Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2016

A new study from Juniper Research estimated that the adoption of connected in-vehicle infotainment systems will produce revenues exceeding $600 million in 2020, representing a 10-fold increase on this year. It pinpointed Apple and Google’s activities in the autonomous driving systems space as key developments in this regard.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2021

The all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge is available online via volvocars.com in select markets across Europe as of this week. Like the XC40 Recharge electric compact SUV, the C40 Recharge comes with an infotainment systems jointly developed with Google and based on the Android operating system.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2014

Audi of America unveiled a new partnership with AT&T offering US Audi drivers in-vehicle 4G LTE data connection with the introduction of the 2015 A3 family. Audi says it plans to roll out 4G LTE capability across its entire lineup as new or refreshed models come to the market.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Audi of America will launch its first 4G LTE service with the new Audi connect system in A3 models due Spring 2014. In a press conference at the 2013 Connected Car Expo at the Los Angeles Auto Show today, Audi officials detailed the services and long-term opportunities enabled by technology, which it had announced in January.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2022

It will mark the start of a pilot plan announced last March to electrify a major thoroughfare that opens electric vehicle travel between four critical markets including Seattle, Boise, Salt Lake City and Denver. Four chargers at the first Starbucks location in Provo, Utah (East Bay – University & 9 th , 979 S University Ave.)

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Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2024

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 04 Mar 2024, 09:38 AM Owners can activate the Accident Ahead Alert system by using the ‘connected safety’ option in the infotainment display to enable data sharing. While it will become available on these same models in other European markets at a later date.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2015

AT&T and Audi enabled the first-ever in-vehicle 4G LTE data connection in North America in 2014. Under the agreement, all 2016 models with Audi connect will be delivered to customers with an AT&T SIM card providing connectivity to the AT&T wireless network.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2022

Tesla was certainly the right launch partner for Autonomy given their dominance in the electric vehicle market today. Telematics: Fully connected. Consumers can subscribe to an electric vehicle entirely in app (Google Play Store or Apple App Store) and customize their monthly payment to meet their budget.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 1, 2023

lakh India’s electric vehicle market is booming with the launch of the country’s first motorcycle with a 7-inch Android display, the Odysse VADER Electric Bike. Taking a closer look at the Vader, let’s see what makes it different from other bikes on the market. This gives riders complete control over their journey.”

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The integration of Waze into the OpenR Link multimedia system with integrated Google and therefore visible on the 12-inch vertical screen of the All-new Austral and Mégane E-Tech electric naturally offers drivers greater comfort and safety. —Aron Di Castro, Director of Marketing and Partnerships at Waze.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The top-line Touring features Honda’s first integration of Google built-in. This includes apps such as Google Assistant, Google Maps and more on Google Play for a helpful, personalized and connected driving experience.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2021

Pulsar Plus is the smallest smart home EV charger in the US, and among the most powerful in the market. Features include flexible amperage setting, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, charge scheduling, power sharing, the myWallbox app, and voice control via Amazon Alexa and Google Home.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

Hyundai introduced the US-market version of its Kona Electric crossover at the New York Auto Show. Kona Electric rides on an all-new CUV platform and is Hyundai’s first compact electric crossover for the US market. It joins Hyundai’s successful new Kona, Tucson and Santa Fe in a full line-up of Hyundai crossovers for the US market.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

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. Production of Polestar 2 begins in early 2020 in China for global markets in both left- and right-hand drive.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2015

In terms of technology that will be introduced, cars using lidar sensors will hit the road in 2018, although lidar will be a small portion of the overall opportunity in the automotive market, growing to $2.5 billion by 2030. Fully autonomous driving may happen by 2030, but only in highly restricted environments and likely only at low speeds.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Chevron, Google, Reimagined Ventures, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, and TIFF Investment Management are among the company’s most recent investors, along with a large US West-coast-based mutual fund manager and a big US pension fund. Goldman Sachs served as the exclusive financial advisor in connection with the Series G-2 financing round.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 8, 2024

The electric van market is heating up with new entries coming soon from Nissan , Mercedes , and even Kia – and now, even more players are getting into the market. The Flexis vans will be Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs) built around Google’s Android Auto operating system. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2021

DeepMap was founded five years ago by James Wu and Mark Wheeler, veterans of Google, Apple and Baidu, among other companies. These maps need to efficiently scale across AV fleets, with fast processing and minimal data storage. Finally, they must be able to function worldwide. A DeepMap map in San Jose, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2021

Market launch in China will get underway over the course of 2021. The enhanced possibilities for using market-specific apps in China that this enables brings another focal point to BMW’s presentation at Auto Shanghai 2021. (All The BMW iX electric SUV ( earlier post ) has its world premiere at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

Wallbox, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions worldwide, introduced Quasar 2, the latest generation of its bidirectional home chargers designed specifically for the North American market. Quasar is currently available in select European and APAC markets. Providing up to 11.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2019

A choice of two diesel engines will be available at market launch. Shortly after the market introduction in September, a gasoline unit, followed also by a plug-in hybrid model, will join the lineup. Audi connect and assist systems. All of the engines in the Audi Q7 are coupled to an eight-speed tiptronic and permanent all?wheel

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EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Business owners are well aware of the many methods of marketing. Yes, it’s a sound decision for sustainability — but it’s also smart marketing. 3 Marketing Benefits of Electric Cars There are many advantages to being among the first businesses to offer EV charging stations for public use. What are you waiting for?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In addition, the user interface in the app and the navigation function have been improved: After selecting a charging point, it is now easier to switch to navigation via Google Maps, whether on a smartphone or via Apple CarPlay in the vehicle. Registration is possible via www.porsche.com/connect-store.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

Qualcomm Technologies has worked with GM for years to supply advanced communication solutions for GM’s connected car applications, including safety and diagnostics featured in GM’s connected Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 1, 2024

This is in tandem with allowing connected Volvo products to communicate information with each other. This would presumably offer more frequent data points than having to rely entirely on connected Volvos and government traffic hubs — depending on how the latter party monitors their roads.&

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

Advanced technology, prototype vehicles, and business plans are being developed by Google, car sharing services like Car2Go (Daimler), Uber, automakers, network providers, software and technology suppliers. Several of these firms confirmed their progress at Silicon Valley Connected & Charged Symposium, hosted by software giant SAP.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2017

In Germany, the mobility app moovel—available to download free of charge from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store—combines local public transport, the carsharing provider car2go, mytaxi, rental bicycles and Deutsche Bahn. The core markets are Germany, USA, Brazil, India and Turkey.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Announced during its All Member Meeting in Seoul, the new GENIVI Vehicle Domain Interaction Strategy is primarily based on a key market trend of system-on-a-chip (SOC) consolidation that has created the need to bridge the auto software domains (e.g., safety, infotainment and consumer electronic).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2018

DeepMap fills a vacuum in the market. They contain layers of semantic information such as lane connectivity, drivable areas, crosswalks, signs, signals, traffic restrictions, and other information that is specific to each end customer’s solution. Earlier post.). HD maps have extremely high precision, typically at the centimeter-level.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2020

Available as of today in PaaS (platform as a service) mode, the platform is dedicated to solving vehicle manufacturers’ greatest challenges currently not being addressed by the market. The second key differentiator is end-user management, for which most connected car platforms come unequipped.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2012

Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. Google believes that a future state with having computers drive cars can “ remove a gigantic chunk ” of the US fatalities.

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Teslarati

JULY 29, 2021

Google Ventures, DFJ Growth, Valor Equity Partners, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, and Gigafund, also participated in the successful private investment round, the company said. The funds from the round will be used to take Neuralink’s first product to market and accelerate the research and development of future products.”

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

US sanctions targeting China's telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies have crippled the company, effectively forcing it out of the global smartphone market and now threatening its domestic phone business as well. They have also shrunk Huawei's market for fifth-generation wireless network infrastructure around the world.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2016

The students help bring connected and driverless innovations closer to market. Mcity, operated by the U-M Mobility Transformation Center, is the first controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The next great chatbot will run at lighting speed on your laptop PC—no Internet connection required. Meanwhile, Google has scrambled to deliver its own chatbot, Bard, which launched in March; Amazon announced a $4 billion investment in Anthropic , creator of ChatGPT competitor Claude, in September.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

The development came just days after a North Carolina-based family in late September took legal action against technology giant Google. The lawsuit alleges that Google was fully aware of a collapsed bridge along Paxson's intended route but failed to update its navigation system accordingly.

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