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Autonomous vehicle tech company Nauto enters strategic relationships with 3 automakers, including BMW and Toyota, and Allianz

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Autonomous vehicle technology company Nauto has entered into strategic agreements with three major auto companies, including BMW i Ventures and Toyota Research Institute, as well as with Allianz Ventures, part of the leading global financial service provider and insurance company Allianz Group.

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MIT Professor’s IoT Sensors Make Roads Safer

Cars That Think

Using signal processing and machine learning, their sensing device for vehicles was able to infer the presence of potholes and other impediments from changes in traffic flow, which it measured with GPS and an accelerometer. Today the Massachusetts company is the largest telematics service provider in the world.

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Ford Starts EV Test Drives

Revenge of the Electric Car

company prepares to introduce battery-powered models as early as next year. company prepares to introduce battery-powered models as early as next year. The company is already trying out battery-powered vehicles in London, Meier said. . “Ford Motor Co. 4 as the U.S. 28 (Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co. 4 as the U.S.

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MIT’s Copenhagen Bike Wheel

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By using a series of sensors and a Bluetooth connection to the user’s iPhone, which can be mounted on the handlebars, the wheel can monitor the bicycle’s speed, direction and distance traveled, as well as picking up data on pollution in the air, and even the proximity of the rider’s friends. Tags: Brief. Click to enlarge.

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IBM Global Trucking Study Finds Fuel Efficiency, High-Tech Features More Important than Brand Name

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Technology will not be limited to the trucks themselves but will be embedded in roads and traffic signals increasing the interaction and predictive analytical safety capabilities of these transport carriers. Today&rs quo;s vehicle diagnostic techniques typically require the technician to physically connect to the vehicle.

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OnStar Service to Launch in China in December

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a joint venture between General Motors Company, SAIC Group and Shanghai General Motors (SGM), will activate OnStar services and be fully operational in China in December 2009. It can also connect with infrastructure, pedestrians and cyclists. Tags: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Smart charging Telematics.

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Audi Introduces the e-tron Electric Sports Car Concept

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The Audi development engineers drew on the core competence of the company for the e-tron. The heat pump used by Audi—and commonly used in buildings—is a highly efficient machine that uses mechanical work to provide heat with a minimum input of energy. Tags: Electric (Battery). Lightweight construction.

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