Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2013

Ford launched a $50,000 challenge for software developers to write innovative apps to help consumers better understand and improve their personal fuel efficiency. Participants will have access to Ford’s OpenXC connectivity research platform as a sandbox to create and test their ideas for the Personalized Fuel Efficiency Apps Challenge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Via a new “Digital DriveStyle App”, developed in-house, together with the “Drive Kit Plus for the Apple iPhone”, drivers can now access all the key content of their iPhone through the in-vehicle display and enjoy safe and convenient operation of the device via the Controller on the center armrest.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Separately, Maryland-based engineering firm Robotic Research LLC is donating vehicle electronic kits and the nonprofit energy investment Stiefel Family Foundation is providing cash awards. according to challenge organizers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

The Ford Developer Program for open mobile apps provides a software development kit (SDK), technical support from Ford engineers and a developer community to enable utilizing the SYNC connectivity system and AppLink application programming interface (API). —Phil Abram.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Check out our full write up —and personally I thought it was worth it just to play Spacewar! One of the best reproductions of the Elf is Lee Hart's US $89 Membership Card kit , which compresses an Elf into two circuit boards that fit into a Altoids tin. Chris Davis makes a terrific replica kit, the Altair-Duino.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The van included a small compressor and tire slime, and we carried the optional lug wrench, jack, and we supplied our own tire patch kit. We borrowed the phone because we couldn’t download the apps on our U.S. By the end of the rally, we downloaded 16 apps, used 13 of them, and had a handful of EV charging cards.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

Drivers will benefit from comprehensive training on safe and fuel-saving driving practices, health check-ups, hygiene kits and value propositions designed specifically for them under the Sampoorna Seva 2.0 initiative, the company said in a media release.

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