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BMW Group and NTU Singapore launch US$965K electromobility research program; Electromobility in Asia and Smart Materials

Green Car Congress

BMW Group and Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) launched a new electromobility research program, involving the all-electric BMW i3 and plug-in hybrid sports car BMW i8. Both parties will be injecting a combined S$1.3 million (US$965,000) to drive the new research projects, on top of the initial S$5.5

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Even in his home of Singapore, few people know of Tan or Trek. The thumb drive was all that—and more. Why aren’t they more famous?

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NTU and NXP Semiconductors launch Singapore’s first Smart Mobility consortium; testing V2X on NTU campus

Green Car Congress

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and NXP Semiconductors have launched Singapore’s first Smart Mobility Consortium to focus on testing and developing smart mobility technologies. The NTU-NXP Smart Mobility Test Bed is built using the latest technology from NTU and NXP.

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Bosch developing sensor box for air taxis using production-tested components from automotive

Green Car Congress

A team of Bosch engineers has combined dozens of sensors to create a universal control unit for flying taxis. Flying taxi manufacturers can easily install the Bosch sensor box into their air vehicles using the plug-and-play principle. The first flying taxis are set to take off in major cities starting in 2023, at the latest.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

Most of these advanced vehicles will be electric or plug-in hybrids. From Shanghai to Singapore to Silicon Valley, you will see these services sooner than most forecast. Several of these firms confirmed their progress at Silicon Valley Connected & Charged Symposium, hosted by software giant SAP. million annually in 2016 to $36.6

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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