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Visteon demos latest V2X gateway at 2015 CES

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Visteon Corporation is demonstrating its latest vehicle connectivity solution at the 2015 International CES.

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

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Beijing government hopes, 25% of people will use cycling to commute in 2015 (source: The Guardian, November 2013). Some select cycling statistics: Globally, 132.3 million bicycles were sold in 2013 (source: NPD Group 2013). 4,533 cyclists were injured in Berlin only in 2012 (source: The Guardian, November 2013).

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Autonomous electric shuttle in long-term public demo in Candiac, Québec

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NAVYA has a range of two autonomous vehicles: the AUTONOM SHUTTLE, launched in September 2015, of which more than 100 have already been produced as of today and 89 sold in 17 countries and the AUTONOM CAB, unveiled in November 2017 and whose first road tests will start shortly.

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Renesas to demo full autonomous vehicles with R-Car H3 SoCs at CES 2017

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Renesas introduced the R-Car H3 System-on-Chip (SoC) in December 2015. Renesas will offer short rides in the autonomous vehicles at a short track adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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Audi’s “Jack” autonomous A7 concept hits the road in public demo drives in Germany

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Audi has already used the A7 piloted driving concept test vehicle on three continents since 2015. Participants in the “Miles and More” program can also swap accumulated miles for a trip in “Jack.”. On the A9 it can drive at speeds up to 130 km/h (80.8

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Sumitomo Electric demoing ESS for power grid in California; US’ largest redox flow battery system

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Following the start of the project in September 2015, a redox flow battery system (2 MW x 4 hours) was constructed for a power grid at a substation in San Diego. Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Demonstration will now be carried out to evaluate the management of surplus electricity and regulation of grid frequency and voltage fluctuation.

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Volvo Trucks and PATH successfully demo partially automated on-highway truck platooning in California; CACC

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Shladover, Christopher Nowakowski, Xiao-Yun Lu, Robert Ferlis (2015) “ Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) Definitions And Operating Concepts ”. Platooning presents a near-term opportunity for leveraging any level of autonomous technology for on-highway operations, where a skilled professional driver remains vitally important.

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