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VW to stage world premiere of ID. Buzz on 9 Mar; two versions to be sold in Europe

Green Car Congress

The designers have rigorously transferred the styling of the 2017 concept car to the 2022 full-production version. The new model line is based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). With the space-saving MEB concept, the ID. Models are designed so that software updates can be downloaded over the air.

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Build Long-Range IoT Applications Fast With Meshtastic

Cars That Think

In that pre-smartphone, practically pre-3G era, I was testing a mesh network deployed by a local startup, downloading files at what was then a mind-boggling rate of 1.5 Mb/s downloads, or even voice communications. With that proof of concept done, pretty much anything else is doable as well. megabits per second in a moving car.

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Mercedes-Benz integrates iPhone and Siri into user experience of new A-Class

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Mercedes-Benz has integrated the Apple iPhone comprehensively into the user experience concept of the new A-Class—the first automotive manufacturer in the world to take this step. Its highlights include: Personalized internet radio by AUPEO! At the same time, the iPhone is both powered and charged automatically while it is being used.

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Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon 820A SoC infotainment and connectivity processors for automotive; expanding automotive investment

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A Zeroth-powered development kit for automotive solutions will be available for the Snapdragon 820A. The mobile industry’s first modem to implement 4G LTE Advanced carrier aggregation, achieving LTE Category 4 peak download data rates of up to 150Mbps by aggregation of two 10MHz LTE. Snapdragon X12 LTE Modem. Snapdragon X5 LTE Modem.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. Slide and summary table last modified February 2, 2009.

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Is Worldcoin a Crypto-currency for the Masses or Your Digital ID?

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To sign up for Worldcoin, enrollees download the company’s app onto their smartphones, where it creates a pair of linked cryptographic keys: a shareable public key and a private key that remains hidden on the user’s device. The Orb is central to this approach. A widely adopted PoP changes the nature of the Internet completely,” says Sada.