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APRIL 2, 2015

The all-new Optima is available with three engine choices, providing a balance between sportiness and fuel efficiency. liter GDI four-cylinder, available on the LX and EX models, and the 2.0-liter liter GDI turbo engine, available on the SXL and SX Turbo models. All new for the 2016 model is a 1.6-liter Body and chassis.

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JANUARY 11, 2016

HARMAN International Industries made a number of connected vehicle technology announcements during CES 2016 last week, including a connected car computing platform, demonstrated in the Rinspeed Σtos concept car; an advanced navigation system with live data fusion; an open cloud-based software delivery system; and a new partnership with Microsoft.

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MARCH 21, 2017

The charging stations will also be connected with Hubject’s international charging network “intercharge”. This will digitally link more than 1,300 charge points (2,000 by the end of 2017) available in Austria in real-time. The project, promoted by the climate and energy fund, started in January 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2022

The new Emgrand runs on 100% clean methanol available in fueling stations. Methanol fuel choices offer the world a road to a greener and more sustainable future. Geely’s latest Methanol Hybrid Emgrand is based on Geely Auto’s fourth-generation B-Segment Modular Architecture (BMA) Emgrand sedan. The sedan houses a 1.8L

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

CSRC will concentrate on supporting a safe transition to the future of mobility, particularly through emerging automated- and connected-vehicle technologies. The CSRC was formed in January 2011 with three charter members; the first phase of research will conclude in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2016

It is also possible to drag the main area out to fill the entire home screen, displaying the full navigation map or smartphone integration platforms such as MirrorLink, Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, through Volkswagen’s Car-Net App-Connect interface. Volkswagen will offer the Exit screen functionality in all future generations of vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

Solaria Labs , an innovation incubator established in 2015 by Liberty Mutual Insurance, is introducing an open API developer portal that combines public data with proprietary insurance knowledge, helping to inform future products and apps for customers. —Adam L’Italien, vice president, Innovation, Liberty Mutual Insurance.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

From model year 2021, Hazard Light Alert and Slippery Road Alert will allow certain Volvo cars to communicate with each other and automatically alert other Volvo drivers via a cloud-based network when the vehicle’s hazard lights are turned on or low friction is detected, and the system is properly connected to the internet.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

LGIM dual-fuel main engines in connection with the construction of 6 × 17,000 teu container vessels for A.P. Crucially, MAN B&W methanol engines are available and proven with the first engines having already entered service back in 2016. Hyundai’s shipbuilding division (HHI-SBD) has ordered 6 × MAN B&W G95ME-C10.5-LGIM

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MARCH 7, 2019

Where many manufacturers are still talking about their future plans and intentions for electrification, advanced powertrains have formed a growing proportion of Kia’s European sales for a number of years already. The connected car technology will be introduced to a number of other Kia models in the near future.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Renault and distributed energy storage company Connected Energy are partnering to develop sustainable and efficient ways of using electric vehicle batteries at the end of their useable in-vehicle life in order to supply innovative and more affordable vehicle charging solutions. Connected Energy Ltd. E-STOR diagram. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 9, 2019

Using data scraped from the application programming interfaces of Uber and Lyft, combined with observed travel time data, the researchers found that between 2010 and 2016, weekday vehicle hours of delay increased by 62% compared to 22% in a counterfactual 2016 scenario without TNCs. Erhardt et al.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

The new charging station is suitable for electric models of all brands with the European standard Type 2 variant of the widely used Combined Charging System (CCS), and is now available for use free of charge. Initiated in July 2016, the Fast Charge research project has received €7.8 million (US$8.9

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2015

US prices for the 2016 A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid electric vehicle ( earlier post )—the first of many Audi e-tron models destined to come to the US—will begin at $37,900. EPA figures will be announced in the near future once they are available from US regulators. The 2016 A3 Sportback e-tron features a 1.4

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MAY 15, 2019

In the US, Audi customers have been using this service since late 2016. In the future, anonymized data from our cars can help to switch traffic lights in cities to better phases and to optimize the traffic flow. —Andre Hainzlmaier, head of Development of Apps, Connected Services and Smart City at Audi.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

In future the cities, too, will receive useful information about their traffic light infrastructure. We aggregate the recorded data into reports that we will make available to the city authorities. Audi Traffic Light Information premiered in 2016 in Las Vegas. —Andre Hainzlmaier. —Andre Hainzlmaier.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

Traffic light information, an Audi connect PRIME feature, enables the car to communicate with the infrastructure in select cities and metropolitan areas across the US. The link between vehicle and infrastructure is routed via the on-board LTE data connection and Traffic Technology Services, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

DSM Engineering Materials has communicated its ambition to reduce its total greenhouse gas emissions and the carbon footprint of its products by 50% by 2030, from a 2016 baseline, and developing and rolling out bio- and/or recycled-based alternatives for its entire portfolio by 2030.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In an event to be held this Wednesday at its “Van Innovation Campus” in Stuttgart, Mercedes-Benz Vans will unveil its vision of the van of the future: connected and electrically powered. (In In the first half of 2016, Vito and V-Class continued to be the strongest sales drivers. t, plus 41%).

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APRIL 29, 2015

The Jaguar US lineup will expand in 2016 with the addition of the all new, aluminum-intensive Jaguar XE compact sports sedan in 20d (diesel) and 35t models each in Premium, Prestige and R-Sport trim levels and available in RWD or AWD. InControl Touch supports Bluetooth, audio streaming and USB connectivity.

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JANUARY 4, 2016

The new Liberty Mutual app will be available on the SUBARU STARLINK cloud platform, powered by Clarion’s Smart Access technology that connects Subaru vehicles to a driver’s smartphone to monitor driving habits, provide trip reports and offer tips to become a safer driver. has been a partner since 2002.

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MARCH 11, 2017

V2V-equipped vehicles share information that can be used to alert drivers to upcoming potential hazards, laying the groundwork for a connected, safer future. Through the next-generation Cadillac user experience infotainment system, drivers can customize alerts to show in the instrument cluster and available head-up display.

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MARCH 6, 2021

Volkswagen also will make autonomous driving available to many people before the end of the decade. With our strategy we will ACCELERATE towards the digital future. In 2016, Volkswagen kicked off its far-reaching transformation and the industry’s biggest electric offensive with the TRANSFORM 2025+ strategy.

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MARCH 6, 2019

e-POWER, introduced in 2016 in the Note, is a non-plug-in series-hybrid drive system. The IMW e-POWER system has been further developed from the e-POWER technology currently available in the best-selling Nissan Note and Serena models in Japan. Nissan unveiled the all-new IMQ concept vehicle at the Geneva International Motor Show.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Volkswagen Truck & Bus has gone live with its open, cloud-based RIO digital services platform, announced at the IAA Commercial vehicles show in 2016. Customers can now register on the RIO platform and use the first available service, RIO Essentials, free of charge. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 15, 2016

Both smartphone integrations will be available on the 2017 Elantra’s seven-inch Display Audio touchscreen system with rearview camera and Hyundai’s eight-inch touchscreen navigation system with voice texting, access to music stored on the phone and third-party audio apps. Android Auto is currently available on 2015 and 2016 Sonata models.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2016

“The launch of this technology is another in a long list of firsts for Audi that have positioned us as the industry leader in connectivity solutions V2I applications and services like Traffic Light Information are essential components as we continue to move toward an autonomous future.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

In the future this will make it possible to deploy the winter service more effectively and optimize the use of de-icing salt. To use the Car-to-X service the customer must also hold a Mercedes me connect account. In the next steps it will be possible to include public service vehicles, such as police cars, as well as vehicle fleets.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2016

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. BMW HoloActive Touch also allows the user to access the wide variety of services provided by BMW Connected.

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DECEMBER 27, 2014

Audi aims to meet stringent CO 2 limits worldwide with a new generation of extremely economical combustion engines and alternative efficiency technologies as well as new features in the areas of connectivity and driver assistance. As of 2016, for example, the new Audi Q1 will be produced in Ingolstadt. Audi will reach the mark of 1.7

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JANUARY 4, 2016

At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas, Volvo is revealing that it is developing intelligent, high bandwidth, streaming capabilities with its technology partner, Ericsson, for autonomous Volvos. Autonomous drive will bring a paradigm shift to mobile net demands.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

from the previous high in 2016. Baojun also benefited from making automatic transmissions available across its mainstream lineup ahead of its entry-level rivals. Super Cruise driver assist technology reached the final stage of feature verification in China with local partners and will soon be available in the domestic market.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

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. Autonomous Vehicle Deployment. Let’s Drive NYC. eBike Concept.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Volkswagen unveiled the new Volkswagen Phideon luxury sedan ahead of the Geneva International Motor Show 2016. The future of Volkswagen’s premium segment will go into production in China initially for the China market in the third quarter of 2016. Earlier post.) The top-of-the-range model—the Phideon 3.0

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JUNE 3, 2015

Toyota Motor Corporation has reached an agreement with Ford Motor Company to explore collaboration with Livio, a Ford subsidiary acquired in 2013 ( earlier post ), for the implementation of SmartDeviceLink (SDL) technology in future Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Globally accessible, limited only by app availability in each market.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Our Intelligent Mobility vision is a framework to move customers around the world towards a safer and more sustainable future. It has also driven our development of cutting-edge autonomous drive technologies, which will be available in a range of mass production models by 2020. Nissan Intelligent Power. Nissan Intelligent Integration.

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in 2016 as a purpose-built company to create the necessary change to a more sustainable way of making and using vehicles. The PEAR (Personal Electric Automotive Revolution) will be “available in four trim levels, priced starting at $29,900, and scheduled to be available in mid-2025.” Geeta Gupta-Fisker founded Fisker Inc.

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