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How Connected & Automated Mobility Increases Road Safety & Boosts The Economy?

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Connected mobility has the potential to dramatically improve driving safety by helping drivers in making better decisions prevent collisions and improve road safety. Vehicles connected to each and a centralised database can identify and react to road hazards with the aid of sophisticated sensors, cameras, and communication technologies.

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Mercedes-Benz unveils new Sprinter; focus on connectivity; electric drive in 2019; realizing adVANce

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As the first fully connected integral system solution, the third generation of the Sprinter demonstrates the development of the division from purely a vehicle manufacturer into a provider of complete transport and mobility solutions, the company said. An LTE-capable module creates the necessary internet connection.

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Siemens equipping EV with new information and communications technology concept developed by RACE project

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The new ICT concept was developed by Siemens’ global Corporate Technology (CT) department and its partners in the German government-funded RACE (Robust and Reliant Automotive Computing Environment for Future eCars) project. Connected vehicles Controls and controllers Driver Assistance Systems Electric (Battery) V2X' Earlier post.).

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Audi testing second-life EV batteries in factory vehicles

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Like all automobile manufacturers, Audi is obliged by law to take back energy carriers after they have been used in cars. When the batteries are empty, employees remove the battery packs weighing up to two tons from the vehicles and connect them to a charging station for several hours.

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Porsche to invest more than $7.4B in electromobility by 2022

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Plans for derivatives of the Mission E are also under way: last week at the Geneva show, Porsche presented a production-ready concept study of the Mission E Cross Turismo. Concept Study Mission E Cross Turismo. per cent, Porsche continues to be among the most profitable automobile manufacturers in the world. Earlier post.)

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Audi testing autonomous driverless transport systems at Ingolstadt plant

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Audi says it is the first automobile manufacturer to implement such a DTS-based goods-to-person concept. By means of intelligent connectivity, we achieve additional efficiency and flexibility, while easing the work of our employees. —Axel Bley, Head of Logistics Concept Development.

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Audi expects series production of zFAS central driver assistance controller within 2 years

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Audi expects that it will be the first automobile manufacturer to implement this function in a central domain architecture. From the very beginning, the primary focus was on the safety concept. Its modular concept makes the zFAS flexible scalable. performance electronic components are a prerequisite for high?

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