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Dacia Manifesto Concept Is electric off-roader full of big ideas

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Although it does not prefigure an upcoming model, Manifesto is a lab for ideas with some of its innovative features available on future vehicles in the Dacia range. Manifesto explores a connection […] The post Dacia Manifesto Concept Is electric off-roader full of big ideas appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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ZF connected seat belt actively enhances occupant seating position to help mitigate injury in a crash

Green Car Congress

This is where the idea of repositioning comes in. For this purpose, it is connected not only to the sensors but also to the automatic emergency brake assistant and shifts the occupant toward the right position and holds them there during the braking maneuver.

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Texas DOT to form connected and automated vehicle task force

Green Car Congress

The Texas Department of Transportation is going to create a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) Task Force to become a central point for CAV advancement in Texas. We look forward to furthering these important efforts as connected and autonomous vehicles become reality. —TxDOT Executive Director James Bass.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide half-gigabit internet connectivity to airlines

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It appears that internet connectivity in commercial airlines is about to get a serious boost. As noted by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in a recent post on Twitter, talks are now ongoing with commercial airlines about the possibility of utilizing Starlink for in-flight internet connectivity. Low latency ~half gigabit connectivity in the air!

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Two Oddball Ideas for a Megaqubit Quantum Computer

Cars That Think

But connecting them all by coaxial cable to control and readout electronics, which work at room temperature, would be impossible. Instead of connecting each transistor to its neighbor with a metal interconnect, they had them share the quantum well. In “downlink” mode that transceiver encodes data onto the terahertz radiation.

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Connecting home door to car: Volkswagen Car-Net App-Connect & the Door Bird app

Green Car Congress

Together with DoorBird , the Berlin-based start-up, and Hörmann, the gate and door manufacturer, Volkswagen is presenting a world exclusive at the IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) in Berlin: the means to connect to the door station at home using your vehicle’s infotainment system. App-Connect (incl.

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CMRL To Expand Its Last-mile Connectivity Centered Around EVs

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Expanding To A Greener Tomorrow Chennai Metro Rail is creating a plan to deploy more Electric vehicles to their stations to improve last-mile connectivity. Though the idea has been in the works for quite some time, it appears that it will soon become a reality. plans to expand these services to other stations as well.

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