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

Green Car Congress

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. Car and environment.

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Chevrolet and OnStar Give Volt Owners 24/7 Connection and Control via Wireless Smartphone Application

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OnStar’s Mobile Application will use a real-time data connection to interact with the Volt and perform tasks from setting the charge time to unlocking the doors. It uses a real-time data connection to perform tasks from setting the charge time to unlocking the doors. Click to enlarge. Walt Dorfstatter, president, OnStar.

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Ford Augments MyFord Touch System to Coach Drivers on Fuel Economy Performance

Green Car Congress

Ford revealed at the SAE 2010 World Congress that it is introducing new functions in its in-vehicle system MyFord Touch to provide real-time information on fuel economy performance that can coach drivers to get more miles to the gallon and save on fuel costs. Ford testing shows Eco-Route can help achieve fuel economy gains of up to 15%.

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

Creative Greenius

So far GM, Toyota, Nissan, VW, Mitsubishi, have all announced plug in vehicles they will have for sale in 2010. ACT ACCORDINGLY – Stop wasting so much time mindlessly watching television, playing video games and going to Las Vegas. That’s 18 months away. So don’t buy another car until you can go electric.

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

Cars That Think

The security posture of the first connected cars is better, but there are still glaring vulnerabilities and gaps that need to be addressed. Hackers managed to gain control over Tesla’s entire connected car fleet by exploiting a vulnerability in the communications protocol. The Zero Trust Security Paradigm. 6 Douglas, Alex.

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Audi showcases future piloted driving technologies at CES; initial focus on traffic jams and parking

Green Car Congress

At the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, Audi AG presented technologies for networking the car with its environment, with a particular focus on future piloted driving and mobile communications. Audi has abandoned this structure in the PSCP, which was launched at the end of 2010. Piloted driving—i.e.,

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

Creative Greenius

So far GM, Toyota, Nissan, VW, Mitsubishi, have all announced plug in vehicles they will have for sale in 2010. ACT ACCORDINGLY – Stop wasting so much time mindlessly watching television, playing video games and going to Las Vegas. That’s 18 months away. So don’t buy another car until you can go electric.