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Toyota’s new telematics service features interactive voice response, third-party apps; Toyota Open Vehicle Architecture

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Toyota Motor Corporation will this summer in Japan begin rolling out “T-Connect”, a new telematics service, along with compatible navigation systems and a smartphone app. The service registers user preferences, and will suggest preferred stores and events along the predicted route.

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Video Friday: Robots Stock Up

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IEEE CASE 2022 : 20–24 August 2022, MEXICO CITY CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, AZORES, PORTUGAL IROS 2022 : 23–27 October 2022, KYOTO, JAPAN ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals : 4–5 November 2022, LOS ANGELES CoRL 2022 : 14–18 December 2022, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Enjoy today's videos! Tombstone ] Marco Hutter's keynote speech from ICRA 2022. [

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CleanFUEL USA partners with Freightliner on new 8.0L propane LPI medium-duty engine

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Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. Stored and transported like. The Japan Gas Synthesis Co. Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) approved a $3.9 million grant to support the project’s development. to produce LPG as a byproduct of gasoline production.

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Leviton introduces 7.7 kW Evr-Green charging station

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The device is available in a hard-wired installation, and can be cord-connected and mounted to the Leviton installation kit if required. The Evr-Green 320 has been tested in the USA, Japan & Korea by several major automakers, has been used in nearly 3,000 dealerships and is preferred in 11 electric vehicle platforms.

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Toyota to form hydrogen gasoline cells in Kentucky in December

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The gasoline mobile package features a high-voltage battery, electrical motors, transmission and hydrogen store meeting. “Building a fuel cell drivetrain kit has never been done in one of our plants outside of Japan.” It’ll advance on sale in Japan q4, however Toyota has incorrect plans at the moment for a U.S.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye. He started his explorations with chemistry. in Rochester, NY.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we as well as Honda Motor Co.

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