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Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

Green Car Congress

At CES 2015 in January, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. New studies continue to find that many drivers cruise for curb parking like hawks looking for prey.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

Cars That Think

She also served in executive positions in Boston public schools , New York City public schools , and Success Academy charter schools, also in New York City. Traveling and having a personal connection to Prisms VR customers,” she says, “has been really valuable in designing and updating the modules.”

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GM planning to “own” the customer relationship beyond the vehicle; autonomous Volts, car sharing and fuel cells

Green Car Congress

General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her leadership team outlined the company’s plans to capitalize on the future of personal mobility by owning the customer relationship beyond the vehicle, building upon nearly two decades of connectivity leadership. —Mary Barra. Car Sharing. In China earlier this year a fleet of EN-V 2.0 eBike Concept.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

The stated goal is to experiment in autonomous on-demand vehicles, hedging the reduction in vehicle sales caused by ride sharing by making GM the preferred vehicle provider for Lyft drivers and integrating connectivity tools like OnStar. Lyft claims it is the fastest-growing ride share service and is available in 190 cities worldwide.

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GM launches Maven car sharing brand

Green Car Congress

General Motors announced a new car-sharing service it calls Maven , which combines and expands the company’s multiple programs under a single brand. The global Maven team includes more than 40 dedicated employees from the connected car technology industry as well as ride- and car-sharing professionals from Google, Zipcar and Sidecar.

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Proterra beefs up its battery expertise: Q&A CTO Dustin Grace

Charged EVs

The company has sold some 950 buses to transit agencies, airports, universities, national parks and private companies in 43 states and provinces. Then, we kicked off our battery strategy in 2015, 2016. New York City Transit came to us a few years ago and said, “What happens if a manhole cover explodes out of the ground?

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