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Hyundai Motor Group announces SdX strategy at CES 2024 | Autocar Professional

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Hyundai Motor Group, which is driving a software-driven transformation for its Group brands (Hyundai, Kia and Genesis) today announced its ‘Software-defined Everything’ (SDx) strategy, which aims to transform all moving devices, fleets and ecosystems into valuable assets through advanced software and AI.

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Honda EV concepts, Kia electric vans, Vinfast pickup concept, Hertz dumps EVs: The Week in Reverse

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At CES in Las Vegas, the Honda Saloon and Space-Hub concepts provided a head-turning first look at the automaker’s 0 Series (Zero Series) EVs set to launch starting in 2026. And Kia revealed a new global family of PBV concept electric vans that will provide a modular basis for last-mile delivery, cargo operations, and even robotaxis.

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Ford exploring use of smartphone technology to alert drivers to pedestrians, bicyclists; BLE and 5G

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The concept smartphone app, which would run on a pedestrian’s phone, uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) messaging to communicate the phone’s location to a connected Ford vehicle. BLE connectivity technology creates wireless personal area networks using radio waves in the 2.4-gigahertz frequency hopping—in the 2.4

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Volkswagen Group in strategic collaboration with self-driving technology startup Aurora Innovation; Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) fleets

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The Volkswagen Group and self-driving technology startup Aurora Innovation, founded by technology veterans from Google, Tesla and Uber, announced a strategic collaboration ahead of the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. —Volkswagen Group Chief Digital Officer Johann Jungwirth. Chris Urmson, Co-founder & CEO.

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Volkswagen unveils eT! electric delivery van research vehicle with capability to drive semi-automatically on command

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The van can follow the delivery person from house to house (“Follow me”), or the van can return to the delivery person on command (“Come to me”). Volkswagen Group Research, together with the German Post Office (Deutsche Post AG) and the University of Art at Braunschweig formed a think tank on future transport and mobility issues.

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Stretchable Batteries Make Flexible Electronics More So

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Researchers believe the concept will become more valuable in the next decade, as electronic devices migrate closer and closer to human skin. Gatorade, for example, now markets a skin patch called the Gx Sweat Patch , which helps tracks personal hydration. A battery that only flexes would feel uncomfortable to wear.”

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Can Deepfake Tech Train Computer Vision AIs?

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A research group from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has explored whether, given that generative models are now capable of producing highly realistic images, they can replace datasets to train computer vision AI models. Researchers have already been looking towards synthetic data to fill this breach.

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