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BMW showcasing urban mobility connectivity applications at ITS World Congress

Green Car Congress

BMW ConnectedDrive is the BMW Group’s definition of Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS); the BMW stand at the Congress presents App- and vehicle-based routing functions, safety systems and solutions for mobility on two wheels. The driver is therefore able to look into the future and adjust the driving style to the timing of the traffic lights.

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Navigating the Cost Gap on Tesla and Other EVs for Collision Repairs

Clean Fleet Report

Critical areas such as the safety systems inside the vehicle, digital connectivity or the evolving materials’ complexity mean repair shop owners must find ways to navigate these significant driving forces in the escalating costs involved.

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Riding Into A Better Future @ South Bay Bike Night

Creative Greenius

That’s the 20 year plan that lays out the blueprint for connecting bikeways in the cities of El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Lawndale and Gardena. We used that money to create and then help get passed the world famous Seven City South Bay Bicycle Master Plan.

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Ford Decides Against Dumping AM Radio

The Truth About Cars

On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers introduced a bill that requested the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require AM in new vehicles. The downsides of permanent vehicular connectivity are becoming known. The AM radio snafu feels related and feels like it’s going to be similarly unpopular.

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Ko-Fas project finds cooperative transponders and cooperative perception technology could bring significant road safety benefits

Green Car Congress

The results showed that use of cooperative transponder technologies in combination with cooperative perception technologies could bring important benefits for road safety. The aim of this project was to improve road safety significantly, with an attendant reduction in the number of road traffic accidents and fatalities.

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TU München team develops new technique for accurate distance measurement by advanced driver assistance systems using cooperative transponders

Green Car Congress

As part of the “cooperative transponder” research project Ko-TAG ( earlier post ), researchers at the Technische Universität München (TUM) developed a new approach to distance measurement to enable advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in cars to pinpoint the location of pedestrians and cyclists even in non-line-of-sight situations—i.e.,

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Autonomous vehicle tech company Nauto enters strategic relationships with 3 automakers, including BMW and Toyota, and Allianz

Green Car Congress

The Nauto system—an in-vehicle camera and sensor hardware, a smart network and a continuous learning cloud—allows any vehicle, human-driven or autonomous, to be retrofit with innovative safety and networking technology. Nauto can detect potential driver distraction inside the car, as well as safety issues outside the vehicle.

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