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BMW are to showcase their ConnectedDrive and layout plans for what they call ‘highly’ automated driving, at the International CES 2014 in Las Vegas alongside the all electric BMW i3. BMW ConnectedDrive focuses on the link between the driver, vehicle and outside world through the use of an expanding range of assistance systems, as well as […]
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Renault have often had an interesting approach to technology in their cars. They partnered with TomTom who, at the time, had been at the forefront of satellite navigation systems. Installing TomTom’s was a smart move in many respects and Renault even saw fit to introduce models with the TomTom name attached. Now, with many technology
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BMW has released a video showing the benefits of their new laser light technology as featured on the forthcoming plug-in hybrid BMW i8 sports car. Putting to one side the extremely odd use of an actor breaking the ‘4th wall’ in the first part of the video and the following section showing more of the
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The Volkswagen Group is the world’s leading automotive company in the field of innovative drive technologies. This has been confirmed by a study comparing the development activities and innovation excellence of 20 international automotive groups recently published by the Centre of Automotive Management (CAM). The Volkswagen Group expanded its innovation lead compared with the previous
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The way people buy cars is changing. A choice of colors and matching rims is no longer enough. In a society where cars are purchased as a reflection – and enabler – of a driver’s lifestyle, the way future models are designed needs to be revolutionized. This was the thinking behind the Nissan IDx co-creation
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Volvo Cars will play a leading role in the world’s first large-scale autonomous driving pilot project in which 100 self-driving Volvo cars will use public roads in everyday driving conditions around the Swedish city of Gothenburg. The ground-breaking project ‘Drive Me – Self-driving cars for sustainable mobility’ is a joint initiative between Volvo Car Group,
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Jaguar Land Rover will enhance its research and product development on future vehicle infotainment technologies through a new collaboration with Intel and the opening of a new Technology R&D centre in Portland, Oregon. Jaguar Land Rover’s new research facility on the West Coast will help lead the development of future vehicle infotainment systems and will
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Charge Your Car (CYC), the company behind the first open network of recharging points for electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK, achieved a grand total of 72,575 charging sessions on the network as at 6th October 2013 meaning that the total kWh drawn, since the system went live in 2010, has surpassed 350,000. The network now
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Volvo Car Group’s new two-litre, four-cylinder Drive-E powertrain family can truly be considered as offering customers a world-class blend of drivability and low CO2 emissions. The D4 with 181 horsepower and manual gearbox is the first diesel car with this level of power output in the premium D-segment with CO2emissions under 100 g/km. The Volvo S60
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General Motors announced today that a 1.8-megawatt rooftop solar array at its Toledo Transmission plant in Ohio would be completed next month. The project, which will generate nearly 3 percent of the plant’s overall electricity consumption, will be the largest rooftop array in Ohio. The energy produced will be enough to power 200 homes in
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