Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation, Ericsson, the utility company Göteborg Energi and the Viktoria Institute are collaborating in the research project ELVIIS (Electric Vehicle Intelligent Infra Structure) to develop a concept for using intelligent infrastructure for the smart on-board charging of plug-in vehicles. Göteborg Energi.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2016

At the 2016 SAE World Congress, Toyota and Clemson University unveiled an innovative, flexible concept called uBox that is intended to appeal to the next generation of car buyers: Gen-Z. The roof pultrusion was something unexpected and very interesting when they first started talking about the concept. —Craig Payne.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2016

Cadillac revealed the Escala Concept, introducing the next evolution of Cadillac design and previewing the craftsmanship and technology being developed for many future models. The Escala Concept previews the design and technical ideas driving the next phase of Cadillac’s ongoing expansion. Escala uses a new 4.2-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2016

A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country. —Jessika Trancik.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

FCA US unveiled the Chrysler Portal concept, an all-electric, semi-autonomous (SAE Level 3) interpretation of the “fifth generation” of family transportation focused toward the millennial generation. The Chrysler Portal concept is backed by significant research on the millennial generation. Earlier post.). Third space.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2017

Honda unveiled its Cooperative Mobility Ecosystem concept at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, connecting artificial intelligence, robotics and big data to transform the mobility experience of the future. The company also introduced Honda Riding Assist, a concept motorcycle that applies Honda’s robotics technology to maintain balance.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

The lab will explore business ideas and technologies to revolutionize a value chain encompassing R&D, business and production for future mobility solutions. The lab, through open innovation on multiple fronts, will explore and prove new future mobility business concepts for eventual expansion into global markets.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

By turning the car into a pickup and drop-off zone through using digital keys we solved a lot of problems since it’s now possible to deliver the goods to persons and not to places. The use of digital keys will now make it possible to save time, money and reduce environmental impact, following completion of the first tests of the concept.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

Volkswagen is presenting a fully autonomous, electric Microbus concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Pilot”) and a new generation of display elements and controls, the concept conceptually follows the new Volkswagen brand strategy. Using an extended MEB-XL platform, this concept vehicle—which is 194.6

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The peer-to-peer car-sharing platform is another example of a CASE strategy project that has advanced from idea to implementation. Car-sharing will be a key element of the mobility concept in tomorrow’s cities. The Croove scheme will be launched in Munich to begin with and is open to any brand of vehicle. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2017

There they will be able to develop their ideas for the market with support from Volkswagen experts and financial support from the state capital, Dresden. Two months ago, big data analysis specialist Geospin from Freiburg was chosen, as well as small bus provider CarlundCarla.de, which is developing a new concept for corporate carsharing.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2022

Further use cases are being developed from existing ideas and concepts, which should answer new research questions. In the project consortium, the Chair of Transport Ecology at the “Friedrich List” Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at TU Dresden provides concepts and algorithms that are subsequently tested.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2016

BMW now has introduced two more Vision concepts: the MINI VISION NEXT 100 and the Rolls-Royce VISION NEXT 100. A fourth Vision Vehicle, by BMW Motorrad, will make its premiere on 16 October in Los Angeles, completing the BMW Group’s brand quartet of far-forward looking concepts. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

BMW Motorrad concept C1-E. This study unit is based on the concept of the BMW C1, and is characterized by a very high level of active and passive safety. The idea behind eSum is to look into ways of countering this trend. Tags: Electric (Battery) Personal Transit Safety. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The driver can communicate with the person in question and in future will also be able to open the door, no matter where they happen to be, and without even needing to touch the phone. The idea itself is not new, but achieving it from a moving car is.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Our goal isn’t to generate a vast number of creative ideas which, in a worst case scenario, are just going to end up in a drawer. We are looking for people and young companies that are able to work with us to transform innovative ideas quickly and successfully into initial working prototypes. Personal contacts will be established.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2017

Customers in Singapore and China express the strongest interest in new mobility concepts. 84% of study participants in Singapore and 83% in China said that they knew at least one person who had not bothered to buy their own car. Moreover, 37% of consumers are already considering buying an electric vehicle for their next car.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The idea for this concept was developed by the Business Innovation division at Daimler AG which identifies business areas with future potential. The official pilot phase will start in Ulm on 18 September and Daimler AG will test the car2gether concept in real-world conditions together with its partner Scientific Computers GmbH.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2024

One such technology is the Datapoint 2200, a programmable terminal that laid the foundation for the personal computer revolution. From mainframes to microcomputers Before the personal computer, there were mainframe computers. The machines occupied entire rooms, dwarfing the personal computers we are familiar with today.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2017

Driverless cars are poised to decongest personal car traffic, shrink our eco footprint, free up parking spaces and reduce the frequency of collisions by about 90%. So, how do we bridge the gap between the personalized travel experience offered by the private car, and the compromise of a fixed-route system of mass transit?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2014

Cloud computing refers to the practice of using a network of remote servers to store, manage and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. CloudLab will be a facility where researchers can build their own clouds and experiment with new ideas with complete control, visibility and scientific fidelity.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2014

With a growing population and a worldwide trend of urbanization, personal mobility as well as efficiency in the transportation sector will only become more important. Connected vehicles Personal Transit Sustainability Urban mobility' Lisbon, Portugal: Different sized cities utilize different mobility infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2016

Building on its unveiling at January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas ( earlier post ), the Volkswagen BUDD-e electric vehicle concept is making its US auto show debut at the New York International Auto Show. Another benefit of the new MEB is entirely new packaging opportunities, highlighted throughout the BUDD-e concept.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2016

Equipped with a 101 kWh battery pack supporting a range of up to 373 miles (600 km) on the NEDC, the BUDD-e concept is the first vehicle based on Volkswagen’s new Modular Electric Platform (MEB) designed specifically for plug-in vehicles. Another benefit of the MEB is new packaging opportunities, highlighted throughout the BUDD-e concept.

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Heavy on heritage and light on details, the launch event showed Scout’s concepts for an EV 4×4 that’s every bit the equal of Jeep or Bronco. Scout Motors, the startup electric-truck maker owned by Volkswagen, took the wraps off concepts for its first two 4×4 models outside Nashville on Thursday evening. Stay tuned.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

The teams now have 200 days to take their innovative ideas and develop mobility products or services which are ready for the market. Their concept also provides an opening for private users. Using procedures such as Deep Learning and Predictive Analytics, Geospin draws up prognoses for optimal locations for various business ideas.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 12, 2013

The Korean carmaker has revealed a series of single-person mobility concepts designed by its engineers as part of its company IDEA festival. We all love a light-hearted story on a Friday and thankfully Hyundai has delivered the goods today. Latest news'

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We aim to continue to play a leading role in shaping the future of mobility—with new mobility concepts, with cognitive cars and services which focus on people and make their daily lives easier and better. Unlike smartphones and wearables, the car would surround the person and become a surrounding for a digital experience.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

There is a new Ford patent for a system that would play personalized ads inside of cars, which would vary based upon numerous factors. It may simply have filed the relevant documents in the hope it can block any rivals interested in implementing a similar concept, especially considering how broadly applicable the system happens to be.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Its experts are working with cities and the relevant stakeholders to develop sustainable concepts for future mobility in urban areas. Electric mobility and car sharing represent two important building blocks for the BMW Group when it comes to working with cities to develop revolutionary mobility concepts. Intermodal guidance.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 18, 2023

So datafication is really, I think, quite straightforward in the sense that it’s just kind of trying to capture the idea that all of our daily behaviors and thoughts are being captured and stored as data in a computer or in computers and servers all over the world. Are they the person who has died? Are they people?

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It took years to take YOLO from concept to physical reality, incorporating considerations for simplicity, cost, and a level of durability that’s compatible with open-ended play. They’re a tangible way of learning about abstract concepts that otherwise would be hard to digest. Getting children to design a robot was not easy.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 13, 2023

Yes, large language models (LLMs) hallucinate , a concept popularized by Google AI researchers in 2018. Large language models have no idea of the underlying reality that language describes,” he said, adding that most human knowledge is non-linguistic. It knows all those things just from text,” he said.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

Another aim is to generate and to implement ideas that improve service quality for the customers. New concepts are to be developed for the integration of battery-electric vans—including the required charging infrastructure—into existing operational processes.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 27, 2024

The ability to communicate clearly and concisely is also crucial when explaining complex concepts or ideas to others, whether in presentations or defining a new concept in code. Consider joining LinkedIn and GitHub , creating a personal website, and writing a blog.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 2, 2022

The main goal was to quickly build a series of functional prototypes (here I call them "SORT" which stands for "Self-Organizing Robot Team") to conduct user studies to understand different people's preferences and perceptions toward this organizer concept.

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Drive Electric

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

German carmaker Volkswagen has lifted the lid on the ID.LIFE concept car, as it prehaps to dazzle in Munich at the IAA show. The concept car provides a preview of an ID. We believe that, even more so than today, the car of the future will be about lifestyle and personal expression. LIFE is our answer to this.”

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