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GM to acquire Cruise Automation to accelerate autonomous vehicle development

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The acquisition of Cruise is GM’s latest step toward its goal of redefining the future of personal mobility. The three-year old startup developed an aftermarket kit allowing buyers to convert certain cars into autonomous vehicles for highway driving. —Kyle Vogt, founder of Cruise Automation.

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German project exploring integration of electromobility with transport services

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Via this system, customers of a car sharing company will be provided with an electric vehicle that is optimally charged for their purposes. The model will support the cooperation of various service providers, such as car sharing companies, the public passenger transport system or businesses. Traffic flows also will be analyzed.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. During the 1990s, as the size of files and software increased, computer companies searched for alternatives. MB of data.

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Down to the wire for final round of public voting in DOE Apps for Vehicles challenge

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Once registered, a user will be able to compete against themselves, a friend (celebrity in future releases), as a team (future release), and insurance companies (future releases) in energy and safe driver challenges. The MyCarma application uses the phone’s GPS to capture an owner’s personal drive cycle. Unlike many apps today, moj.io

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Ford OpenXC platform out of beta; open-source hardware and software platform

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Following on the launch of its first software developer program ( earlier post ), Ford is now turning its attention to the growing trend in hardware hacking by transforming vehicles into an experimental development environment. OpenXC gives developers and researchers the tools they need to get involved.

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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

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At Ford, we view ourselves as both a mobility and an auto company, as we drive innovation in every part of our business. —Mark Fields, Ford Motor Company president and CEO. Earlier this month, the company introduced Ford Smart Mobility at the 2015 International CES. Maciuca holds a Ph.D. Earlier post.)

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“Software-Defined Car” project seeks to develop standardized rules and processes; SofDCar

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Academic partners include Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), University of Stuttgart, the Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart (FKSF), and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology, an innovation partner of KIT. Andreas Westendorf, SofDCar project leader at Bosch.

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