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@VW Group: ŠKODA is expanding access to Connect services

Intelligent voice assistants, such as Google Home and Amazon Alexa, are becoming increasingly popular and make everyday life easier. ŠKODA has taken this into account with ŠKODA Connect Amazon Skill and the new Google Home ŠKODA Connect Action and extended new functions. With both voice assistants, the current parking location and vehicle data can be… Continue reading @VW Group: ŠKODA is expanding access to Connect services

@VW Group: Blume: “A typical German discussion”

Mr Blume, the word on everyone’s lips is climate protection. Have you changed your behaviour as a result? Oliver Blume: Yes, all the attention towards climate change over the last few months has caused me to reflect on and adapt my own behaviour. Even if it’s just meant changing smaller things such as using public… Continue reading @VW Group: Blume: “A typical German discussion”

@VW Group: Audi networks with traffic lights in Düsseldorf

Audi is moving ahead with networked traffic lights in Düsseldorf. After Ingolstadt, the city on the Rhine is the second in Europe in which Audi is introducing its Traffic Light Information service. At the end of January, Audi drivers will see information from around 150 traffic lights in their cockpit, thus increasing their chance of… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi networks with traffic lights in Düsseldorf

A 2020 Theme: Quality

The comma two was a huge success, comma is now a profitable company! We’ve now made more money this January than we made in all of Q1 last year. #commatwo #profitable #hypergrowth  — @comma_ai This was a big milestone for us. Of course, the work is not close to over. Our mission is: To solve self driving… Continue reading A 2020 Theme: Quality

@Toyota: Toyota Tsusho Enters Operation Business of Egypt’s First Dedicated Automotive Terminal- Providing services to Egypt which is expanding in vehicle imports –

2020-01-28 Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”), in a consortium with Bolloré Africa Logistics (“Bolloré”) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (“Nippon Yusen”), has signed an agreement with the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone to set up and operate a dedicated automotive terminal at East Port Said in Egypt on December 19, 2019. The… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Tsusho Enters Operation Business of Egypt’s First Dedicated Automotive Terminal- Providing services to Egypt which is expanding in vehicle imports –

2020 Hyundai IONIQ Electric Boasts 37% More Driving Range

Hyundai Motor America has announced prices for the eco-friendly 2020 IONIQ Electric car. The redesigned 2020 IONIQ Electric delivers 170 miles of range, technology and advanced standard safety features at a starting price of $33,045 for the well-equipped SE model. Customers may receive the available federal tax credit of up to $7,500i making the net… Continue reading 2020 Hyundai IONIQ Electric Boasts 37% More Driving Range

Rich Rebuilds A Mini Superbike To Use Electricity And Win A Bet

After Rich Benoit showed up riding a mini electric bike at Argo Cycles after confessing his Tesla Model X broke him, a friend of his wanted to get him even more broke. He bet 1,000 bucks that his mini superbike would beat Benoit’s. Probably foreseeing an opportunity to get some of the money he spent… Continue reading Rich Rebuilds A Mini Superbike To Use Electricity And Win A Bet

BMW Hydrogen VP Says FCEVs Could Be As Cheap As ICE By 2025

Manufacturers seem quite torn on the matter of fuel cell electric vehicles – there is certainly no industry-wide consensus on the matter. Some are adamant this means of propulsion is superior to battery powered EVs and that it’s the future, while others say that even though it has advantages, its considerably higher cost keeps it from… Continue reading BMW Hydrogen VP Says FCEVs Could Be As Cheap As ICE By 2025

Lyft: Self-Driving Research in Review: NeurIPS 2019

By: Peter Ondruska, Head of AV Research and Vladimir Iglovikov, Software Engineer Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) is one of the largest machine learning conferences in the world. There’s such high interest in attending that tickets are distributed through a lottery system! If you weren’t able to make it, you’re in luck. We’ve collected the most relevant… Continue reading Lyft: Self-Driving Research in Review: NeurIPS 2019