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Volkswagen progressing with work on quantum computing, develops traffic management system for taxi companies

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As a result, public transportation organizations, taxi companies, and transport service providers will be able to deploy their fleets considerably more efficiently while minimizing waiting times for passengers. Public transport organizations and taxi companies in large cities are highly interested in managing their fleets efficiently.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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These sensors will detect other aircraft, birds, buildings, and thick clouds. More recently, other standards organizations have joined this effort, including the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics. The working group plans to release the draft standard by the end of 2023.

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Paris Promised the Olympics Would Be Accessible. The Clock Is Ticking.

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For example, the newly built 128-acre Olympic and Paralympic Village , hailed by the organizers and advocacy groups as a shining example of universal design, offers accessible buildings, multisensory signage and zones for assistance dogs. Another time she almost missed her connecting flight waiting for promised assistance.

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CARB approves Electrify America’s second $200M investment in California

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The Cycle 2 plan builds on Electrify America’s initial priorities and expands into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or are most likely to be used regularly. Electrify America is committed to investing $800 million in ZEV projects through four investment cycles over a 10-year period.

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Electrify America announces $200M Cycle 2 zero emission vehicle investment plan for California

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The second cycle investment will build on Electrify America’s initial priorities and expand into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or are most likely to be used regularly. Cycle 2 is a 30-month investment period, which begins in July 2019.

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Bosch acquires US ridesharing start-up SPLT

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SPLT uses an app to connect people who share the same route to their place of work or study. Ridesharing, in which digital services and apps are used to form carpools and to organize vehicle sharing and taxis, is a growth market in the connected mobility sector. The B2B approach is designed especially for commuters.

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Volkswagen partners with D-Wave on quantum computing; CeBIT premiere of research project for traffic flow optimization

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In the course of this project, experts from the Volkswagen Code Lab in San Francisco and the Volkswagen Data Lab in Munich and used data from approximately 10,000 taxis in Beijing. Data scientists and AI specialists from Volkswagen have successfully programmed an algorithm to optimize the travel time of all public taxis in the city.