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Automating Road Maintenance With LiDAR Technology

Cars That Think

The first place team during the 2020 TiM$10K Challenge hails from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass. They noticed that the roads in their New England area were in poor condition, and wanted to see if there was a way to help solve the way road maintenance is performed. So what is the TiM$10K Challenge?

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Nissan announces new strategy for customer ownership experience; leveraging connected car, big data, and personalization

Green Car Congress

The company anticipates that, as a result, connected car services and greater choice in accessories and personalization will increasingly drive growth in its aftersales business, anticipated to contribute 25% of aftersales revenue by 2022. —Kent O’Hara. The ultimate goal is hyper-personalization.” —Kent O’Hara.

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Dürr expands first market-ready AI application for paint shops; incorporating older and third-party robots

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Identifying defect sources, determining the optimal maintenance schedule, improving manufacturing processes: until now, artificial intelligence only made this possible in a paint shop equipped with state-of-the-art robots. But Dürr has found a way to bring connectivity to almost all common robots and disciplines.

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Renault-Nissan and Microsoft enter multi-year agreement on next-gen connected driving

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have signed a global, multi-year agreement to partner on next-generation technologies to advance connected driving experiences worldwide. The companies will work together to develop next-generation connected services for cars powered by Microsoft Azure, one of the company’s intelligent cloud offerings. Improve the vehicle experience.

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2022 Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle offering new Toyota Teammate advanced driver assistance; Level 2 automation

Green Car Congress

The first-generation Mirai (2016-2020) was Toyota’s first production FCEV offered for sale to retail customers in North America. An extended ToyotaCare maintenance plan, good for three years or 35,000 miles, is included with the vehicle. color TFT LCD gauge cluster; 120V/100W power outlet and dual-bulb LED headlights.

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Volkswagen Truck & Bus outlines roadmap for automated driving, connectivity, and alternative drive systems

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Volkswagen Truck & Bus is focusing on automated driving, connectivity, and alternative drive systems. It will be built at Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus in Brazil in 2020. Series production of these electric buses is due to start before 2020. Volkswagen Truck & Bus is working on all these applications.

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Nissan CEO announces LEAF with ProPilot autonomy; other autonomous and connected technologies & partnerships

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In his 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote, Nissan chairman of the board and chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn made five key announcements of several technologies and partnerships as part of the Nissan Intelligent Mobility blueprint for transforming how cars are driven, powered, and integrated into wider society.

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