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Ford launches app developer challenge to improve consumer understanding of personal fuel efficiency

Green Car Congress

OpenXC is an open-source platform developed by Ford for research applications, and consists of a software and hardware development kit that enables access to a wide array of vehicle data that may be used as inputs to apps. Over the next several months, developers will have the opportunity to develop and submit software applications.

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Hyundai’s 2019 IONIQ electrified line-up adds active safety features, voice recognition, remote charge management

Green Car Congress

With sensor-fusion technology that utilizes the front radar and camera sensors, AEB operates in three stages. Ioniq owners will receive welcome kits, informing them with key information and benefits in the use of the ChargePoint charging network, and ChargePoint access cards that are easy to activate.

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Volvo C40 Recharge Pure Electric review

EV Central

Safety kit extends to airbags all around, autonomous emergency braking (AEB), blind spot warning, rear cross-traffic alert, a driver monitoring system (to keep an eye on fatigue) and lane keep assist. Like the XC40, the C40 Recharge gets the Android Automotive operating system run by Google.