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Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

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At CES 2015 in January, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. The issue is a large cost onus on the infrastructure owner, the parking lot owner to install that hardware.

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TomTom extends coverage of real-time traffic products for congestion reduction

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The other countries currently covered are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Additional countries will become available before the end of 2011 and into 2012.

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Ram Truck to offer factory-built CNG pickup

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The CNG filler connection is located next to the gasoline fuel neck, accessed through the Ram’s fuel filler door. Fiat sales of compressed natural gas vehicles in Europe have exceeded 480,000 passenger cars and light duty vehicles (1997-2011). 130-liter) CNG tanks are located in the forward portion of the Ram’s 8-foot pickup bed.

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Pininfarina/Bolloré BLUECAR EV Shown at Geneva

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The prototype shown at Geneva is a forerunner of the vehicle which will go into production in Italy at Pininfarina starting from 2010 with the first units. Production on an industrial scale will take place between 2011 and 2017, with forecast output by 2015 being about 60,000, according to the partners. Earlier post.). The BLUECAR.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Francesco Topputo , an aerospace engineering professor at Milan Polytechnic, Italy, who has worked on satellite-based surveillance research, says that the fate of migrants detected by his system isn’t up to him: “I would say that it’s not the decision of the technicians, of the engineers…it’s our job to give the information to the authorities.

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Getrag Begins Series Production of New Powershift Transmission; Up to 20% Reduction in Fuel Consumption Compared to Conventional Torque Converter Automatic

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Getrag has begun series production of the newest member of its Powershift transmission lineup, the dry dual clutch 6DCT250, at its plants in Irapuato (Mexico) and Modugno (Italy). For 2010, quantities of more than 100,000 transmissions are planned; this will increase to more than 400,000 per year by the end of 2011. Click to enlarge.

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IEC publishes two EV charging standards; global consensus on plugs and sockets

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At the EV strategic Round Table organized by the IEC and e8 in Washington DC in January 2011, and more recently at the International Conference on Electromobility Standardization at the Frankfurt Motor Show, global car manufacturers, utilities and suppliers expressed an urgent need for International EV charging Standards, IEC said.

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