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NHTSA estimates 38,680 traffic fatalities in 2020, up 7.2% from 2019 despite 13.2% drop in VMT

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as compared to the 36,096 fatalities reported in 2019. fatalities per 100 million VMT in 2019. For the third and fourth quarters of 2020, fatalities are projected to be greater than the corresponding quarters in 2019. This represents an estimated increase of about 7.2% billion miles—about a 13.2%

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BMWs to feature in-car intelligent personal assistant

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The BMW Group is introducing the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant—a new proprietary in-car AI assistant intended to enhance the BMW driving experience. Regular updates will keep expanding the range of functions and skills available. BMW’s Intelligent Personal Assistant combines with the new BMW Operating System 7.0

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Volvo Car Mobility launches mobility brand M; market debut in 2019

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M will learn about its user’s needs, preferences and habits, personalizing the customer relationship. It will debut in Sweden and the US in the spring of 2019. The services currently available mainly offer alternatives to a taxi or public transit. Volvo Cars is becoming more than just a car company.

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NVIDIA introduces DRIVE AutoPilot, first commercially available Level 2+ automated driving system

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At CES 2019, NVIDIA announced the first commercially available Level 2+ automated driving system, NVIDIA DRIVE AutoPilot, which integrates multiple breakthrough AI technologies that will enable supervised self-driving vehicles to go into production by next year.

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Volvo Car Mobility launches mobility brand M; market debut in 2019

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M will learn about its user’s needs, preferences and habits, personalizing the customer relationship. It will debut in Sweden and the US in the spring of 2019. The services currently available mainly offer alternatives to a taxi or public transit. Volvo Cars is becoming more than just a car company.

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VW unveils 2019 Jetta at Detroit; MQB-based, lower price

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unveiled the new 2019 Jetta at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Every Jetta offers standard Driver Personalization with up to four driver settings. In addition, the 2019 Jetta offers a combination of both passive and active safety systems that are engineered to meet or exceed current crash regulations.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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