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That Awesome Robot Demo Could Have a Human in the Loop

Cars That Think

Not only do people end up with the wrong idea of how your robot functions and what it’s really capable of, it also means that whenever those people see other robots doing similar tasks autonomously, their frame of reference will be completely wrong, minimizing what otherwise may be a significant contribution to the field by other robotics folks.

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Qualcomm announces Connected Car Reference Platform

Green Car Congress

announced the Qualcomm Connected Car Reference Platform aimed at accelerating the adoption of advanced and complex connectivity into the next-generation of connected cars. Qualcomm expects the Connected Car Reference Platform to be available by the end of 2016.

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Elon Musk mandates Tesla to install and demo Full Self-Driving Beta for every new delivery

Baua Electric

Elon Musk has mandated Tesla employees to install and demo Full Self-Driving Beta for every customer taking delivery in North America. Requiring a demo drive with every new delivery is going to greatly increase the delivery workload at Tesla stores and delivery centers. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Groupe PSA and Qualcomm advance C-V2X testing for communication between vehicles; demo in March

Green Car Congress

It will feature PSA cars enabled with C-V2X technology using the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset ( earlier post ) and reference platform. The 9150 C-V2X chipset will be a part of the Qualcomm C-V2X Reference Design, a complete C-V2X communications offering. Source: Qualcomm.

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Codha Wirelss and Autotalks partnering on connected vehicles

Green Car Congress

At the event, Cohda Wireless will demonstrate the V2X reference system consisting of the Autotalks PANGAEA platform and Cohda Wireless’ V2X software. The demo showcases interoperability between the Cohda MK5 platform and the Autotalks PANGAEA platform on a variety of safety applications.

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SwRI D-EGR gasoline demo vehicle delivers diesel efficiency at lower cost; potential for LEV III/Tier 3 emissions

Green Car Congress

When considering the high-efficiency alternatives out there today, we feel that our Dedicated-EGR technology is not only a high-efficiency, low-emissions alternative, but it’s the most cost-effective market-ready solution currently available. Terry Alger, assistant director in SwRI’s Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division.

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Cal Energy awards GTI $1M grant to demo production-intent version of CWI 6.7L medium-duty natural gas engine with HD-OBD

Green Car Congress

liter stoichiometric spark ignited (SI) natural gas engine now referred to as the ISB6.7 These tasks will further expand available engine options such as a remote mounted engine control unit (ECU) which allows the ISB6.7 This project lays the foundation for follow-on work to further reduce the NO x emissions from the current 0.1

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