Category: Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment
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A Concrete Plan for Wireless Charging #IDTechEx
The concept of wireless charging sounds great until literally, the rubber hits the road. It is one thing to make the technology work in a lab but creating a wireless charging system that easily integrates into an existing street and withstands the stress and pounding of heavy vehicle traffic is an entirely different challenge. Magment’s…
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Software Defining Cars #CES2018
At CES 2018, Denso, the self-described world’s 2nd largest mobility provider, gave a preview of the increasing importance of software to its operation with an explanation of its hypervisor. In October, Denso made a strong statement that software is at its core : https://www.denso.com/global/en/news/news-releases/2018/20181019-g01/ As cars shift to electric-power and autonomy becomes a priority, software…
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Smart Paint – Giving Autonomy to Cars and People #SmartDrivingCar
Princeton’s Dr. Alain Kornhauser has often emphasized the importance of good signage and road paint to help improve autonomous vehicle guidance. As he points out, good markings are helpful for human drivers as well. It is right then that one of the exhibitors at Kornhauser’s 2018 SmartDrivingCar Summit demonstrated an additive that can integrate paint into…
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Fit and Forget & Many More Ways the World Is Changing #IDTechEx
Roads that generate electricity, solar-powered planes that stay up for weeks at a time and electricity storage that is a part of a structure are the types of things that Dr. Peter Harrop sees in the not-too-distant future.¹ Harrop, the Chairman of the Board of IDTechEx, brings a unique, informed and practical perspective to how…
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A Mobile Electric Platform for Multiple Heavy Duty Work Applications
Is it a forklift, a tractor, a trencher or a mobile power plant, ideal for off-grid and emergency electricity backup applications? Gary Dannar, CEO and Founder of Dannar, would answer yes to all those use cases, as he explains, in the above interview filmed at ProspectSV, that it is possible to outfit the Dannar MPS…
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The 48 Volt Electric Car #CES2018
In this interview, Daniel Benchetrite, North American Powertrain New Mobility Director for Valeo, describes a new electric powertrain based on 48 volts DC that they have designed for a new, sub $10k car. Initially intended for the Chinese market, but with aspirations for the U.S., it is not lacking in features: 60 MPH and 60…