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KPMG study finds autonomous vehicles & mobility services could add one trillion more vehicle miles traveled annually by 2050

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Innovations in autonomous vehicles, connectivity, and mobility-on-demand will have a profound impact on consumers, particularly among younger and older people, according to a new study by KPMG. Parents like the idea of not having to play taxi for their kids,” said Silberg. We grossly underestimated that trend.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m Dr. Thrun reminded the audience that more than 42,000 Americans are killed each year in auto accidents and 2.7

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First wireless charging road in the U.S. completed in Michigan

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We are the birthplace of the auto industry, and the home of the first mile of concrete road and the first three-way traffic signal. It also comes alongside an additional goal for the state to build a 40-mile “connected corridor” for EVs and self-driving vehicles, running from Detroit to Ann Arbor.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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The e-Golf (“Das e-Auto” earlier post ), the Volkswagen brand’s second series production battery-electric vehicle after the e-up!, Now, however, given all the market drivers facing the auto industry (regulations, fossil fuel availability, societal changes, etc.), The e-Golf. Click to enlarge.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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We are suggesting that the variation in power and energy from renewable sources can be managed much more easily and economically with the batteries in PHEVs when they are plugged into the grid with a low power connection. Only the PHEV can share energy with the grid without stranding the driver. Similar processes can be followed again.

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