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Juniper Research: connected cars to represent 20% of the global car market by 2019

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href="https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/news-releases/connected-cars-to-represent-20-of-the-global-car-market-by-2019-predicts-juniper-research-505799631.html">forecasts Juniper Research forecasts that the M2M sector will generate service revenues of more than $40 billion globally by 2019—doubling the size of today’s market.

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KDDI, AT&T to connect Toyota and Lexus vehicles in US with 4G LTE starting in the fall

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Toyota and Lexus are bringing connected car capabilities to their vehicles in the United States. Toyota Motor North America, KDDI and AT&T will collaborate to enable 4G LTE connectivity for all new model Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks. This will start with 2020 model year vehicles in the fall of 2019, across all 50 states.

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Toyota and KDDI jointly to establish global communications platform to support car connectivity

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and KDDI Corporation (KDDI) are partnering to establish a global communications platform to enable the operation of communications networks throughout the world to support car connectivity. Toyota aims to bring greater connectivity to its vehicles throughout the world.

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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New research from McGill University and the University of California, Santa Cruz has found that the local streets of the world’s cities are becoming less connected, a global trend that is driving urban sprawl and discouraging the use of public transportation. SNDi for streets added years 2000 to 2014. emissions for a century or more.

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bp and Uber partner to drive delivery growth globally

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bp and Uber Technologies announced a new global strategic convenience delivery partnership, extending their existing local arrangements to reach more consumers across the world. bp will benefit from Uber’s global brand and operations footprint, best-in-class technology for dispatching orders, and more than 4.4

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2019 Honda Insight production model to make global debut at New York International Auto Show; series hybrid with 55 mpg city

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The all-new, production version of the 2019 Insight ( earlier post ) will make its global production debut at the 2018 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). During higher speed operation a lock-up clutch connects the engine to the drive axles to provide the most efficient operation during highway and freeway driving.

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Subaru unveils Levorg Prototype with new 1.8L boxer engine at Tokyo Motor Show 2019

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Subaru Corporation unveiled the Subaru Levorg Prototype at the 46 th Tokyo Motor Show 2019. The Levorg also moves to the Subaru Global Platform with full inner frame construction. Connected services. The vehicle also gets connected to an operator by a push of the button in case of emergency such as driver’s medical problems.

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