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Elon Musk’s Starlink blocked by French court after legal battle with environmental groups

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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service effectively lost its frequencies in France following a legal battle waged by environmental groups. Arcep had granted Starlink two bands of frequencies that would link the company’s satellite constellation to France-based customers. . This was something that Arcep did not do.

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Jaguar Land Rover opens new testing facility for electrical and radio interference

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Jaguar Land Rover has taken another step towards a new era of electrification and connectivity by opening a facility to test the next generation of vehicles for electrical and radio interference. New Range Rover Sport, which launched in May, was the first vehicle to undergo a bespoke testing program at the in-house facility.

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Volkswagen Group investing $700M in XPENG for 5% stake, VW EV development; Audi jointly developing EVs with SAIC

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Since the founding of XPENG, we have been developing full-stack technologies from EV platform to connectivity and ADAS software in house. Together with XPENG, we aim to put two additional fully connected electric vehicles on the road from early 2026 onwards, thus opening up new customer groups for the VW brand.

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Mercedes-Benz receives world’s first internationally valid system approval for Level 3 conditionally automated driving

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Mercedes-Benz is the first automotive company to meet the demanding legal requirements of UN-R157 for a Level 3 system for conditionally automated driving. With the opening of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) for Level 3 systems in 2017, Germany was the first country to create a legal basis for the intended use of these systems.

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UR:BAN research project gives mid-term update on advanced driver assistance systems, connected vehicles

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Numerous additional university and research institutes as well as small and mid-size companies are also participating in the projects as subcontractors. All these challenges are supported by studies of legal issues and effectiveness evaluation. Areas of effective application, legal issues. Networked Traffic Systems.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk seeks TX venue in class action lawsuit over Bay Area juror concerns

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Musk’s legal team has argued that the CEO believes there is a lack of unbiased jurors in the Bay Area. Elon Musk and other Tesla board members are facing a lawsuit that alleged that the CEO manipulated the company’s stock in 2018. A federal judge is currently considering the motion from Musk’s legal team. .

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Continental, Knorr-Bremse partner on highly automated driving in commercial vehicles; platooning first

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The system consists of environment recognition, driving planning and decision-making, as well as the control of the actuator systems in the vehicle (such as steering and brakes) and human-machine interaction. Continental also provides the intelligence that uses the acquired data to create a model of the respective environment.