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Mercedes-Benz unveils EQS electric luxury sedan

Green Car Congress

Available from launch: two special driving programs for young drivers and service staff, some little games and the demo program “The Best or Nothing”. The entertainment functions are only available there while the car is being driven in accordance with the country-specific legal regulations.

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Continental presenting Intelligent Glass Control for car windows; targeted shading can reduce CO2 emissions or increase EV range

Green Car Congress

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 6–9, 2016, automotive supplier Continental is presenting a demo vehicle in which all windows can be darkened at the touch of a button. Due to legal requirements, however, it is initially only shown here in the permitted area of the sun visors.

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Play Infinite Versions of AI-Generated Pong on the Go

Cars That Think

In my day job, I write embedded software for microcontrollers, so I immediately thought of a self-contained handheld device as a demo platform. I used a US $6 Raspberry Pi Pico W as the core of my handheld device—its built-in wireless allows direct connectivity to cloud-based AI tools. And so was born the idea of infinite Pong.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

Cars That Think

If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean. The main reason is because the E.U. million people.

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SARTRE project completes first successful on-road demo of multiple vehicle platooning

Green Car Congress

At the workshop a number of non-technical challenges for road trains were discussed, such as legal regulations, product liability and driver acceptance of automated vehicles. The participants in the first discussion included technical experts, politicians, legislators and traffic safety researchers.

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Ola S1 Pro Electric Scooter: Test Ride & Observations

Plug In India

One suggestion to the Ola team is to have charging scooters being demo’ed, so that you can actually have two more scooters on the road. We tried finding out the charges for connectivity - a sore area for a lot of EV users, but Ola still has to take a call on that. The navigation was not working in the demo machines.