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BMW Connected North America makes its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016; powered by Azure

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BMW Connected, a new personal mobility companion, made its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016, Microsoft’s developer conference, last week. The first version—called BMW Connected North America—is now available at the Apple App Store to BMW ConnectedDrive customers in the US for iOS devices.

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How Irdeto is protecting EV charging infrastructure from cyber-attacks

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Certificates that include the information that the car and the charging station need in order to deliver and pay for a charge are stored in a secure format based on asymmetric key cryptography. The ISO 15118 series of standards governs the interface between the vehicle and the charge point.

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Ford and Microsoft Partnering on EV Smart Charging

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Microsoft Hohm is an Internet-based application, built on top of Azure, Microsoft’s new cloud-computing operating system, that provides consumers with personalized energy saving recommendations. We’re not ready to announce a vehicle solution yet. There is certainly data that exists around pricing information.

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

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The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan has been coming to North America for a long, long time. It’s longer than the one sold in Europe, has a genuine third row of seats, a larger battery and a more powerful motor, and available all-wheel drive. and Canadian markets in the second half of next year. Then VW launched the U.S.-built

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Volkswagen unveils Tiguan GTE plug-in hybrid concept SUV at Detroit show; MQB-based SUV

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The five-seat concept is based on the completely redeveloped second-generation Tiguan—the first SUV to be based on the Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB)—which will arrive in the US market in 2017 with a longer wheelbase and available seven-seat functionality. Other plug-in hybrid components of the 4MOTION plug-in hybrid drive include: a 12.4

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Lectric XP 3.0 Review: Leveling up what ain’t broke

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is the successor to the best-selling e-bike in North America. is one of the most accessible and affordable folding e-bikes available. The bike arrives fully assembled, so all you should have to do is take it out of the box, unfold it and charge the battery to get started. The Lectric XP 3.0 While the XP 2.0 The XP 3.0

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Toyota RAV4 EV key for meeting California ZEV requirements; Tesla powertrain uses Model S components

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The target buyers have strong personal convictions on the environment, oil use, and cutting edge technology. “ kWh of useable energy at full charge. The RAV4 EV has two charge modes: Standard and Extended. Extended Mode allows the battery to charge to its full usable capacity of 41.8 Charging times. Standard Mode.

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