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Volkswagen outlines a range of near-term technologies for reducing fuel consumption and emissions; stop-start 2.0, 10-speed DSG

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Volkswagen AG has set the goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable carmaker by the year 2018. VW’s “Strategy 2018”, earlier post.) It is also easy to find addresses by Google search and integrate them into navigation. Progress has also been made in the area of personalization. Interactive systems.

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In 1989, General Magic Saw the Future of Smartphones

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The user interface of the Motorola Envoy does that for me, even though I never owned one, or indeed any personal digital assistant. Skeuomorphic design began to wane in the mid-2000s, as Microsoft, Google, and Apple embraced flat design. Does anyone still use a Rolodex to store contact information or a floppy disc to save data?

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Volvo Cars says early demand for fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD is strong

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Volvo Cars sold almost 46,000 plug-in hybrid cars in 2019, an increase of 23% compared to 2018 and more than double the amount sold in 2017. The company aims to make all-electric cars 50% of global sales by 2025, with the rest hybrids. During the fourth quarter of 2019, plug-in hybrids represented more than 20% of all Volvos sold in Europe.

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24.4 million customers use Daimler’s mobility services

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million customers as of July 30, 2018. For US$100 dollars per person and service, Blacklane PASS lets air travellers avoid queues at security and immigration when arriving, departing or changing planes. moovel group payment and digital wallet options with Google Pay. The number of transactions reached 95.3 car2go had 3.3

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SSB Flex mobility service launches in Stuttgart on 1 June

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Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB), the principal public transport operating company in Stuttgart, will launch the SSB Flex mobility service on 1 June 2018. Anyone can use SSB Flex: they simply need to download the SSB Flex app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store onto their smartphone. Earlier post.)

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Study finds drone-based delivery could reduce GHG emissions and energy use in the transportation sector, if deployed sensibly

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Several companies are developing programs for package delivery using drones, including Amazon, Google, UPS and Deutsche Post DHL. Both small drones and large drones are shown to have lower GHG emissions than use of a personal vehicle to pick-up a single package. Stolaroff et al. Click to enlarge. Stolaroff, Constantine Samaras, Emma R.

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