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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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GM to introduce at least 10 new New Energy Vehicles in China from 2016-2020; focus on autonomy, connectivity and sharing

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At a press conference in Shanghai, General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra said that the company will introduce at least 10 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China. According to Barra, customers do not just appreciate connected vehicles, they demand them. China is playing a key role in the company’s strategy.

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Qualcomm announces Connected Car Reference Platform

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announced the Qualcomm Connected Car Reference Platform aimed at accelerating the adoption of advanced and complex connectivity into the next-generation of connected cars. Qualcomm expects the Connected Car Reference Platform to be available by the end of 2016.

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HARMAN introduces range of connected vehicle technologies and Microsoft partnership at CES

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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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Volkswagen Group launches world’s first pilot project for traffic optimization with a D-Wave quantum computer in Lisbon

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Volkswagen is testing its traffic optimization system during the WebSummit technology conference in Lisbon from 4 to 8 November—during the conference, buses will carry thousands of passengers through the city traffic in Lisbon. For the pilot project in Lisbon, 26 stops were selected and connected to form four bus links.

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Toshiba advances deep learning with extremely low-power neuromorphic processor; supporting IoT edge devices

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Toshiba reported the development of its TDNN chip at the Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference 2016, an IEEE-sponsored international conference on semiconductor circuit technology held in Japan. In this case, synapses are connections between neurons and each has a different strength.

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Study: strong interactions with voice-guided vehicles result in more crashes

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Rabindra Ratan, Young June Sah, Will Renius (Michigan State University), Dave Miller, Rob Semmens (Stanford University) and Frank Verberne (Eindhoven University of Technology) will present their findings in June at the 66 th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in Fukuoka, Japan.

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