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Bosch launches eScooter sharing service under new Coup brand

Green Car Congress

Two hundred connected and all-electric scooters produced by Gogoro, a leading eScooter brand, will be available for the launch in Berlin. The company is already working on solutions for connected parking management, cloud-based fleet management, and app-based mobility assistants that support the multimodal use of different types of transport.

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This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

Cars That Think

Last year the IEEE Future Networks initiative ran the inaugural IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge to seek out innovative projects and ideas aimed at increasing connectivity. Last year’s winning projects were presented at the Connecting the Unconnected Summit , a virtual event held in November. www.youtube.com.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

Listening to a book on tape rated mild distraction at 1.7. High distraction systems were the Ford Taurus with Sync MyFord Touch (3.1); Chevy Malibu with MyLink (3.4); Volkswagen Passat with Car-Net (3.5); Nissan Altima with Nissan Connect (3.7); Chrysler 200c with Uconnect (3.8); and Hyundai Sonata with Blue Link (3.8). Methodology.

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How to Add Value to Parking Facilities With EV Parking and Charging

EV Connect

That added value feature can be enough to draw an EV-driving customer away from a rival store, or into a neighborhood they might otherwise have ignored. With EV Connect, parking facilities position themselves as forward-thinking and customer-centric spaces that cater to the evolving needs of the modern driver.

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Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport

Baua Electric

Read a book, catch a movie Some airports offer a dose of art, music and literature. Sometimes I look at their books, sometimes not, but it’s a part of the airport that never feels rushed.” People are looking for that connection to the outdoors prior to spending however long they’re going to be on an aircraft,” he said. “It

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On the World’s Largest Cruise Ship, Thrills and Space to Chill

Baua Electric

Over the years our customers told us that despite being on the ocean, they did not feel connected to it, so with Icon we wanted to bring water everywhere,” said Jennifer Goswami, the director of product development at Royal Caribbean International. Space The ship has the feel of a city, with eight distinct “neighborhoods.”

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Wakefield, 1998 "Taken For a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the politics of pollution" by Jack Doyle Books on Peak Oil and Energy Transition "Beyond Oil: The view from Hubbert's Peak", by Kenneth S. com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm htm Advocates of the Th!

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