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DOT issues discussion document on principles for a connected vehicle environment; safety as top priority

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Connected vehicles refer to the ability of vehicles of all types to communicate wirelessly with other vehicles (V2V) and roadway equipment (V2I), such as traffic signals, to support a range of safety, mobility and environmental applications. Transportation Safety is the DOT’s top stated priority for the connected vehicle environment.

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Fifth DOT connected vehicle PlugFest in August

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The USDOT will hold its fifth Connected Vehicle PlugFest on 5-7 August 2014, in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Subsequent events have been in the Detroit area and Pal Alto, CA. In addition, the USDOT Connected Vehicle Test Bed team will provide live data from the Southeast Michigan Test Bed through the Situation Data Clearinghouse (SDC).

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ANSI releases for public comment draft roadmap of standards and codes for EVs at scale

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Working groups have been developing the draft roadmap since a kickoff event held in June 2022. The EVSP working groups are currently on hiatus and will reconvene in May to address the comments submitted and finalize the document for publication by the end of June 2023.

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SEMI and AVCC partner to promote autonomous vehicle innovation and mass market adoption

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SEMI connects more than 2,500 member companies and 1.3 Cross-promoting, authoring, and publishing blogs and articles. The group collaborates to develop requirements for the compute platform architecture, its hardware requirements, and software APIs for each building block in autonomous vehicle systems.

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Battelle, COTA demonstrating connected vehicle applications on buses

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Engineers from Battelle Memorial Institute, working with the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) as part of the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Connected Vehicle research program, have developed and are demonstrating a forward-collision-avoidance system for buses. Ann Arbor is the culminating event.

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Tesla Giga Berlin works with local district to establish easy commute for employees

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Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin will have a bicycle path connecting the electric car production facility to the nearby town of Erkner, establishing an easier commute route for eventual employees at the manufacturing plant. The bike path will connect Giga Berlin to the town of Erkner and will be 2.5 kilometers (1.49

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GM publishes “Blue Paper” on sustainable urban mobility; integrating input from Sustainable Urban Mobility events in Shanghai

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Electrification, connectivity and creative design are key components of the technology solutions. The Blue Paper is an important document that integrates the learnings from our forums and participation in Expo 2010, which have provided a compelling vision of the future of the automobile and urban communities.

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