Cars That Think

JANUARY 4, 2024

Critical considerations pertinent to connected autonomous vehicles, such as ethics, liability, privacy, and cybersecurity, do not share the same spotlight as the CAVs’ benefits. Anything employing wireless connectivity is fair game for hackers and cybercriminals. Most likely, the updates are done wirelessly via 5G.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

SAIC-GM, GM’s Chinese joint venture with SAIC, announced its Connectivity Strategy 2025, which lays out a roadmap for its connectivity development from 2017 through 2025. 2020: Promote connected vehicle (V2X) technology to make mobility safer. 2020: Promote connected vehicle (V2X) technology to make mobility safer.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 15, 2023

On our never-ending quest to improve this place by listening to feedback from the B&B, we are taking a new tack with these product posts, choosing instead to focus on items we use and have purchased with our own meager income. After all, if we’re giving you the truth about cars, we ought to give you the truth about car accessories.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The H2X Warrego pops up just weeks after Queensland start-up Roev announced plans to launch production of battery electric Toyotas Hilux and Ford Ranger utes targeted at fleets in Australia from 2023. Our production and engineering teams have done an amazing job to overcome these problems and we are now back on schedule.”.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2016

A German research alliance has developed the basis for smart, high-resolution active matrix LED headlights, which takes adaptive forward lighting to a new dimension. Both headlights contain three LED light sources, each with 1,024 individually controllable light points. This allows the driver to see these vehicles more clearly.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2019

BYTON revealed more about the interior of its first production model, the M-Byte SUV ( earlier post ), at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 in Las Vegas. The production version of the BYTON M-Byte is slated to debut in mid-2019, with mass-production starting at the end of the year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

operations, including $1 billion to prepare Plant Spartanburg for the production of fully electric vehicles and $700 million to build a new high-voltage battery assembly plant. Cutting-edge production facilities for top-performance high-voltage batteries are a decisive factor in this. Visualization of the BMW Group Plant Woodruff.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2016

HARMAN International Industries made a number of connected vehicle technology announcements during CES 2016 last week, including a connected car computing platform, demonstrated in the Rinspeed Σtos concept car; an advanced navigation system with live data fusion; an open cloud-based software delivery system; and a new partnership with Microsoft.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Sanyo Li-ion systems for power storage (left) and light electric vehicle (right) applications. has developed two new lithium-ion battery systems and will begin mass production of the new products in March 2010. Initial monthly production for each system will be 500 units. Click to enlarge. Sanyo Electric Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2023

These certifications mean that the chargers have been witness-tested in approved laboratory conditions for compliance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 44 (HB 44). ABB E-Mobility’s DC fast chargers can meet the metering requirements defined by these programs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

With the rollout of the 2021 GL8 Avenir, Buick is among the first automotive brands in China to adopt V2X intelligent and connected vehicle technology. Buick’s V2X technology has fast connectivity and data transmission. The 2021 GL8 ES has received substantial upgrades in connectivity and safety features to keep all occupants safe.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2022

Through this pilot project, we are bringing Volkswagen’s long tradition of precision engineering, design, and innovation to the next level, by developing a premium product that will serve the vertical mobility needs of our future tech savvy Chinese customers. In the first phase of its commercial use, V.MO

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Azure Dynamics Corporation announced 29 new Ford Transit Connect Electric sales, including 8 units in Europe and 21 units in North America, which includes a 3-unit reorder from Johnson Controls, Inc. These sales include: Van Bortel Ford in Rochester, NY.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 10, 2024

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 11 Apr 2024, 12:28 PM Skoda has started production of the fourth-generation Octavia in Mladá Boleslav, showcasing the brand's commitment to excellence and innovation. Škoda Auto plans to transition Octavia production to the Kvasiny plant in the second half of the year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Fields said that Ford’s investments in products, people, plants and technology, combined with industry growth, are not only delivering a year of growth in terms of revenue, pricing power, operating margins and profitability in 2014, but are setting the stage for growth in and beyond 2015. We want to get our fair share of that growth. ”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Specifically, Ford is: Accelerating the introduction of connected, smart vehicles and services customers want and value. By 2019, 100% of Ford’s new US vehicles will be built with connectivity. The company has similarly aggressive plans for China and other markets, as 90% of Ford’s new global vehicles will feature connectivity by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Prologue’s generous dimensions and roomy interior position the SUV alongside the Passport in Honda’s light truck lineup. Showcasing a tech-rich cabin, the Prologue will have a standard fully digital 11-inch driver display panel and an 11.3-inch inch audio/connectivity display. inch audio/connectivity display.

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Teslarati

APRIL 14, 2021

Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced its updated lineup of tunneling products and services. The Boring Company’s Utility tunnels are 12 feet in diameter and are equipped with a flat maintenance surface, LED lighting, and a CCTV video system. Credit: Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2019

Volvo Cars is making its industry-first connected safety technology available across Europe as another step in its ambitions to improve traffic safety. Hazard Light Alert and Slippery Road Alert were first introduced in 2016 on Volvo’s 90 Series cars in Sweden and Norway.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have found that using a Level 4 connected and automated vehicle (CAV) subsystem could increase vehicle primary energy use and GHG emissions by 3–20% due to increases in power consumption, weight, drag, and data transmission. —Gawron et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2017

From 2019, Volkswagen will start fitting its first models with pWLAN as standard in order to serve as an additional communication technology for the exchange of selected information relevant to traffic between cars made by different manufacturers. there are no ongoing communications costs and it does not rely on mobile phone network coverage.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

The new Hyundai BEV models will include three sedan models, six SUVs, one light commercial vehicle as well as one new type model. Hyundai Motor aims to establish a high efficiency manufacturing process for BEV production to accelerate its transition into electrification. The previously announced target was 560,000 units by 2025.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

The BMW Group will be a leading OEM to implement the technology, leveraging ADI’s E²B for their ambient lighting system design in the vehicles of the BMW Group in the future. Automotive Ethernet connectivity is a key enabler of new, zonal architectures in automotive design and supports automotive megatrends such as software-defined vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Results from the recently released 2015 Harris Poll AutoTECHCAST suggest that the deluge of infotainment features and connected services coming from the automotive industry may do little to accelerate consumer adoption. Seven in ten (70%) intenders want a connected car because it makes them feel safe.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

Hyundai Motor’s rolling labs are vehicles in which the company tests and verifies advanced technologies to apply them to future production models. GMP), while setting a new standard in high-performance EVs. The concept was then built into prototypes for Hyundai’s first production sports car. N Vison 74 (left), RN22e (right).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2016

V2X systems can operate independently or complement other connected vehicle technologies, and they offer the benefit of working in a non-line-of-sight environment with a 0.6 1 km range.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Sensors enabled by the Internet of Things are network-connected smart devices that collect and transmit real-time data about their environment. The sensors are being used in new ways to maximize the capabilities of network-connected systems and infrastructure. The data they provide lets people make better-informed decisions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

At the New York International Auto Show, Lincoln unveiled Aviator, a three-row plug-in hybrid production preview. The “teaser” model serves to preview the direction Lincoln plans to take with its newest SUV when the production model goes on sale next year. Owners can use their smartphone as a key.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The self-driving S-Class had to deal autonomously with a number of highly complex situations such as traffic lights, roundabouts, pedestrians, cyclists and trams. The successful drive was achieved with the aid of near-production-standard technology, very similar to that already found in the new E and S-Class. Initial testing.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

The increasing use of heterogeneous radio standards and the growing networking capabilities of vehicles between each other and the traffic infrastructure (Car-to-X communications) require new ways towards realizing a flexible and reliable communication architecture in the vehicle, BMW notes. DAB, DAB+, DVB-T, etc.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2021

This makes the EQS the most aerodynamic production car in the world. Deceleration is also applied to detected vehicles ahead until they come to a standstill, for example at traffic lights. The standard rear-axle steering with a steering angle of up to 4.5 The operating range particularly benefits from this.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

General Motors has launched a new business, BrightDrop , which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently. The BrightDrop ecosystem includes: BrightDrop EP1. Payload capacity of 200 pounds. BrightDrop EV600.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2014

For production of Opel’s ADAM ROCKS, the company will use 40 assembly tools from a 3D printer. Other tools from the printer are used to fasten the chrome step plate on ADAM ROCKS door openings and install the standard Swing Top canvas roof. The plastic used is light, robust and versatile.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

As well as being the lead plant for luxury models, the production facility is also home to the competence center for electric drive system production, which manufactures both the electric motors and the high-voltage batteries for all variants of the BMW i7 on site. The motor’s power density of 2.41 kW/kg represents an increase of 25.5%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The Urban eTruck is connected to the charging station using the Europe-wide standardized Combined Charging System (CCS) Type 2 connector. With the small series we are now rapidly taking the next step towards a series product. The light-duty electric truck Fuso eCanter will be in use in a global small series in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The new plant is the first battery factory of any premium automotive manufacturer in China and the third in the Group’s production network, after Germany and the US, said Oliver Zipse, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Production. Production of high-voltage battery packs is divided into two production stages.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

coefficient of drag (Cd), which is among the lowest of current production passenger cars. Standard Bi-LED headlamps and LED rear combination lamps reduce energy consumption compared to halogens, while giving better light and having a longer service life. Due to ultra-low internal friction and efficient combustion, the 2ZR-FXE 1.8-liter

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