Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

For the past three months, Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn had been working together on a problem Kahn had been pondering for some time: how to connect ground-based military computers seamlessly to communications satellites and mobile radios. The first real-world test came in 1975, connecting Stanford to BBN in Cambridge, Mass., universities.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 9, 2023

Before connected vehicles had become ubiquitous, numerous companies suggested that they would be networked into roadway infrastructure to improve safety and decrease traffic congestion. While the concept of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) connectivity has been around since at least the 1950s, any tangible progress has been relatively recent.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I The grant provided the seed money to launch their startup that year: Green Village Electricity Projects of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. I still remember the number, down to the last dollar.”

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

Dronning Louise’s Bro (Queen Louise’s Bridge) connects inner Copenhagen and Nørrebro and is frequented by many cyclists and pedestrians every day. For instance, recent U.S. survey information shows that while 22 percent of new car buyers expressed interest in a battery electric vehicle (BEV), only 5 percent actually bought one.

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2009

US car club, Zipcar has won an exclusive contract with Westminster Council in London. According to the Financial Times , the company beat off competition from rivals, Streetcar and Connect by Hertz to operate an on-street car hire service which will be marketed under the Westminster Car Club brand.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Grant Davis is a Managing Director at New York Life Investments.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 7, 2022

He started selling the idea to me and even bribed me by promising an internship at Philips , where he had connections. He designed and built the first random-access LAN that uses fiber-optic connections, long before Ethernet became the standard. “Kreiken told me studying anything else was absolutely crazy,” Gelenbe recalls. “He

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 17, 2022

We connect high-power communication lines into the DC charging system of the car. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington. We also have a grocery delivery van with Waitrose in London. Charged : What’s involved with installing the vehicle-side system? John Holland: We fasten the receiver plate underneath the car.

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