Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

A new Ford Motor Company-sponsored poll of 6,000 people across Europe found that most Europeans remain committed to car ownership, but have growing concerns about traffic congestion, the cost of driving and the environment. 6,028 people were questioned across six European countries; Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2022

Five series-production Taycan were connected to the power grid via the Porsche Home Energy Manager (HEM) both in a domestic environment and under laboratory conditions. It protects the house connection from overload ("blackout protection") and enables the use of smart charging functions. —Dr Rainer Pflaum, CFO TransnetBW.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

SWARCO Traffic Systems and the University of Kaiserslautern announced the formation of the Connected Vehicle to Everything of Tomorrow (ConVeX) consortium to carry out the first Cellular-V2X (C-V2X) trial based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s ( 3GPP ) Release 14, which includes Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2023

When IDTechEx attended CES, it was clear to see that the future cabin interior would be filled with screens. Mercedes went one step further; now that it has level 3 certification in both the US and Germany, it is possible for the driver to play video games while the car drives itself, up to a speed of 40mph.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2016

Daimler Trucks demonstrated the new Highway Pilot Connect system for autonomous truck platooning on the A52 autobahn near Düsseldorf. Three WiFi-connected, autonomously driving trucks operated on the autobahn with authorization for public traffic in a platoon formation. The smart, self-optimizing truck has the highest priority for us.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

Germany and Europe are on their way to a hydrogen future. The strategy aims to build electrolysis plants for hydrogen production with a total output of 10 GW in Germany by the year 2040. Hydrogen is set to be used in industry and in the future also in road traffic, finally heralding a shift away from gasoline and diesel fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Ford has opened its new Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto, growing its global research team and accelerating the company’s work in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience and big data. At Ford, we view ourselves as both a mobility and an auto company, as we drive innovation in every part of our business.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

At Audi’s headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany, the two companies agreed on a range of activities exploring the potential of 5G as a future-proof communication technology that can meet the high demands of automotive production. The fully networked factory will have a significant impact on the production of the future.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2012

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) today launched the largest-yet road test of connected vehicle crash avoidance technology in Ann Arbor, Michigan. NHTSA will use the valuable data from the ‘model deployment' as it decides if and when these connected vehicle safety technologies should be incorporated into the fleet.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2016

IBM and BMW Group researchers are collaborating to explore the role of Watson cognitive computing in personalizing the driving experience and creating more intuitive driver support systems for cars of the future. Self-socializing: Vehicles connect with other vehicles and the infrastructure around them to share information and solutions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

An estimated 110,000 metric tons of it ends up on the streets in the form of microplastics every year in Germany alone. From there, it is blown into the environment by the wind, or is washed by the rain as urban runoff through the sewers into the soil and rivers and ultimately the oceans.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Moreover, San Jose wants to prepare itself for a future in which autonomous cars hit the streets. The on-demand ride-hailing service app operated by Daimler Mobility Services will demonstrate how mobility services such as car sharing (car2go), ride-hailing (mytaxi), and multi-modal platforms (moovel) can be intelligently connected.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

In particular, the use of Car-to-X communications that enables an extensive access to local telematic data, such as cross traffic information or local danger warnings, would increase the overall road traffic safety significantly in the future. The predecessor projects were SeVeCom (2006 – 2009) and PRECIOSA (2008 – 2010).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2014

Partners in Germany’s UR:BAN research consortium recently gave a mid-term status report on the three major component projects in an event at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Braunschweig, Germany. The aim is to develop a system of 360° environment modeling for urban scenarios to be used by multiple driver assistance systems.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

As a computer on wheels, the connected car benefits from the experience of the IT industry. It is easy to integrate and substantially increases cybersecurity—from production to recycling of connected cars. Mobility of the future requires the exchange of huge volumes of data. With the new OPTIGA TPM 2.0

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment gave the green light for a subsidized pilot project to conduct research and development on the electrification of long-haul trucks. In Germany alone, heavy goods traffic results in CO 2 emissions of 56 million tonnes per year. Axel Heinrich, Head of Group Research at Volkswagen AG.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2012

to the Annual Press Conference 2012 in Ingolstadt, Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG, said that the company believes that five key innovation areas will determine the shape of future mobility: design; lightweight construction; connected vehicles; mobility services; and electric mobility. In his speech.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

The 5G-ready tests are taking place under real-life conditions at Vodafone’s 5G Mobility Lab in Aldenhoven, Germany. To this end, we are ensuring the best possible connectivity of vehicles with each other and with their environment. We are working strenuously every day to reduce the potential risks for vulnerable road users.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In February, the Volkswagen Group had announced that from 2019 onwards, its brands will use the WLANp standard for communications among vehicles and between vehicles and their environment (V2X). In the near future, assistant functions will be able to do this without driver intervention. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

Ford of Germany has signed a cooperation agreement with the German Ford dealers association FHD GmbH and DB Rent GmbH —the company behind Flinkster car sharing—for a new car sharing platform. —Bernhard Mattes, chairman of Ford of Germany and vice president, Ford Customer Service Division, Ford of Europe. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2020

In connection with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, satellite measurements made headlines showing how much the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) had decreased in China and northern Italy. In Germany, traffic density is the most important factor. With the method used, this will be easier in the future. in Stuttgart).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Twelve months after the launch of the “Digital Motorway Test Bed” in Germany, Audi is presenting new technologies for piloted driving and Car-to-X-communication at the German Federal Ministry of Transport. Other aims include car sensors that will in future detect the road markings more easily.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In the future, Polestar 3 will join the portfolio as a fully electric performance SUV. With a connected digital solution available both in-car and on mobile devices, Polestar is setting up strategic collaborations to give Polestar 2 owners easy and hassle-free access to the world’s largest public charging networks.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

The partners will install and connect 100 V2G units at locations agreed upon by private and fleet owners of the Nissan LEAF and e-NV200 electric van. We see Nissan electric vehicles as being the mobile energy hubs of the future, pioneering a self-sustaining energy infrastructure that will help solve the capacity issues of the future.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Audi aims to meet stringent CO 2 limits worldwide with a new generation of extremely economical combustion engines and alternative efficiency technologies as well as new features in the areas of connectivity and driver assistance. The workforce will also grow in the context of the investment in the main plants in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2014

Delphi Automotive PLC will unveil the second generation of its Technology Truck concept highlighting future technologies at the upcoming IAA Commercial Vehicles show being held 25 Sept - 2 Oct in Hannover, Germany. Fundamental safety building blocks for future automated vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2013

Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Executive Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, during a meeting with Brigitte Behrens, Executive Director of Greenpeace Germany, in Hanover. We will remain in dialogue with Volkswagen, also as regards mobility concepts for the future. This commitment was underscored by Prof.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

The approach centered on accurate detection of traffic environments using cooperative sensing and perception, comprehensive situation assessment to precisely evaluate collision risks, and subsequent activation of appropriate advance protection measures. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Ko-KOMP - Cooperative Components.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2017

This will, for example, enable information about the current traffic situation, accidents and other situations relating to traffic conditions to be shared with the local environment, within a radius of approximately 500 m, even faster than has been possible in the past.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2016

Scania will leave from Södertalje, south of Stockholm, driving through Sweden, Denmark and Germany to Maasvlakte II in the Port of Rotterdam, making a stop in Zolder, Belgium and in Zwolle, Netherlands. Daimler will start from Stuttgart and MAN from Munich (both in Southern Germany). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2015

This increases the quality and reliability of information available to drivers about their immediate environment, other vehicles and road users. Under an agreement signed by the companies, Cohda Wireless will develop and produce RSUs for Siemens, enabling this smart infrastructure to communicate with connected vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2016

The new strategic partnership marks the point where the Volkswagen Group starts taking an active part in shaping the future of mobility. This is not just about linking up individual services, but about creating an integrated mobility ecosystem centered on people and the environment. —Ole Harms.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

We will continue to invest strongly in our innovation and technology leadership, despite the uncertain economic environment. This will once again significantly boost the Group’s competitiveness and safeguard its future. More than half of the investments in property, plant and equipment (almost 60%) will be made in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The expanded engineering capabilities enabled by the Ford Engineering Laboratory allow the team to control a network of facilities in China, England, Germany, and the US. Through this network, the EPE team will take advantage of globally connected technologies to develop lighter and more durable EV batteries.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2023

Under some fairly specific constraints, autonomous robots are starting to find a few valuable niches in semistructured environments, like offices and hospitals and warehouses. For the foreseeable future, this means that humans are still necessary. The final event took place last November in Long Beach, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Our future X-Class will be a pickup that knows no compromise. Mercedes said that the X-Class will also set new standards in the segment with regard to connected life. The communication module with on-board SIM card will enable the use of the extensive Mercedes me connect services. in Germany, 1.3% Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2011

This corresponds to an overall saving of approximately 900 million liters (237,755,000 US gallons) of fuel per year if the new technology were to be deployed throughout Germany. As a complement to travolution, Audi is also involved in the nationwide simTD project (Safe and Intelligent Mobility Test Bed Germany).

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