article thumbnail

Ride Vision launches AI-based collision-avoidance system for motorcycles

Green Car Congress

Product roadmap: Since Ride Vision is a technology platform, periodical upgrades will be made available with new safety alerts and features like the Emergency Call (eCall) following an accident, Forward-Side Collision, Rear Collision Alerts, and even creating videos with embedded riding stats to share with friends. CEO Livia Cevolini.

article thumbnail

CDC: US has highest motor vehicle crash death rate among high-income countries; could be cut in half with proven strategies

Green Car Congress

CDC determined the number and rate of motor vehicle crash deaths in the US and 19 other high-income countries and reported national seat belt use and percentage of deaths that involved alcohol-impaired driving or speeding, by country, when available.

Motor 186
article thumbnail

Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

Green Car Congress

Data came from Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada; China; Croatia; the Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Greece; Germany; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; the Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; the United Kingdom, and the United States.

article thumbnail

Nissan and Europcar Form EV Partnership

Green Car Congress

Electric vehicles will be rolled out in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and will be subsequently extended to other countries. This partnership between Europcar Groupe and Nissan is unique in the vehicle rental market.

Nissan 150
article thumbnail

Celebrating the Life of University of Texas Professor Mo-Shing Chen

Cars That Think

Chen insisted that his graduate students have an office near his so he could be readily available for discussions. Participants have come from China, Israel, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Macedonia, Spain, and Russia. Part of that process was recruiting, motivating, and mentoring students.

article thumbnail

Nissan signs electric car alliance with Europcar

Green Cars News

Electric vehicles will be rolled out in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and will be subsequently extended to other countries, as part of the alliance.

Nissan 42
article thumbnail

AI Could Help Increase the IVF Success Rate

Cars That Think

Embryonics , a startup in Haifa, Israel, aims to raise the IVF success rate with its suite of AI algorithms. The amount of data about embryos, past patients, and successful live births available to any single doctor is very small, so it’s hard for them to generalize [about] what indicates that a fertilized egg is viable.”