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Audi and Somerville, Mass to partner on urban mobility; swarm intelligence and automated parking, networking cars with traffic lights

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Audi will work with the city of Sommerville, Massachusetts to develop an urban strategy for Somerville, applying technologies for swarm intelligence or automated parking, and networking cars with traffic lights. Audi CEO Rupert Stadler and Sommerville Mayor Joseph A. This will help traffic to flow faster.

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Audi and 4 US universities tackle urban mobility challenges in 3-year research initiative

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The new three-year research initiative is called β€œAudi Urban Intelligent Assist.” After an open request for proposals to US universities, and the accompanying selection process, Audi signed an agreement with the four research universities to pursue the following topics: Audi Urban Crash Analysis. Audi Urban Diagnostic.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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Interestingly, a 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study predicted that as EVs became more widespread, battery prices would climb because the demand for lithium and other battery metals would rise sharply. King notes, β€œIn the early days of automobiles, drivers and chauffeurs had to monitor and be able to fix their vehicles.

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