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Lidar specialist XenomatiX launches 6D Road Scanning
Lidar specialist XenomatiX launches 6D Road Scanning For many years, XenomatiX has been providing road mapping and road scanning services to private sector companies in Belgium, where the company is based as well as around the globe. New for 2020, XenomatiX is launching 6D Road Scanning and is offer...
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SPARK Pro software chosen for JTEKT safety-critical Electric Power Steering System
SPARK Pro software chosen for JTEKT safety-critical Electric Power Steering System AdaCore today announced that JTEKT, an international automotive electric power steering system manufacturing company headquartered in Japan, has adopted AdaCore’s SPARK Pro toolsuite and the GNAT Pro Common Code Gener...
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Zebra Technologies introduces rugged Mobile Computers for the front-line
Zebra Technologies introduces rugged Mobile Computers for the front-line Zebra Technologies Corporation an innovator at the edge of the enterprise with solutions and partners that enable businesses to gain a performance edge, today announced the industry’s first enterprise-class mobile computers run...
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Cummins forms joint-venture with NPROXX for hydrogen storage technologies
Cummins forms joint-venture with NPROXX for hydrogen storage technologies Cummins a global technology and power solutions leader, today announced an agreement to form a joint venture with NPROXX, a leader in hydrogen storage and transportation, for hydrogen storage tanks. The joint venture will cont...
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Robotic Research automating CDoT heavy-duty Transit Buses with CTfastrak
Robotic Research automating CDoT heavy-duty Transit Buses with CTfastrak Robotic Research LLC, one of the world’s leading autonomous technology providers, announced today that it is helping the Connecticut Department of Transportation make historic advancements in automated public transit. Through a...
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Electric vehicle sales stay buoyant during lockdown
Electric vehicle sales stay buoyant during lockdown Despite a 97% drop in total vehicles sales the EV market has remained buoyant throughout the Covid-19. Battery electric vehicle sales dropped by just 9.7% – but a road safety expert warns that this could risk the safety of vulnerable road users. In...
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Samsung demonstrates drone-based AI to optimize 5G network performance
Samsung demonstrates drone-based AI to optimize 5G network performance Samsung Electronics today announced a successful demonstration of its new drone-based antenna configuration measurement solution for 4G and 5G networks in the company’s campus. This automated solution will offer operators a simpl...
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Hyundai, Kia and LG Chem launch EV and battery start-up competition
Hyundai, Kia and LG Chem launch EV and battery start-up competition With demand for EVs growing, Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, and LG Chem are jointly sponsoring the “EV & Battery Challenge” (EVBC), a global competition to identify up to 10 EV and battery start-ups for potential...
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D2H working on electric Tuk-Tuk alternative
D2H working on electric Tuk-Tuk alternative A UK-based advanced engineering company is leading a consortium to design an innovative, low cost electric vehicle chassis that has the potential to provide an environmentally-compatible alternative to the aged Tuk-Tuk utility vehicle that is widely used i...
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UK invests £70m to become a world-leader in quantum computing technology
UK invests £70m to become a world-leader in quantum computing technology The government has announced 38 new UK projects that will benefit from more than £70 million government investment to help mark the start of Quantum Tech Digital Week. Science Minister Amanda Solloway has announced 38 new UK pr...
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Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog now available in USA
Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog now available in USA Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics, has debuted sales for Spot, the agile robot that climbs stairs and traverses rough terrain with ease. This launch marks the first time that businesses can purchase a Boston Dynamics robot, and...
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Caterpillar acquires Marble Robot and their mining robotics expertise
Caterpillar acquires Marble Robot and their mining robotics expertise Caterpillar Inc. today announced they’ve acquired select assets and hired employees from San Francisco, Cal. based robot and autonomy technology solutions company Marble Robot, Inc. The acquisition is part of Caterpillar’s automat...
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Monitor health and safety with FogHorn Edge AI and streaming video analytics
Monitor health and safety with FogHorn Edge AI and streaming video analytics FogHorn, a leading developer of Edge AI software for industrial and commercial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, today announced the availability of their Lightning™ Health & Safety Solutions to improve the saf...
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ACEINNA OpenRTK Guidance Module wins Robotics Innovation Award
ACEINNA OpenRTK Guidance Module wins Robotics Innovation Award ACEINNA Inc has announced that they have been selected as a winner of the 2020 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards in the Product, Technology & Services Innovation (Product Introduction) category for the new OpenRTK33L guidance module f...
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IoT Security videos give Engineers guidance on securing connected devices
IoT Security videos give Engineers guidance on securing connected devices Sectigo, a leading provider of automated digital identity management and web security solutions, today announced a new video series on Sectigo’s YouTube Channel. The IoT video series offers security engineers, developers, prod...
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Over 150,000 EV charging spots throughout Europe rely on Bosch
Over 150,000 EV charging spots throughout Europe rely on Bosch Fuss-free recharging. In a nutshell, there is nothing drivers of electric cars want more. They want to quickly find a vacant charge spot, access it without the hassle of authorization and passwords, pay for the electricity without fuss,...
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J2 Innovations is turning buildings into smart buildings
J2 Innovations is turning buildings into smart buildings J2 Innovations, a Siemens Company, unveils the entry-level FIN microBMS, a compact feature-rich building management software package that enables its OEM partners to deliver easy-to-install solutions for small to mid-sized buildings across mul...
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Venti Technologies announces deployment of their first autonomous SUV
Venti Technologies announces deployment of their first autonomous SUV Venti Technologies, the leader in safe-speed autonomous vehicles, today announced that it has successfully deployed two autonomous SUVs built by SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile (SGMW), the joint venture formed by Chinese automakers SAIC...
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Wenco and Oxbotica developing open autonomy solution for the mining industry
Wenco and Oxbotica developing open autonomy solution for the mining industry Wenco International Mining Systems and Oxbotica have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a world-first Open Autonomy solution for mining. Initial trials are underway, and the companies are actively recruiting mi...
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FLIR captures $23.5m orders for 500 Centaur UGV robots for US Army and Navy
FLIR captures $23.5m orders for 500 Centaur UGV robots for US Army and Navy FLIR Systems has announced that the United States (U.S.) Army and Navy have ordered in total more than 160 of the company’s Centaur™ unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), plus related spares and accessories. The two contrac...
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Velodyne Lidar Sensors powering AGROINTELLI’s Autonomous Farm Vehicles
Velodyne Lidar Sensors powering AGROINTELLI’s Autonomous Farm Vehicles Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced a three-year sales agreement with AGROINTELLI, a developer of intelligent farming solutions. AGROINTELLI uses Velodyne lidar sensors in production of its Robotti autonomous tool carriers that...
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Autonomous Container Terminal Vehicles start work at Jebel Ali Port
Autonomous Container Terminal Vehicles start work at Jebel Ali Port Leading trade enabler, DP World, UAE Region and the autonomous vehicle, robotics and AI specialist DGWorld has entered a contractual agreement to equip Jebel Ali Port with a fleet of Autonomous Internal Terminal Vehicles (AITVs), in...
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Xpeng opens new smart robot driven Electric Vehicle factory
Xpeng opens new smart robot driven Electric Vehicle factory Xpeng Motors, a leading electric vehicle and technology company, reveals an exclusive inside view into its self-built wholly-owned factory in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. The Zhaoqing Xpeng Motors Intelligent Industrial Park, birthplace of...
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Graco introduces HydroShield electrostatic technology to spray waterborne material
Graco introduces HydroShield electrostatic technology to spray waterborne material Graco, a leading manufacturer of fluid handling equipment, announces the release of the HydroShield® Waterborne System. The new, operator-friendly finishing system gives manufacturers more reason to switch from conven...
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UK businesses are speeding past government targets towards electric vehicles
UK businesses are speeding past government targets towards electric vehicles A survey of more than 500 business leaders from across the UK reveals their commitment to the electric vehicle revolution, with many have gone electric already and even more planning to convert fleets to low emission option...
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MIT Engineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip
MIT Engineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip MIT engineers have designed a “brain-on-a-chip,” smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors — silicon-based components that mimic the informat...
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Printed sensors driving emerging technologies
Printed sensors driving emerging technologies Asked to picture a printed sensor, you might well imagine a paper test strip for measuring blood glucose concentration. After all, such test strips comprise the majority of the printed sensor market, with billions used each year by diabetics around the w...
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Bosch semiconductor chip revolutionizing navigation with precision sensor technology
Bosch semiconductor chip revolutionizing navigation with precision sensor technology It has probably happened to everyone at least once: driving into an unfamiliar, bustling city, only to have the navigation system fail just when it’s needed most. Fortunately, those days are now over, thanks to a ne...
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Concrete eRoads that charge electric vehicles could pave the way
Concrete eRoads that charge electric vehicles could pave the way New research showing that in some parts of the UK there are 1,500 electric car owners competing for just one charging point supports calls for the development of concrete eRoads that charge electrical vehicles as they travel over them....
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ACEINNA named ABI Research Hot Tech Innovator for IMUs combined with RTK GNSS
ACEINNA named ABI Research Hot Tech Innovator for IMUs combined with RTK GNSS ACEINNA, Inc. has made the list of ABI Research’s Hot Tech Innovators for Transforming Precision Location solutions for its recently announced OpenRTK330L solution, a high-performance triple-band RTK/GNSS receiver equipped...
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Einride launches Intelligent Freight Mobility Platform to deliver sustainable transport
Einride launches Intelligent Freight Mobility Platform to deliver sustainable transport After beta testing with select customers since the start of the year, Swedish technology company Einride is launching its freight mobility platform designed for businesses that want to make their shipments sustai...
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Velodyne Lidar and Idriverplus co-operate to promote Idriverplus Mobile Robotic Solutions
Velodyne Lidar and Idriverplus co-operate to promote Idriverplus Mobile Robotic Solutions Velodyne Lidar, Inc. and Idriverplus have announced an expanded partnership and Idriverplus inclusion into the Automated with Velodyne integrator ecosystem, which helps companies grow their businesses while usi...
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Hytera leading the development of Push-to-Talk over Cellular
Hytera leading the development of Push-to-Talk over Cellular The Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) radio market has expanded rapidly in the last few years. PoC offers instant PTT communications based on public cellular broadband networks, rather than private narrowband Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems...
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MIT algorithm simulates the roll of loaded dice to analyse complex systems
MIT algorithm simulates the roll of loaded dice to analyse complex systems The fast and efficient generation of random numbers has long been an important challenge. For centuries, games of chance have relied on the roll of a die, the flip of a coin, or the shuffling of cards to bring some randomness...
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The British cities that could benefit most from £500m EV Rapid Charging Fund
The British cities that could benefit most from £500m EV Rapid Charging Fund According to new research from Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service, Stoke-on-Trent, Southend and Birmingham are among the cities that could benefit most from the Government’s £500 million EV Rapid Charging Fun...
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Garmin unveils new oversized dēzl truck navigators
Garmin unveils new oversized dēzl truck navigators Garmin has announced the oversized dēzl OTR700/800/1000 GPS truck navigators. For a clear view of the road ahead, the new dēzl series features a 7-, 8-, or an extra-large 10-inch display option that can be easily switched from traditional landscape...
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MIT study finds electrical fields could selectively separate suspended nanomaterials
MIT study finds electrical fields could selectively separate suspended nanomaterials MIT researchers have discovered a phenomenon that could be harnessed to control the movement of tiny particles floating in suspension. This approach, which requires simply applying an external electric field, may ul...
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thyssenkrupp receives award for development and production of braided carbon wheels
thyssenkrupp receives award for development and production of braided carbon wheels The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) awarded thyssenkrupp Carbon Components for the development and production of their braided and ultralight carbon wheels for the automotive industry. The wheels for the Porsche...
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RoboSense LiDAR partners with DT Mobile on Smart City Vehicle-to-Infrastructure
RoboSense LiDAR partners with DT Mobile on Smart City Vehicle-to-Infrastructure RoboSense has teamed up with DT Mobile, the China’s top communication equipment manufacturer, on the deployment of the first Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) solution based on the MEMS solid-state LiDAR in Xiong’an...
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KYB and REE Automotive to develop modular EV Platform
KYB and REE Automotive to develop modular EV Platform REE Automotive (REE) and KYB Corporation (KYB) announced today a strategic partnership to develop suspension capabilities for future electric vehicle (EV) platforms. Automotive Tier 1 supplier KYB’s unparalleled semi-active and active suspension ...
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rFpro simulations set to revolutionise Autonomous Vehicle training and testing
rFpro simulations set to revolutionise Autonomous Vehicle training and testing UK-based driving simulation company, rFpro, has developed a means to slash the hardware costs associated with large-scale simulation. The ground-breaking development has the potential to remove the industry’s dependence o...
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MakerBot launches METHOD Carbon Fibre 3D Printing
MakerBot launches METHOD Carbon Fibre 3D Printing MakerBot, a global leader in 3D printing and subsidiary of Stratasys, moves into the next level of 3D printing with the launch of the METHOD Carbon Fibre Editions. The new METHOD Carbon Fibre Editions are designed to enable engineers to print stronge...
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Bosch celebrates 25 skid free years with their electronic stability program
Bosch celebrates 25 skid free years with their electronic stability program A wet road and a sudden evasive maneuver: there was a time when such a situation would frequently have ended in a ditch or against a crash barrier, and not rarely with fatalities or severe injuries. Almost 25 years ago to th...
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Berkeley partners with NTT to accelerate Smart Technologies
Berkeley partners with NTT to accelerate Smart Technologies The University of California, Berkeley and NTT Corporation (NTT) today announced a connected campus pilot project that will leverage technology to transform the UC Berkeley Parking and Transportation Department by analyzing patterns, easing...
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Esri offering Free Mapping Software to Women in GIS
Esri offering Free Mapping Software to Women in GIS Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that it will be making its software available to Women in GIS (WiGIS). The company is offering WiGIS members a free, one-year, home-use subscription to ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro....
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User-friendly Intelligent Construction Data Analysis with Veta 6 release
User-friendly Intelligent Construction Data Analysis with Veta 6 release Veta, developed by The Transtec Group, is a free map-based intelligent construction data management software tool that enables contractors and highway agencies to analyze and report data collected from intelligent compaction (I...
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NVIDIA EGX Edge AI Platform enables real-time AI and Robotics Applications
NVIDIA EGX Edge AI Platform enables real-time AI and Robotics Applications NVIDIA today announced two powerful products for its EGX Edge AI platform — the EGX A100 for larger commercial off-the-shelf servers and the tiny EGX Jetson Xavier NX for micro-edge servers — delivering high-performance, secu...
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FLIR launches C5 Thermal Camera with Ignite Cloud Connectivity
FLIR launches C5 Thermal Camera with Ignite Cloud Connectivity FLIR Systems, Inc. has announced the C5 Compact Thermal Camera with new built-in FLIR Ignite™ cloud connectivity and Wi-Fi features for professionals in the building maintenance, manufacturing, and utility industries. The C5 is de...
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Lotus and Centrica partner to redesign our electric vehicle future
Lotus and Centrica partner to redesign our electric vehicle future Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas, and British motor manufacturer Lotus are working together to develop a new model for electric vehicle ownership that fully integrates future mobility and energy. By making the car an e...
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Robosense shows three ways self-driving cars can use near-field blind spot detection
Robosense shows three ways self-driving cars can use near-field blind spot detection According to the global status report on road safety from the World Health Organization, approximately 1.35 million people died in traffic accidents in 2018, and 3,700 people died in car accidents every day. Neverth...
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Ford’s artificial bird droppings are keeping your paintwork safe in the real world
Ford’s artificial bird droppings are keeping your paintwork safe in the real world While getting struck by bird droppings may be a sign of good luck in many countries, bird droppings landing on your car can have more serious implications – for your paintwork. Fortunately, Ford vehicles are tes...
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Caterpillar hauls 2 billion tonnes with their autonomous truck technology
Caterpillar hauls 2 billion tonnes with their autonomous truck technology Caterpillar is again hitting a significant milestone in autonomous haulage—achieving 2 billion tonnes (2.2 billion short tons) hauled using Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling. Caterpillar has doubled the amount hauled i...
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MIT study looks at the links between automation, inequality and jobs
MIT study looks at the links between automation, inequality and jobs In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without work, while other observers have be...
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VolvoCE explores the Circular Economy and Good Business
VolvoCE explores the Circular Economy and Good Business How do we go from society’s current ‘take-make-waste’ linear approach to a circular economy that reuses resources and leaves no waste – but still fosters prosperity? Volvo CE’s Nele Van Campfort describes the construction equipment industry of...
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5G NetMobil project a milestone on the road to fully connected traffic
5G NetMobil project a milestone on the road to fully connected traffic Safer, more convenient, greener: connected vehicles that can communicate with roadside infrastructure in real time reduce emissions and the risk of accidents. This communication requires a stable and reliable data link provided b...
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MIT teaching robots to perform complex tasks by observing humans
MIT teaching robots to perform complex tasks by observing humans Training interactive robots may one day be an easy job for everyone, even those without programming expertise. Roboticists are developing automated robots that can learn new tasks solely by observing humans. At home, you might someday...
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Digital Twins to have major impact on how we interact with buildings post lockdown
Digital Twins to have major impact on how we interact with buildings post lockdown We are moving ever closer to a world where Digital Twins developed to aggregate, manage, analyze, visualize, and predict information for today’s smart cities, manufacturing plants, and building construction sites, can...
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Trimble launches Roadworks 2D Paving Platform for advanced Paving Machine Control
Trimble launches Roadworks 2D Paving Platform for advanced Paving Machine Control Trimble has announced Trimble® Roadworks 2D Paving Control Platform for asphalt pavers, an automatic screed control system that can improve the accuracy and productivity in applications of asphalt paving. Trimble Roadw...
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Bollinger Motors unveils Class 3 Electric Commercial Truck Platform
Bollinger Motors unveils Class 3 Electric Commercial Truck Platform Bollinger Motors announces plans to produce and sell the all-electric B2 Chassis Cab. The Bollinger B2CC is the world’s first and only Class 3 all-electric chassis-cab truck platform, and it offers unlimited work truck variants. “Th...
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TRL calls for safer voice-controlled in-vehicle technologies
TRL calls for safer voice-controlled in-vehicle technologies TRL, the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory, has recently authored a report – commissioned by IAM Roadsmart, FIA Road Safety and Rees Jeffreys Road Fund – into the impacts of in-vehicle infotainment systems such as Android Auto and Apple C...
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VolvoCE adds Five new apps to expand Load Assist on-board information system
VolvoCE adds Five new apps to expand Load Assist on-board information system Volvo Construction Equipment’s (Volvo CE) Load Assist is the umbrella term for a series of machine control applications that are designed specifically for Volvo CE wheel loaders. These ‘apps’ operate via Volvo Co-Pilot – th...
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Vision announced to bring 3,000 hydrogen buses to the streets of Britain
Vision announced to bring 3,000 hydrogen buses to the streets of Britain Plans for a UK-built, 3,000-strong hydrogen bus fleet across the country, have been revealed by JCB heir Jo Bamford in a move he hopes can lead the nations’ economic recovery. Mr Bamford claims his plans are “an ideal option fo...
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i.safe MOBILE introduces robust Android tablet for use in hazardous areas
i.safe MOBILE introduces robust Android tablet for use in hazardous areas i.safe MOBILE GmbH, one of the world’s leading developers of mobile communication devices in the hazardous zone 1/21, today presents the IS930.1. The IS930.1 combines the indestructible robustness of an IP-certified tabl...
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MIT explores reducing the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence
MIT explores reducing the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence Last June, researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst released a startling report estimating that the amount of power required for training and searching a certain neural network architecture involves the emissions...
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Geotab releases 2020 Fleet Report on Electric Vehicle Adoption
Geotab releases 2020 Fleet Report on Electric Vehicle Adoption Geotab has announced the release of its Fleet 2020 report, examining the pressure to accelerate innovation in the mobility sector to respond to the climate crisis. The report outlines consumer and fleet manager attitudes toward the adopt...
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Study reveals cost of sourcing battery metals for electric vehicles and renewable energy
Study reveals cost of sourcing battery metals for electric vehicles and renewable energy A coalition of leading researchers and scientists have released the findings of a year-long study into the impacts of sourcing metals to produce battery cathodes and wiring for electric vehicles (EVs). As calls...
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