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Xilinx introduces Kria Portfolio of Adaptive System-on-Modules for AI Edge innovation
Xilinx introduces Kria Portfolio of Adaptive System-on-Modules for AI Edge innovation Xilinx, Inc. today introduced the Kria™ portfolio of adaptive system-on-modules (SOMs), production-ready small form factor embedded boards that enable rapid deployment in edge-based applications. Coupled wit...
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New iPad Pro featuring M1 Chip, 5G, and 12.9 inch Liquid Retina XDR Display
New iPad Pro featuring M1 Chip, 5G, and 12.9 inch Liquid Retina XDR Display Apple® today announced the most powerful and advanced iPad Pro® ever, pushing the limits of what’s possible on iPad®. The addition of the Apple-designed M1 chip delivers a massive leap in performance, making iPad Pro the fas...
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Navya and REE Automotive announce to develop a level 4 autonomous systems
Navya and REE Automotive announce to develop a level 4 autonomous systems Navya, a leading company in autonomous driving systems and REE Automotive, an innovator in e-Mobility, announce that they have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of a level 4 autonomous system including REE...
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Garrett Motion showcasing e-boosting technologies at Auto Shanghai 2021
Garrett Motion showcasing e-boosting technologies at Auto Shanghai 2021 Garrett Motion, a leading differentiated technology provider for the automotive industry, today announced plans to showcase its next-generation electric-boosting (E-Boosting) technologies for use in electrified powertrains, prim...
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DJI Air 2S delivers 5.4k video, unmatched flight performance and obstacle avoidance
DJI Air 2S delivers 5.4k video, unmatched flight performance and obstacle avoidance DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, today sets a new benchmark for capturing incredible imagery with the new DJI Air 2S. This portable camera drone is an all-in-one solution, off...
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MIT looks at counting pedestrians to make pedestrians count
MIT looks at counting pedestrians to make pedestrians count A key portion of MIT’s campus overlaps with Kendall Square, the bustling area in East Cambridge where students, residents, and tech employees scurry around in between classes, meetings, and meals. Where are they all going? Is there a way to...
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Mattel unveils CarbonNeutral Matchbox Tesla Roadster die-cast vehicle
Mattel unveils CarbonNeutral Matchbox Tesla Roadster die-cast vehicle Today, Mattel, Inc. announced Drive Toward a Better Future, its product roadmap to make all Matchbox die-cast cars, playsets and packaging with 100% recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastic by 2030. This is in line with Mattel’s...
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AB Dynamics launches fastest self-propelled guided soft target for vehicle testing
AB Dynamics launches fastest self-propelled guided soft target for vehicle testing Leading automotive test system supplier AB Dynamics has launched a new Guided Soft Target (GST) vehicle, the GST120, capable of safe testing at highway speeds up to 120km/h. The GST120 brings a new level of performanc...
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actnano announces 1.2m cars protected with their protective nanocoatings
actnano announces 1.2m cars protected with their protective nanocoatings actnano, the global leader in protective nanocoatings for automotive and consumer electronics, announced today the achievement of a significant milestone in the company’s mission to safeguard autonomous vehicles (AVs). In 2020,...
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Samsung introduces PixCell LED for Intelligent Headlight Systems
Samsung introduces PixCell LED for Intelligent Headlight Systems Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced digital component solutions, today announced PixCell LED, a new automotive LED module optimized for intelligent headlights, such as adaptive driving beam (ADB) systems. ADB head...
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Air Taxis will utilize next-generation batteries and motors
Air Taxis will utilize next-generation batteries and motors Electrical Vertical Take-off and Landing aircraft (eVTOL) are moving from science fiction to reality, enabled by rapid advancements in electric motor, battery, and computing technology A new report from IDTechEx, “Air Taxis: Electric Vertic...
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Faraday Future selects NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for Autonomous FF 91 Luxury EV
Faraday Future selects NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for Autonomous FF 91 Luxury EV Faraday Future, a California-based global shared intelligent mobility ecosystem company, announced today that it is deploying the NVIDIA Drive Orin platform in its flagship ultra-luxury FF 91 electric vehicle. Moving to this nex...
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Peterbilt unveils all-new truck models
Peterbilt unveils all-new truck models Peterbilt Motors Company unveiled today the all-new medium duty Model 535 and Model 536, designed for the Class 5/6 non-CDL lease and rental markets and the all-new medium duty Model 537 and Model 548, designed for the Class 7/8 segment. Alongside the new truck...
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Comau UK develops battery manufacturing line for UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
Comau UK develops battery manufacturing line for UK Battery Industrialisation Centre Comau UK has been selected by the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) to develop and deploy a semi-automated battery module and battery pack assembly line for the publicly-funded ‘open access’ battery produc...
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FreeWire Boost Charger reduces installation and operating costs for Vehicle Charging
FreeWire Boost Charger reduces installation and operating costs for Vehicle Charging FreeWire Technologies, a leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging and power solutions, today announced that an independent study conducted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) validated the functionality...
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Eaton Power Distribution Technology selected by OEM for Electric Vehicle Platform
Eaton Power Distribution Technology selected by OEM for Electric Vehicle Platform Power management company Eaton announced its eMobility business secured a contract to supply power distribution units (PDUs) and Bussmann™ series fuses to a global vehicle manufacturer for use in a new battery e...
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Insight LiDAR develops Gesture Detection Technology for Autonomous Vehicles
Insight LiDAR develops Gesture Detection Technology for Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology company Insight LiDAR today announced that its product, Insight 1600, is the first LiDAR with the combined high resolution and velocity detection to enable pedestrian gesture recognition. T...
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Hyliion forms Hypertruck Innovation Council to advance electric transportation
Hyliion forms Hypertruck Innovation Council to advance electric transportation Hyliion Holdings Corp., a leader in electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 semi-trucks, today announced the formation of the Hypertruck Innovation Council, a select group of fleet, logistics, and transportation indu...
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Intel launches 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors
Intel launches 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors Intel today launched its most advanced, highest performance data centre platform optimized to power the industry’s broadest range of workloads — from the cloud to the network to the intelligent edge. New 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (co...
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Geosun UAV LiDAR scanning systems selects ACEINNA as IMU provider
Geosun UAV LiDAR scanning systems selects ACEINNA as IMU provider ACEINNA, one of the world’s leading developers of inertial based guidance and navigation systems for autonomous vehicles and automated machines, today announced that Geosun, a leading developer and manufacturer of LiDAR based navigati...
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Septentrio develops OSNMA for GNSS anti-spoofing security
Septentrio develops OSNMA for GNSS anti-spoofing security As technological advances allow GPS/GNSS devices to be more reliable, our lives are becoming increasingly dependent on accurate positioning and timing. Today, GNSS time is used to synchronize telecom and energy grids, while precise positionin...
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Iteris receives $3.15m additional work from FHA to support Intelligent Transportation
Iteris receives $3.15m additional work from FHA to support Intelligent Transportation Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has received an additional $3.15 million in funding for a task order under its indefinite delivery/indefinite qua...
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Truck transport is a logistical and engineering win
Truck transport is a logistical and engineering win Business owners are focused on reducing expenses and increasing income. That’s the basic definition of what a for-profit organization does. But when it comes to making decisions about how to transport goods from one place to another, entrepre...
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Bosch highlights the factory of the future at Hannover Messe 2021
Bosch highlights the factory of the future at Hannover Messe 2021 While demand sets the pace, the product determines the process. Machines and robots are constantly reconfiguring themselves. Autonomous transport vehicles deliver components, sophisticated robotic systems pick up workpieces and sort t...
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UK Department for Transport announces £15m funding to upgrade traffic signals
UK Department for Transport announces £15m funding to upgrade traffic signals As part of this year’s Highway Maintenance settlement for English local authorities outside of London, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a £15 million allocation specifically to supplement existing local aut...
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CloudMoyo Safety and Compliance solution wins Railway Technology Excellence Award
CloudMoyo Safety and Compliance solution wins Railway Technology Excellence Award CloudMoyo is proud to announce that the next-generation CloudMoyo Safety and Compliance solution has been recognized for its role in driving innovative change within the rail technology industry, winning the Railway Te...
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New SmartControl app accelerates in-fleeting and testing
New SmartControl app accelerates in-fleeting and testing Starting today, the new SmartControl in-fleeting app makes it easier to add new vehicles to an existing or new shared mobility fleet. The app can be used to quickly install and configure telematics units in all vehicle models, from bikes and k...
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Meet Stretch, the Warehouse Automation robot from Boston Dynamics
Meet Stretch, the Warehouse Automation robot from Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics, has revealed Stretch, its new box-moving robot designed to support the growing demand for flexible automation solutions in the logistics industry. This debut marks the company’s o...
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Velodyne Lidar partners with AGM Systems for air and mobile mapping technology
Velodyne Lidar partners with AGM Systems for air and mobile mapping technology Velodyne Lidar, Inc., today announced a multi-year agreement with AGM Systems LLC, which provides state-of-the-art hardware and software technology for the collection, processing and analysis of air and mobile mapping dat...
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Best Hydrogen Fuel Cell stocks for investors in 2021
Best Hydrogen Fuel Cell stocks for investors in 2021 The continuous demand for green energy worldwide has made hydrogen fuel cell stocks a lucrative investment worth venturing into. One of the biggest factors boosting the hydrogen stocks economy is the recent growth in the fuel cell electric vehicle...
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Autonomous truck company Plus fundraising reaches US$420m
Autonomous truck company Plus fundraising reaches US$420m Plus, a leading provider of self-driving truck technology, today announced it has added $220 million in new financing co-led by FountainVest Partners and ClearVue Partners, with participation from Quanta Computer Inc., Phi Zoyi Capital, and M...
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Panasonic and McAfee build Vehicle SOC to commercialise Vehicle Security Monitoring
Panasonic and McAfee build Vehicle SOC to commercialise Vehicle Security Monitoring Panasonic Corporation and McAfee Corp. have agreed to jointly start building a Vehicle Security Operation Centre to commercialize vehicle security monitoring services. To protect connected vehicles around the world a...
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Optimus Ride and Polaris partner for Autonomous GEM Electric Vehicles
Optimus Ride and Polaris partner for Autonomous GEM Electric Vehicles Optimus Ride, a leading autonomous mobility service provider, and Polaris Inc. today announced a partnership to bring fully autonomous GEM vehicles to market. Under this joint development agreement, an exclusive line of Polaris GE...
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WaveSense secures $15m to accelerate next-generation ADAS and Autonomous Features
WaveSense secures $15m to accelerate next-generation ADAS and Autonomous Features WaveSense, the world’s only provider of Ground Positioning Radar™ (GPR) for precise vehicle localization, announced today it has raised $15 million. This round was led by top technology investors Rhapsody Ventur...
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PlasticRoad and Orbia launch first PlasticRoad bicycle path trial in Mexico City
PlasticRoad and Orbia launch first PlasticRoad bicycle path trial in Mexico City PlasticRoad and Orbia in collaboration with the Mexico City Mobility Secretariat (SEMOVI) and the Mexico City Environment Secretariat (SEDEMA), have inaugurated the first PlasticRoad pilot in Latin America located in th...
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Virgin Galactic and Land Rover extend partnership and reveal new spaceship
Virgin Galactic and Land Rover extend partnership and reveal new spaceship Land Rover has announced a three-year extension to its global partnership with Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial ‘spaceline’. Virgin Galactic’s latest spaceship was unveiled today, supported by a Range Rover Astro...
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Semiconductor shortage threatens to halt connected car development
Semiconductor shortage threatens to halt connected car development The dwindling supplies of the semiconductors relied upon by car manufacturers, the unprecedented weather in Texas and a recent factory fire in Japan for one of the world’s leading auto chip makers, has created a perfect storm for the...
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Effidence releases Convey-LINK mobile conveyor for the EffiBOT mobile robot
Effidence releases Convey-LINK mobile conveyor for the EffiBOT mobile robot Effidence starts this year with the release of a package transfer solution, Convey-LINK, composed of a conveyor installed on the EffiBOT mobile robot, and a LINK communication box, integrated on the Plug-and-Carry® static co...
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95 percent of security professionals concerned about IoT risks on their network
95 percent of security professionals concerned about IoT risks on their network Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organisations, today announced the results of a new research report that assessed the security of connected de...
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i.safe MOBILE partners with Evora IT Solutions on global technology solutions
i.safe MOBILE partners with Evora IT Solutions on global technology solutions i.safe MOBILE, one of the world’s most innovative developers of mobile communication devices for use in hazardous areas, and Evora IT Solutions, global consulting and software solution provider focused on maintenance...
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MIT studies controlling bubble formation on electrodes for carbon-capture systems
MIT studies controlling bubble formation on electrodes for carbon-capture systems Using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen can be an effective way to produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel, with further benefits if that electricity is generated from renewable energy sources. But as wat...
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New Mercedes-Benz Econic impact protection vehicles drive safety at Cardiff Council
New Mercedes-Benz Econic impact protection vehicles drive safety at Cardiff Council The safety of motorists and members of their own highways team was uppermost in the minds of Cardiff Council procurement chiefs when they ordered two new Mercedes-Benz trucks to help traffic flow smoothly in and arou...
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SF Express selects Plus for China’s first self-driving Commercial Freight Pilot
SF Express selects Plus for China’s first self-driving Commercial Freight Pilot Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a leading company in self-driving truck technology, announced today that SF Express has selected the company for China’s first commercial freight pilot to demonstrate how supervised autonom...
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Samsung develops 512GB capacity DDR5 Memory for advanced computing applications
Samsung develops 512GB capacity DDR5 Memory for advanced computing applications Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has expanded its DDR5 DRAM memory portfolio with the industry’s first 512GB DDR5 module based on High-K Metal G...
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Volvo Penta and TICO delivering electromobility to terminal tractors
Volvo Penta and TICO delivering electromobility to terminal tractors Volvo Penta and TICO are taking the first step in their ambitions to introduce an emission-free, electric terminal tractor. This partnership and project represent another milestone in Volvo Penta’s electromobility journey and align...
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Heavy-duty vehicle powertrain decarbonisation gets nearer with free piston engines
Heavy-duty vehicle powertrain decarbonisation gets nearer with free piston engines Libertine FPE, the creator of Smart Engine control technology for free piston engine generators, has secured funding to advance development of its range-extender concept for heavy duty applications. Free piston range...
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Partnership bringing Surfsight Video Telematics into the Geotab Ecosystem
Partnership bringing Surfsight Video Telematics into the Geotab Ecosystem Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, together with Lytx®, a global leader and pioneer of video telematics, announced today the availability of an integrated camera solution from Surfsight™ on the...
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Phison Electronics joins the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium
Phison Electronics joins the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium Phison Electronics Corp., a global leader in NAND Flash controller integrated circuits and storage solutions, announced today that it has joined the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC). The AECC is a non-profit association of...
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Neurala and FLIR collaborate on AI-powered industrial cameras for Industry 4.0
Neurala and FLIR collaborate on AI-powered industrial cameras for Industry 4.0 Today, Neurala, a leader in vision AI software, announced a collaboration with FLIR Systems Inc. to deliver a full software and hardware stack AI-based industrial imaging solution. Neurala’s vision AI software unlocks the...
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Unity and HERE developing next-generation embedded automotive interfaces
Unity and HERE developing next-generation embedded automotive interfaces Unity, the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced a collaborative agreement with HERE Technologies, the leading location data and technology platform, to partner on deve...
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IAM RoadSmart study finds motorists consider autonomous vehicles dangerous
IAM RoadSmart study finds motorists consider autonomous vehicles dangerous A study from the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has revealed that 60 percent of motorists consider the growing ability of vehicles to drive themselves as a serious threat to road safety. While fe...
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ACEINNA and Point One Navigation launch OpenARC for precise positioning
ACEINNA and Point One Navigation launch OpenARC for precise positioning ACEINNA, one of the world’s leading developers of inertial based guidance and navigation systems for autonomous vehicles and devices, today announced the commercial availability of OpenARC, a complete, precise positioning hardwa...
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BLUETTI officially launches EP500-Pro 5.1KWh Mobile Solar Battery
BLUETTI officially launches EP500/Pro 5.1KWh Mobile Solar Battery Back in July 2020, BLUETTI a renewable energy company set its sights on the solar energy storage market and announced the launch of its first 2000Watt battery product, the BLUETTI AC200. The campaign raised over US$6.8M and broke the...
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RoadSync launches BigRig411 to connect Fleets with repair and maintenance vendors
RoadSync launches BigRig411 to connect Fleets with repair and maintenance vendors RoadSync, an innovative digital financial platform, announces BigRig411.com, its proprietary merchant directory for repair and tow services. BigRig411 helps truck drivers, owner-operators and commercial trucking fleets...
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XPeng aims for 3,675 km Autonomous Driving Expedition in China
XPeng aims for 3,675 km Autonomous Driving Expedition in China XPeng Inc., a Chinese smart electric vehicle company, has kicked off the autonomous driving expedition with a fleet of XPeng P7s, covering a total distance of 3,675 km across six provinces in China. This will be the longest autonomous dr...
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MIT study finds dramatic price drop in lithium-ion battery costs
MIT study finds dramatic price drop in lithium-ion battery costs The cost of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used for phones, laptops, and cars has fallen dramatically over the last three decades, and has been a major driver of the rapid growth of those technologies. But attempting to quantif...
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Velodyne Lidar demonstrates how advanced LiDAR technology improves Pedestrian Safety
Velodyne Lidar demonstrates how advanced LiDAR technology improves Pedestrian Safety Velodyne Lidar, Inc. showed how with lidar technology, Pedestrian Automated Emergency Braking (PAEB) systems can be significantly improved, with the potential to save thousands of lives annually. Velodyne released a...
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AECOM partners with Houston METRO to automate zero emissions transit technology
AECOM partners with Houston METRO to automate zero emissions transit technology AECOM, the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, has partnered with Houston METRO, the region’s largest public transit provider, to accelerate deployment of automated technology in transit vehicles. Funded thro...
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Audi mobilises Swarm Data to create Intelligent Mobility
Audi mobilises Swarm Data to create Intelligent Mobility Audi is taking another step towards safer and more intelligent mobility by using high-precision swarm data for the first time to optimise the speed and accuracy of hazard warning communication between its networked models. Its upgraded car-to-...
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Made in Britain brand adds £3.5 billion a year to UK exports
Made in Britain brand adds £3.5 billion a year to UK exports As the UK government negotiates new trade deals in markets across the globe, research1 from Barclays Corporate Banking released today reveals how British exporters can benefit from price premiums of up to £3.5bn per year in ten key countri...
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