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ZF connected seat belt actively enhances occupant seating position to help mitigate injury in a crash

Green Car Congress

This is where the idea of repositioning comes in. For this purpose, it is connected not only to the sensors but also to the automatic emergency brake assistant and shifts the occupant toward the right position and holds them there during the braking maneuver.

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German EV Motor Could Break Supply-Chain Deadlock

Cars That Think

Among the countless challenges of decarbonizing transportation, one of the most compelling involves electric motors. In fact, ZF astounded analysts late last year when it announced that it had built a 220-kilowatt traction motor that used no rare-earth elements. kilowatts per kilogram. kilowatts per kilogram.

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Survey: Most People Are Uncomfortable With Sharing Their Driving Data

The Truth About Cars

At this point, it’s no secret that connected cars collect an alarming amount of data on the people who own and drive them, but a recent survey found that almost nobody is happy about it. The vast majority – 96 percent – said that they should own and control the data their vehicle collect, but automakers have a different idea.

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This DIY electric parade float chassis could be any vehicle you want it to be

Electrek

The motors, controllers, batteries, and everything else is usually built into a flat deck connected to the wheels, meaning the rest of the vehicle is basically just bolted on top. The engineer in me always thought it’d be fun to have just the bare skateboard, meaning you could go wild with your ideas of what to put on top.

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Toyota develops storage module for 70 MPa automotive hydrogen tanks; transportation of H2, other applications

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a storage module that integrates multiple 70 MPa automotive hydrogen tanks—already proven in the Mirai fuel cell vehicle (FCEV)—and safety devices such as a hydrogen detector and an automatic shut-off switch. This is also connected to the development of this conceptual model.

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Honda Motor opens new R&D facility in Bengaluru | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co today said its subsidiary Honda R&D (India) Pvt Ltd has opened a new Solution R&D center in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It will also work on software and connected services through ‘co-creating’ open innovation by adopting technologies and ideas of R&D companies.

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Volkswagen Truck & Bus and Hino Motors agree to enter into full strategic partnership

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Hino Motors, Ltd. The evaluation of technology cooperation will focus on conventional powertrains, hybrid and electric powertrains, as well as connectivity and autonomous driving systems. Hino Motors invented the company slogan ‘Trucks and Busses that do more’. —Yoshio Shimo, President & CEO of Hino Motors, Ltd.

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