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The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. Announced in 2016 and funded with $15.76 The augmented reality testing environment developed by CCAT is deployed there.
2016 Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) -- Networking Services. These standards also define how applications that utilize WAVE will function in the WAVE environment as illustrated in IEEE 1609.0, 2016 supersedes 1609.3-2010/Cor IEEE has published the 1609.3-2016
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Honda officially opened its new Silicon Valley R&D facility, using the occasion to unveil a refreshed 2016 Accord featuring Honda’s first application of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. As the test vehicle moves, the passenger synchronously glides through the virtual environment. —||Honda R&D Americas President, Frank Paluch. ".
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The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced IEEE’s publication of three updated standards to support connected vehicle deployment. 2016 Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments Security Services for Applications and Management Messages. These standards are: IEEE 1609.2-2016
AT CES 2016, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. TAEC also announced it is working with Qualcomm Technologies to bring to the automotive market advanced connected car platforms powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820A and Snapdragon 602A processors, and telematics solutions powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X12 LTE modem.
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introduced its latest Qualcomm Snapdragon automotive processors, the Snapdragon 820 Automotive family, offering a scalable next-generation infotainment, graphics and multimedia platform with machine intelligence and a version with integrated LTE-Advanced connectivity. Qualcomm subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Snapdragon 820A.
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