeep Gifts Wrangler Updates to Gladiator

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Power 12-way seats are also on the docket, and Jeep engineers insist they can weather the Gladiator’s nearly three feet of water fording capability without fritzing into oblivion. And yes, after the info is downloaded, it can be used in the sticks with no cell service.

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IFP Energies nouvelles launches DriveQuant start-up in the connected mobility sector

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DriveQuant will also provide a mobile application that can be used as a white-label service and an SDK (Software development kit – iOS or Android) to facilitate the integration of driving analysis services in its customer solutions. The company will be located in the city of Paris’ “Paris Région Innovation Nord Express” (PRINE) incubator.

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Virginia Tech hosting debut student competition to design 3-D printed aircraft, ground vehicles

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—Al Wicks, associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of the university’s Mechatronics Lab. Separately, Maryland-based engineering firm Robotic Research LLC is donating vehicle electronic kits and the nonprofit energy investment Stiefel Family Foundation is providing cash awards.

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

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OpenXC is an open-source platform developed by Ford for research applications, and consists of a software and hardware development kit that enables access to a wide array of vehicle data that may be used as inputs to apps.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

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The Ford Developer Program for open mobile apps provides a software development kit (SDK), technical support from Ford engineers and a developer community to enable utilizing the SYNC connectivity system and AppLink application programming interface (API). Music and Entertainment. Navigation and Location. —Phil Abram.

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