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

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Mobility: As the next phase in Ford’s Remote Repositioning mobility experiment, the Palo Alto team is now testing the ability to drive vehicles located on Georgia Institute of Technology’s campus in Atlanta from the Bay Area to prove out the new technology. The devices gather data including wheel speed, acceleration and altitude.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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Fleet insights, US. Using Georgia Tech-owned golf carts to prove out the technology, a person sitting in a remote location can access real-time video streamed over LTE to drive the carts. Fields noted that today’s cars produce a massive amount of data—upwards of 25 gigabytes of information per hour.

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