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

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Together with DoorBird , the Berlin-based start-up, and Hörmann, the gate and door manufacturer, Volkswagen is presenting a world exclusive at the IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) in Berlin: the means to connect to the door station at home using your vehicle’s infotainment system. App-Connect (incl.

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Volvo Cars, POC and Ericsson to demo connected car and bike helmet prototype at International CES 2015

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Volvo Cars, protective gravity sports gear manufacturer POC and Ericsson will present an innovative safety technology connecting drivers and cyclists at the International CES in Las Vegas next month. Beijing government hopes, 25% of people will use cycling to commute in 2015 (source: The Guardian, November 2013).

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Autonet Mobile to showcase remote, over-the-air (OTA) software management of connected vehicles

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2014

At the Consumer Telematics Show (CTS) and Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 in Las Vegas, Autonet Mobile, Inc., mid-range Instrument Cluster (IC), Autonet Mobile will demonstrate remotely updating a deployed ECU while providing a good end user experience through Autonet Mobile’s connected vehicle platform.

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Bosch establishes new connected devices company for Internet of Things

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Bosch has established a new company, Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions GmbH, for the Internet of Things (IoT) and related services; the company will supply compact electronic products and software expertise designed to make devices and objects intelligent and web-enabled across a broad range of applications.

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Ford holding auto app developer conference; hackathon with LA data

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2014

Ford Motor Company will hold an automotive app developer conference on 8 September as part of the Connected Car Expo taking place at CTIA’s Super Mobility Week at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. Fifty eligible developer teams will be invited to compete in the Ford Connected Car-Connected City App Pursuit.

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Continental, IBM and HERE to demo cloud-based eHorizon at CES; the cloud as a vehicle sensor

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2014

At the international CES in Las Vegas in January, Continental, together with its collaboration partner IBM and location cloud company HERE, will demonstrate a new stage in the evolution of eHorizon, which currently provides drivers with information about hills, curves and junctions on the route ahead. Earlier post.).

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Continental presenting eHorizon swarm intelligence system for two-wheelers at CES 2017

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Continental will use the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this coming January as the venue to present the eHorizon system for two-wheelers. In 2015, Continental began road-testing of testing dynamic eHorizon, which implemented the principle of swarm intelligence from the cloud. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

per cent compared to same period in 2015. The new design is powered by a detachable battery rather than a chain mechanism, and can be recharged through a connection in NeuV’s luggage space. Honda’s growth significantly outpaced the results for the EU passenger car market as a whole, which saw a year-on-year increase of 6.8%

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

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

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. Earlier post.)

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

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. Globally, there are now more than 1 billion smartphone users, a population that is expected to double by 2015.

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Toyota introduces next-gen connected vehicle framework; globally uniform DCM by 2019

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2016

Toyota unveiled its next-generation connected vehicle framework at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, accelerating its initiatives to provide its customers with greater convenience and increased data security. In June 2015, Toyota entered into an agreement with Ford and Livio to explore SDL introduction to its vehicles.

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VW BUDD-e EV concept makes US auto show debut; 233-mile range based on EPA cycle; next-gen connectivity and HMI

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2016

Building on its unveiling at January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas ( earlier post ), the Volkswagen BUDD-e electric vehicle concept is making its US auto show debut at the New York International Auto Show. This is a further enhancement of the system presented at CES in 2015 in the Golf R Touch concept.

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Local Motors introduces first 3D-printed car series; pre-sales to begin in 2016

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Local Motors , which live-printed a 3D-printed car at SEMA last year, is now moving into testing and development phases that will culminate with a road-ready, fully homologated series of cars built using direct digital manufacturing (DDM), of which 3D printing is a part. Local Motors plans to begin taking orders next year.

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

Volvo Cars, POC and Ericsson to demo connected car and bike helmet prototype at International CES 2015

Autonet Mobile to showcase remote, over-the-air (OTA) software management of connected vehicles

Bosch establishes new connected devices company for Internet of Things

Ford holding auto app developer conference; hackathon with LA data

Continental, IBM and HERE to demo cloud-based eHorizon at CES; the cloud as a vehicle sensor

Continental presenting eHorizon swarm intelligence system for two-wheelers at CES 2017

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

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

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

Toyota introduces next-gen connected vehicle framework; globally uniform DCM by 2019

VW BUDD-e EV concept makes US auto show debut; 233-mile range based on EPA cycle; next-gen connectivity and HMI

Local Motors introduces first 3D-printed car series; pre-sales to begin in 2016

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