Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

As vehicle connectivity and advanced assistance systems become a ubiquitous part of driving, researchers at Volkswagen Group’s Electronics Research Laboratory ( ERL ) are working to create a “perfect driving experience” by enabling more intuitive forms of communications between the driver, the car and the external environment.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 14, 2023

DARPA’s Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program recently conducted its third experiment to assess the performance of off-road unmanned vehicles. Naver Labs ] This seminar is from Matt Zucker at Swarthmore College, on “Robotics education and research at a liberal arts college.” UPenn ]

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2016

The Truck Platooning Challenge will demonstrate that a second vehicle is technically capable of automatically following the combination ahead using wireless communications, radar and cameras. Within the context of the EcoTwin project, it has already been demonstrated that the second vehicle is also capable of steering automatically.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The new system, whereby the car automatically follows the vehicle in front in slow-moving queues up to 50 km/h (31 mph), will be ready for production in 2014. The Adaptive Cruise Control enables safe, comfortable driving by automatically maintaining a set gap to the vehicle in front, at the same time as the steering is also controlled.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Dr. Shimul (Md Mazharul) Haque, from QUT’s School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment and Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety – Queensland (. ), presented the findings at a Driving Distraction Seminar held at QUT. The study is published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Actual and projected greenhouse gas emissions for passenger vehicles by region/country through 2022. Cischke was speaking at the Center of Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City last week. Adapted from ICCT. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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