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Arbe launching 4D imaging radar beta product Phoenix

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Israel-based Arbe is launching Phoenix, its automotive 4D imaging radar beta product. The radar system offers an extremely high resolution at long-, mid- and short-range in both azimuth and elevation, and outputs an image of the environment in a point-cloud format at up to 50 times per second.

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Noble Energy announces significant natural gas discovery at Leviathan offshore Israel

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announced a significant natural gas discovery at the Leviathan exploration prospect offshore Israel. Noble Energy operates Leviathan, offshore Israel, with a 39.66% working interest. Delphi is a geopolitical risk analysis and mitigation firm, with a focus on energy development in Israel and throughout the Levant Basin.

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Detroit’s Inductive EV Charging Roads: Boon or Boondoggle?

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While similar programs have been pioneered in Europe, Detroit is the first and only city to do so in the United States. & The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) partnered with Electreon Wireless to complete the task as part of a five-year commitment to develop the electric road system (ERS) and expand it around the state.

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Renault opens Innovation Lab in Paris to focus on future of mobility

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Renault Innovation Lab – Le Square has been designed as an experimental laboratory, open to its business environment and close to the Renault and Renault-Nissan Alliance teams to make the proliferation of ideas easier. The Silicon Valley Open Innovation Lab in the United States, opened in 2011, was the first innovation initiative.

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Toyota Research Institute exploring blockchain technology for development of new mobility ecosystem

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Modern vehicles are increasingly aware of their environment through onboard sensors and are increasingly connected to the cloud, roadway infrastructure and other vehicles, all of which are generating massive amounts of valuable data. Each partner has expertise in its specific market or area of research.

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Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

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Thus, while many EV consumers may have high levels of education and be passionate about the environment, within the perspective of a country such individuals still represent a tiny portion of the overall population. This, they suggest, could be because national EV markets were so small relative to overall automobile sales.

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Audi sponsors AI conference NIPS 2016, demonstrates how car develops intelligent parking strategies

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The Audi global network encompasses not only research institutes, but also companies from hotspots in California’s Silicon Valley, Europe and Israel. In this partnership, the two companies combined their expertise to develop a deep learning-based software for environment perception systems. NVIDIA is also a NIPS 2016 sponsor.)

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