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Geely subsidiary Geespace successfully launches first 9 satellites of planned 240; positioning and connectivity

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Geespace’s terrestrial base station in Korla, China has reported that they have connected the first nine GeeSAT-1 satellites and which are all functioning correctly post launch. Rendering of Geely Future Mobility Constellation. —Tony Wang, CEO and Chief Scientist of Geespace.

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First driving behavior-based telematics automobile insurance developed for Toyota connected cars in Japan

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The plan is available to owners of certain units of Toyota connected cars, and uses driving data gathered via telematics technologies to adjust insurance premiums based on the level of safe driving every month. The service is scheduled to go on sale on 15 January 2018, while insurance liability is scheduled to commence in April 2018.

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Sprint using IBM MessageSight in connected vehicle platform

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Sprint is the first mobile carrier to use IBM MessageSight, a full-featured messaging appliance specifically designed for machine to machine (M2M) and mobile environments, to deliver a more personalized, responsive connected car experience. The connected car is part of the M2M space being targeted by mobile carriers such as Sprint.

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Porsche launches developer competition with Mission E Cross Turismo data

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The sports car manufacturer is launching the second open innovation competition for digital development together with Berlin-based connected car application programming interface (API) platform High Mobility. Porsche launched the first open innovation competition for digital developments in February 2018.

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Volvo Cars trucks-to-trains swap significantly cuts emissions in logistics network

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Both initiatives form part of the climate action plan that Volvo Cars revealed this year. Under the plan, the company aims to reduce its lifecycle carbon footprint per car by 40% between 2018 and 2025, which will require a 25% reduction in operational emissions, including logistics.

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IONITY orders 324 350kW EV chargers from ABB for second phase of expansion

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The chargers are to be rolled out in 24 countries by the end of 2020 as part of the second phase of the IONITY network expansion. ABB was already commissioned in 2018 as technology partner to deliver 340 high-power chargers to IONITY and was the first to market in Europe with 350 kW chargers featuring liquid cooled cables.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. kg in California in the third quarter of 2018. The smallest modeled system connects eight existing stations. The authors assumed a total pipeline length of 38 miles (4.8 2019.10.005.

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