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Alstom demonstrates fully autonomous driving of a shunting locomotive in the Netherlands

Green Car Congress

This demonstration concludes a series of tests that are part of an ongoing partnership between Alstom, ProRail and Lineas. The system is a complete, self-contained on-board solution able to provide the ATO system with the information it needs to make autonomous driving decisions.

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TomTom extends coverage of real-time traffic products for congestion reduction

Green Car Congress

The other countries currently covered are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. TomTom invented the new category of the PND (personal navigation device) as something being connected.

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Sony introduces 360? “Safety Cocoon” concept for automotive image sensors at CES

Green Car Congress

In 2015, Sony acquired Belgium-based Softkinetic Systems S.A. ToF image sensors detect distance information for every pixel, resulting in highly accurate depth maps. This sensor allows the quick and effective detection of obstacles and people in parking lots, on dark nights, and in other situations that would challenge the naked eye.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

Part of the reason for its success is the price, which keeps falling—from $595 at its introduction to $149 currently, for which the consumer gets graphics and sound equal to or better than that provided by machines that cost five times as much. It’s a personal challenge. Color clock. In November 1981, the chips were complete.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

inch central touchscreen display through which all information arrives and almost all vehicle functions are controlled. The EX30 will be a big part of that. Order books were originally scheduled to open in November, but Volvo has delayed that to the early part of this year—with first customer deliveries in the U.S.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Well be providing more information about this in the coming months. As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected. A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

inch central touchscreen display through which all information arrives and almost all vehicle functions are controlled. The EX30 will be a big part of that. Order books were originally scheduled to open in November, but Volvo has delayed that to the early part of this year—with first customer deliveries in the U.S.

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