Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Before the end of this year, 120 rapid charging stations with a total of 240 charging connections will be available for customers of the supermarket chain to charge their cars. By 2025, Albert Heijn will have at least 2,000 charging connections.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) announced that its Digital Key Release 2.0 specification is finalized and now available to CCC members. I’m excited about the Digital Key ecosystem that is emerging where using your smartphone as your car key becomes as common as using that same phone as your go-to camera is today.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Audi of America is working with Spoke, a mobility platform for safety, connectivity, and rich rider experiences; Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.; Audi is also continuing to refine its C-V2X technologies for production-intent applications, allowing for a connected ecosystem between drivers and the world around them.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 5, 2024

Spotify has found itself on the receiving end of consumer backlash after announcing it would no longer continue support of its Car Thing media device. The unit was very obviously designed for people with older vehicles that lack modern touchscreens and connectivity features. And quite soon after being launched, too.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The two companies are creating the technology to realize resilient security solutions for connected cars. Thus, cybersecurity in connected car is becoming paramount. The two companies will start to validate V-SOC technology in a test environment to realize resilient security solution for connected cars.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2021

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its 2021 – 2022 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements; one of the 10 items in the list was “Require Collision Avoidance and Connected Vehicle Technologies on All Vehicles”. Consumers are often unaware of the availability and capabilities of these technologies.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2023

Advertising campaign from the National Safety Council in 1964 promoting the first widespread use of seatbelts in cars in the US. For this purpose, it is connected not only to the sensors but also to the automatic emergency brake assistant and shifts the occupant toward the right position and holds them there during the braking maneuver.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

The 5G Automotive Association ( 5GAA ) hosted an interoperability demo of cellular-data-enabled connected vehicle (C-V2X) applications in Berlin. Fraunhofer FOKUS, supported by Daimler, demonstrate an Emergency Electronic Brake Light Warning: Two vehicles equipped with Huawei onboard units are accelerating, and the car ahead brakes hard.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2018

Crown and Corolla Sport, as the first generation of “Connected Cars,” come standard with an on-board Data Communication Module (DCM) that links to a Controller Area Network (CAN). Connected Car Service using MSPF. Importantly, we will also use connectivity to change the way we work with our dealers across the country.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2019

Ford Motor Company and Autonomic have signed a multi-year, global agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will expand the availability of cloud connectivity services and connected car application development services for the transportation industry.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2021

Further significant upgrades include the deep integration of Android Auto in the Porsche Communication Management (PCM) system, as well as the availability of Remote Park Assist for the first time on the Taycan. Furthermore, no drive is transmitted to either axle when the car is coasting or at a standstill.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Ltd has introduced a connected car solution, Samsung Connect Auto. Samsung Connect Auto plugs directly into the OBD II port underneath the steering wheel. It uses real-time alerts to help users improve their driving behavior, including increased fuel efficiency, while offering a Wi-Fi connection to keep passengers online.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The personal mobility companion BMW Connected already comprises many functions designed to help users with their daily mobility needs. Using the Open Mobility Cloud as a basis, it connects touchpoints such as smartphones and smartwatches with users’ cars, thus weaving the car into their digital lives.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2022

The raw material for this is anonymized data from car-to-X or other systems from intelligent, connected Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Winning this important reference project in Europe for intelligent road monitoring marks a major step forward for Mercedes-Benz in our clearly stated aim to ‘Lead in car software’.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

announced the Qualcomm Connected Car Reference Platform aimed at accelerating the adoption of advanced and complex connectivity into the next-generation of connected cars. Qualcomm expects the Connected Car Reference Platform to be available by the end of 2016.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

But unlike others, it manages to connect all 48 spins to each other. In the past few years, such all-to-all connections have proven to be key to quickly tackling many problems. “48 48 all-to-all connections is a non-trivial milestone.” The optimization problem is mapped to the strength and polarity of these connections.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2017

Volvo Cars announced a range of updates to its global connected services program and its Sensus in-car user interface, starting with the new XC60 and the company’s existing and new 90 Series cars. —Björn Annwall, Senior Vice President Global Consumer Experience at Volvo Car Group. This is just the start.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2016

A new update to the BMW Connected adds new services and additional devices to the personal mobility companion. The launch of BMW Connected Version 3.0 BMW Connected Version 1.0 for Android is also now available. The update further improves convenience and connectivity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2019

The electric car will play an important role as a power consumer in the digital energy world. As an energy storage device, the electric car has great potential to drive the energy transition forward and absorb peak loads resulting from regenerative generation. The devices are connected via a home energy management system (HEMS).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

Mercedes-Benz customers in Germany are now able to authenticate payments via an in-car fingerprint sensor. With the new digital payment service Mercedes pay+, Mercedes-Benz introduces native in-car payments. Instead, the car itself turns into a payment device.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Together with DoorBird , the Berlin-based start-up, and Hörmann, the gate and door manufacturer, Volkswagen is presenting a world exclusive at the IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) in Berlin: the means to connect to the door station at home using your vehicle’s infotainment system. App-Connect (incl.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Hyundai Motor is accelerating development of its advanced ccOS (connected car Operating System), the core platform technology for its future connected cars. Hyundai Motor has also opened a new Big Data Center in China to reinforce its venture toward connected car development.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

ClipperCreek has announced the availability of the smallest cord and plug connected, 20A, Level 2 EV charging station on the market. Based on the LCS-25, this new product features a plug-in connection to make installation inexpensive and fast. With a standard 25-foot charge cable, there is no need to juggle cars to plug-in.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

Car variants that are connected feature-rich contribute as much as 45% of sales of a particular model, according to industry estimates. Connected cars are becoming the mainstream choice for many new car buyers in India fuelled by rising disposable incomes and an influx of new models.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

SAIC-GM, GM’s Chinese joint venture with SAIC, announced its Connectivity Strategy 2025, which lays out a roadmap for its connectivity development from 2017 through 2025. 2020: Promote connected vehicle (V2X) technology to make mobility safer. 2020: Promote connected vehicle (V2X) technology to make mobility safer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2020

Subscriptions of connected services for consumer and commercial Electric Vehicles (EVs), such as charging-station locator, eco-routing, and EV telematics, will grow 270% from 2020 to 2024, reaching 7 million subscribers by 2024, according to global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. Connected services for consumer EVs will reach 26.37

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

Hyundai, Kia, and Samsung announced a partnership Thursday to expand connectivity between vehicles and in-home devices—with potential benefits for EV owners. But Hyundai also said some of these features may also be made available to existing vehicles via OTA updates or with new software added via USB.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Accident Ahead Alert feature is currently available in Denmark on all 90, 60 and 40 series Volvo car models, from model year 2016 and onwards. Suddenly, your Volvo car alerts you: there’s been an accident ahead. As you calmly decelerate and come around the next curve, you see a crashed car in your lane.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2019

have simulated what it would take for hackers to wreak widespread havoc in a city by randomly stranding cars. The researchers want to expand the current discussion on automotive cybersecurity, which mainly focuses on hacks that could crash one car or run over one pedestrian, to include potential mass mayhem. Credit: Yunker lab.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Finally, Automatic can help you locate your parked car. While Automatic’s device has been available in Apple and Best Buy stores since last year, this is the first time the company has teamed up with an auto manufacturer to experiment with its in-vehicle entertainment and communications system. —Automatic CEO Thejo Kote.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2017

Leveraging the company’s new “One Toyota” structure, the newly formed “Connected Technologies” group will have approximately 100 positions and will include members from Toyota’s existing teams working on connected vehicles, information systems, and research and development. The transition to the new group will start immediately.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2017

Renault is launching a new version of the MY Renault application, which now connects directly to the vehicle. With the MY Renault application, motorists can manage their cars and their services from their smartphones, any time, any place. —Benoît Joly, Renault Connected Vehicle Sales & Marketing director.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $209 million in funding to 26 new national laboratory projects focusing on electric vehicles, advanced batteries and connected vehicles. Optimization of Cooperative Driving Automation For Trucks, Passenger Cars, and Infrastructure in Mixed Traffic Scenarios.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Connected and communicating vehicles are now the norm. However, new options need to be found for housing antennas in cars. However, new options need to be found for housing antennas in cars. At TU Wien, researchers developed a special antenna box that can be integrated into the front area of the car roof.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Autotalks, supplier of automotive-grade V2X communication processors and RF transceivers, and Cohda Wireless, provider of V2X - Vehicle-to-Vehicle, Vehicle-to-Infrastructure, and CAV - Connected Autonomous Vehicles software, announced a partnership at ITS World Congress 2016 in Melbourne. —Hagai Zyss, CEO of Autotalks.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 4, 2024

Critical considerations pertinent to connected autonomous vehicles, such as ethics, liability, privacy, and cybersecurity, do not share the same spotlight as the CAVs’ benefits. In the Behind the Wheel: Who Is Driving the Driverless Car? It involved training an AI system to recognize images of similar-looking humans.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

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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