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Stellantis acquires AI tech of CloudMade to boost software strategy

Teslarati

Stellantis adds that CloudMade’s AI-backed technology has been used as a reference point to transform in-car mobility user experiences for the past decade. The company planned to build a software center in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. In 2022, Stellantis turned to India to develop STLA SmartCockpit in the short term.

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Malaysia to build massive chip design park: PM – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Malaysia’s leader on Monday announced plans to build a massive semiconductor design park , aiming to boost the Southeast Asian nation’s role in the global chip industry. Now it wants to go beyond production and emerge as a chip design powerhouse too, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday. AFP has reached out to Arm for comment.

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Build a Passive Radar With Software-Defined Radio

Cars That Think

A reference antenna picks up a signal from, say, a cell tower, while a surveillance antenna is tuned to the same frequency. The reference and surveillance signals are compared. Building off the demand stimulated by this activity, a number of manufacturers have started making premium, but still relatively cheap, SDRs.

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Building Human-Robot Relationships Through Music and Dance

Cars That Think

According to the researchers, the FOREST robots and accompanying musical robots are not rigid mimickers of human melody and movement; rather, they exhibit a remarkable level of emotional expression and human-like gesture fluency–what the researchers call “emotional prosody and gesture” to project emotions and build trust.

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Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. Will this reborn icon make Europe relevant in the electric car era?

EV Central

The 2025 Renault 5 E-Tech Electric has been unwrapped at the Geneva motor show and from our first look at the reborn French icon this could be one of the most desirable EVs not a lot of money can buy. READ MORE: Cheaper than a BYD Dolphin or MG4! 2025 Renault 5. 2025 Renault 5. inch Google-powered infotainment system. 2025 Renault 5 interior.

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NHTSA awards Virginia Tech Transportation Institute $1M for V2V framework project

Green Car Congress

The Virginia Tech institute has been building connected-vehicle technology since 2001. Funding for the institute’s Fairfax test-bed project came from the US Department of Transportation, the Virginia Department of Transportation, and Virginia Tech, among other resources.

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Yu Yuan on Building A Persistent Virtual World

Cars That Think

Despite tech giants including Meta , Microsoft , and Nvidia investing billions of dollars in the development of the metaverse, it is still little more than a fantasy. Persistent computing refers to the combination of all the technologies needed to support the development and operation of a persistent virtual world.