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Top Factors Affecting EV Adoption

EV Connect

In particular, instead of convincing consumers about the benefits of EV, the next challenge is in reassuring them that the charging network is in place. Availability of charging stations A survey of US drivers revealed that the availability of charging stations is the #1 concern shared by 49% of potential EV buyers.

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Driving Dystopia: More Companies Found Covertly Sharing Driving Data, Raising Insurance Rates

The Truth About Cars

With corporate media finally aware of the perils of connected vehicles, we’ve seen a rash of articles exploring how insurance rates have spiked due to automakers sharing user data. The entire business model is predicated upon this, minus the fact that it became a legal requirement to drive in most states by 1970.

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Eugene H. Spafford: Malware Nemesis

Cars That Think

Indeed, the field didn’t really exist when he graduated from the State University of New York at Brockport with a bachelor’s degree in math and computer science in 1979. Spafford was part of the team charged with isolating, analyzing, and cleaning up after the worm. But he didn’t start out aiming for a career in cybersecurity.

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Volvo Car Corp. demonstrates autonomous driving in traffic jams; traffic jam assistance system ready for production in 2014

Green Car Congress

However, it is always the driver who is in charge. Drivers in major metropolitan areas such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles spend even longer times queuing to and from work every day. But the legal situation for this technology still remains unclear. Slow-moving queues are part of urban commuting.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

The assumption here is that connected vehicles could force drivers into changing their behavior, collect valuable data for law enforcement, and eventually remove the human driver from the equation. At the time, they were being used as a way to nudge U.S. But this is but a singular component. But this is but a singular component.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. The battery management system controls both the charging and the discharging processes, as well as the operating temperature of the cells. Click to enlarge.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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At CES, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Connecting with every customer in a socially collaborative and rewarding way. Dynamic Social Shuttle, New York and London.

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