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CEO’s Take On 2024: Demand for feature-rich, safe, connected and electric vehicles to drive auto parts industry, says Bosch India chief – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Their focus on electrification, connectivity and driver assistance will also contribute to the transformation of the automotive industry. This multi-faceted strategy positions us for sustainable growth in an industry defined by innovation and evolving consumer preferences towards premiumisation.

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Should Right-to-Repair Laws Extend to Bionic Body Parts?

Cars That Think

When IEEE Spectrum published an article in February about blind people whose bionic vision systems had become obsolete and unsupported , it generated both attention and outrage. The paper explains that in the early days of commercial pacemakers, different company's brands didn’t have compatible parts.

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Here is what’s new in the second part of the UK Smart Charging Regulation

Wallbox

What is new in the second part of the UK Smart Charging Regulation? Following the government initiatives on Electric Vehicle adoption, 2022 ended with the introduction of the second part of the national Smart Charging Regulations. What news is there in terms of Wallbox’s portfolio to support these changes? Discover them here !

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Making EV charging part of the smart home

Charged EVs

Andrew Taddoni: With our whole-home smart solution connected via the My Leviton app, we offer the Leviton Load Center, which includes a smart panel; the core of smart devices and switches controlled by WiFi; and now our EV Series Smart Home. You probably have 10% of the switches or less in your home that actually need to be connected.

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Auto industry to invest USD 7 bn in 5 years to deepen parts localisation – ET Auto

Baua Electric

These components account for more than 75% of auto parts imported into the country. To be sure, China dominates auto parts supplies to India. Exports of auto parts from the country, in fact, increased by nearly one-third to INR 1.42 However, its market share in automotive imports declined to 30% in FY22 from 32% in FY20.

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EV charging is changing, Part 1: How automakers’ disappointment in Electrify America drove them into Tesla’s arms

Charged EVs

Part 2: No, NACS is not today’s Tesla connector Part 3: Why Tesla’s NACS is unlikely to kill CCS Part 4: Behind the scenes as seven automakers counter Tesla’s Superchargers EV charging is changing, but much remains to be settled A flurry of news over less than a year permanently altered the US landscape for EV charging.

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Upcycling a Tandy Model 100, Part II: I2C Strikes Back

Cars That Think

That article was almost entirely about figuring out how to drive its squirrely 1980s-era LCD screen. IEEE Spectrum ’s Hands On articles provide necessarily linear versions of how projects come together. Connecting a line to ground pulls it low. Last year for Hands On, I gutted a defunct TRS-80 Model 100.

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