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BMW Connected North America makes its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016; powered by Azure

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BMW Connected, a new personal mobility companion, made its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016, Microsoft’s developer conference, last week. The first version—called BMW Connected North America—is now available at the Apple App Store to BMW ConnectedDrive customers in the US for iOS devices.

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SAIC-GM Connectivity Strategy 2025 lays out roadmap to cloud-based connectivity, autonomy

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SAIC-GM, GM’s Chinese joint venture with SAIC, announced its Connectivity Strategy 2025, which lays out a roadmap for its connectivity development from 2017 through 2025. 2020: Promote connected vehicle (V2X) technology to make mobility safer. 2020: Promote connected vehicle (V2X) technology to make mobility safer.

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Nissan’s Intelligent Mobility vision builds on electrification, autonomous drive and vehicle intelligence

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An on-road demo event in Europe in 2016, will showcase the maturity of Nissan’s autonomous drive technology. Ubiquitous connectivity is an expectation of car consumers as an extension of their work and personal devices. Nissan said it is committed to enabling vehicles to be part of that connected ecosystem.

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BMW providing 10 pre-owned i3 EVs to UC Davis for 18 months

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The vehicles are 2015-2016 models, with battery technology that enables an everyday range of about 80-90 miles—suited for in-town driving, and enough for travel between Davis and Sacramento. We’re moving toward a transportation system of reduced personal car ownership. The other two will be used by project researchers.

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GM and IBM bring OnStar and Watson together for new cognitive mobility platform: OnStar Go

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Starting in early 2017, OnStar is expected to give millions of GM drivers the ability to connect and interact with their favorite brands. The platform will deliver personalized content through the dashboard and other digital channels supported by the OnStar Go ecosystem to make the most of time spent in the car.

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Cadillac unveils Escala Concept, previewing future design direction; 4.2L twin-turbo V-8 with Active Fuel Management

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Secondly, Escala builds Cadillac’s aspirational character, signaling the brand’s return to the pinnacle of premium. Escala—Spanish for “scale”—is a concept for a larger, more elite and expressive companion to the recently launched 2016 Cadillac CT6. —Johan de Nysschen, president of Global Cadillac.

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Volkswagen Group and Hamburg partner to bid to host 2021 ITS World Congress

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Under their strategic mobility partnership concluded in 2016 ( earlier post ), the partners have joined forces to shape the urban mobility of the future and to develop the city as a model for forward-looking, sustainable and integrated urban mobility. An intelligent fully-connected vehicle of the future: the Volkswagen I.D.

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