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Bill Ford outlines “Blueprint for Mobility”, calls for automotive and telecommunications industries to collaborate to address coming personal mobility crisis

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Public and personal transportation will be fully integrated to save time, conserve resources and lower emissions. Bill Ford began talking about the future of personal mobility in the context of ever-increasing congestion last year at the TED2011 conference in Long Beach. Click to enlarge.

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NYU-BMW i report explores future urban mobility; sustainability and resilience

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Demographic factors such as an overall urban population boom, the increase in urban single-person households and rapidly aging urban populations—the population age 65 and older in New York City, for example, is expected to increase more than 36% by 2030—will lead to significant changes in urban mobility. million to 229 million.

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Delphi presents MyFi Connecting with Safety concept car at IAA Frankfurt show

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Delphi Automotive PLC presented its MyFi Connecting with Safety concept car at the IAA Frankfurt show. Delphi’s MyFi system connects the world of infotainment with the world of active safety. Studies show that an extra half-second of warning can reduce automobile crashes by 60%. Natural voice recognition with Cloud connectivity.

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BMW Research, EURECOM and Technische Universität München collaborating on connected vehicle research

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Launched in September 2008 and ending in June 2012, this project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology and, on the French side, by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and the automobile cluster Mov’eo. Currently, there are a growing number of new radio standards, for both digital broadcasting (e.g.

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Honda and Google to collaborate on in-vehicle connected services

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Honda and Google have agreed to integrate Google’s in-vehicle connected service into an all-new model that will come to market in the second half of 2022 in North America. Honda and Google have been collaborating since 2015 with the broader automotive industry to introduce the Android platform to automobiles.

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GM And Segway Partner on Urban Personal Mobility Electric Vehicle

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and Segway are unveiling a new type of personal mobility vehicle targeted for city use. Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), GM and Segway are developing an electrically powered, two-seat prototype urban vehicle that has only two wheels. GM has been focusing on “connected vehicle” technologies since it introduced OnStar in 1996.

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Honda establishes Hynex Mobility Service JV in China; connected services

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Hynex Mobility Service will strive to advance connected services and offer new value users can enjoy through their connected experiences, while placing the primary focus on Honda CONNECT, Honda’s on-board connected system. Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., Honda is the second most sold brand in China after Volkswagen.

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