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Massachusetts electric school bus delivered power back to grid for 50+ hours over the summer; V2G

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An electric school bus in Beverly, Massachusetts, successfully delivered power back to the electricity grid for more than 50 hours over the course of the summer using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center launches 5-year, $35M program on autonomous and connected vehicle technologies

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The new research effort, named CSRC Next, will focus on the challenges and opportunities of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies over the next decade. CSRC is working with the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Toyota Connected (TC).

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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

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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. Autonomous driving Behavior Big Data Connected vehicles Research Urban mobility V2X Vehicle Manufacturers'

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Protecting a divine planet

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I’m a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church (FUMC) of Westborough, Massachusetts, where we believe we must do our part to steward the earth. We're hoping that people will see our ‘Fueled by Faith’ message and realize we are all connected in the need for this important mission.” No messy, hard-to-read screens.

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Audi and MIT develop Road Frustration Index

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Driving in chaotic urban traffic can be as nearly as stressful as jumping out of an airplane, according to new findings from an Audi and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study. For Audi, the research helps validate how driver assistance and connectivity technologies can help ease the stress of daily driving.

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Toyota Research Institute displays Gen 2 autonomous test vehicle; machine vision and machine learning

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generation advanced safety research vehicle at the company’s Prius Challenge event in Sonoma California. It will learn individual driver habits and abilities and will benefit from shared intelligence from other cars as data gathering, sharing and connectivity technologies advance. The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) displayed its 2.0

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Audi and 4 US universities tackle urban mobility challenges in 3-year research initiative

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The aim is to take connected car, driver assistance and infrastructure electronics to the next level of providing detailed information so motorists have a better sense of the driving conditions surrounding them. parking availability, urban events (sports events, concerts, accidents, etc.) Audi Urban Diagnostic.

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