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Connecting home door to car: Volkswagen Car-Net App-Connect & the Door Bird app

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The driver can communicate with the person in question and in future will also be able to open the door, no matter where they happen to be, and without even needing to touch the phone. In future, it will even be possible to open house and garage doors made by Hörmann, Volkswagen’s cooperation partners. App-Connect (incl.

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BMW to show HoloActive Touch HMI system at CES 2017

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At the upcoming CES 2017 show in Las Vegas, the BMW Group will unveil the BMW HoloActive Touch system. BMW HoloActive Touch is part of the BMW i Inside Future study, which gives visitors to the CES an impression of the mobility experience set to be offered by seamlessly connected and autonomously-driving cars in the future.

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Honda Motor Europe: 2/3 of European sales to feature electrified powertrains by 2025; “Electric Vision”

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Speaking at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, Honda Motor Europe’s President and COO, Katsushi Inoue outlined Honda’s commitment to an electric future in Europe, with a specific aim to have electrified powertrains in two-thirds of Honda cars sold in Europe by 2025. per cent compared to same period in 2015.

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Toyota developing new cloud-based high-precision map generation system using data from production vehicles

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The new system will go on display at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2016 in Las Vegas next month. To support the spread of automated driving technologies, Toyota plans to include this system as a core element in automated driving vehicles that will be made available in production vehicles by around 2020. Earlier post.)

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BMW previews future driver assistance and connected vehicle developments at CES, including more automated driving

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BMW selected the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014 in Las Vegas as a venue at which to preview future developments and new applications of connected vehicle technology for series-produced vehicles. This successful testing principle will also underpin a fleet trial for highly automated driving in 2015. Wearable gear.

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Toyota broadly outlines next-generation Prius; developing wireless inductive charging for the plug-in model; bullish on hydrogen

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Ogiso re-emphasized the importance of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which he said “ will be in our future for a long time ”. Toyota’s first commercially available hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will go on sale in global markets in 2015. Market futures. qdash;Satoshi Ogiso. qdash;Satoshi Ogiso. Motorsports.

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Daimler Trucks to invest €500M in highly automated trucks; stepping away from platooning, shooting for L4 automation

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At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Daimler Trucks announced that it will invest €500 million (around US$570 million) over the next years and create more than 200 new jobs in its global push to bring highly automated trucks (SAE level 4) to the road within a decade.

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