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Drexel University Cathode Chemistry breakthrough could triple Battery Capacity
Drexel University Cathode Chemistry breakthrough could triple Battery Capacity Growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) has shed light on the significant challenge of sustainably sourcing the battery technology necessary for the broad shift to renewable electric and away from fossil fuels. In hope...
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Hey Mercedes! Sonantic AI Voice Assistant to debut in VISION EQXX
Hey Mercedes! Sonantic AI Voice Assistant to debut in VISION EQXX Sonantic, a leader in developing fully expressive AI-generated voice models, has partnered with Mercedes-Benz AG on its latest technology platform for VISION EQXX, the company’s most efficient electric vehicle ever built. Mercedes-Ben...
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Rimac Technology spins off into a standalone business
Rimac Technology spins off into a standalone business The Rimac Group is now fully operational, from January 1st, 2022, as an umbrella company that incorporates Bugatti Rimac (active from November 2021) and the new standalone Rimac Technology business. The Rimac Group is the majority shareholder in...
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Fortescue to acquire Williams Advanced Engineering in race to net zero
Fortescue to acquire Williams Advanced Engineering in race to net zero Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) are setting the pace for ground-breaking innovation in the green energy space, as Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) enters into an agreement to acquire the UK-b...
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Bosch and Volkswagen subsidiary Cariad agree on extensive partnership
Bosch and Volkswagen subsidiary Cariad agree on extensive partnership More safety and less stress for drivers, more rapid deployment of automated driving functions across all vehicle classes: Bosch and the Volkswagen Group subsidiary Cariad are now collaborating to achieve this objective, and have a...
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Pirelli celebrates 150 years at Milan’s Piccolo Teatro
Pirelli celebrates 150 years at Milan’s Piccolo Teatro “What an original stroke, don’t you think? Look at that P…it looks elastic, like rubber”. These are the words that launched the celebrations of 150 years of Pirelli, with the direction of the Piccolo Teatro of Milan where a theatrical stor...
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Comau and Mullen building Electric Vehicle Body manufacturing facility in Mississippi
Comau and Mullen building Electric Vehicle Body manufacturing facility in Mississippi Comau announces today a strategic alliance with Mullen Automotive, Inc., an emerging electric vehicle manufacturer for the build out of a vehicle body shop at Mullen’s Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Center...
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Husqvarna Motorcycles announces 2022 Vitpilen and Svartpilen range
Husqvarna Motorcycles announces 2022 Vitpilen and Svartpilen range Husqvarna Motorcycles is pleased to announce the availability of the 2022 Vitpilen and Svartpilen range – exciting street models that combine ground-breaking, instantly-recognisable design with class-leading features and technology....
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Gordon Murray Automotive’s new £1.37m T.33 coupe sold out from launch
Gordon Murray Automotive’s new £1.37m T.33 coupe sold out from launch Gordon Murray Automotive has announced that it has sold all of its T.33 coupe supercars, each costing £1.37m before local taxes. Customers from around the globe have secured their allocation of the exclusive 100-unit product...
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Lotus launches Advanced Performance division for bespoke design
Lotus launches Advanced Performance division for bespoke design Introducing Lotus Advanced Performance, a new division of the business dedicated to delivering thrilling bespoke vehicles and world-class customer experiences. It is another significant development in the ongoing transformation of Lotus...
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Pirelli P Zero tyres chosen for the new Alfa Romeo Tonale
Pirelli P Zero tyres chosen for the new Alfa Romeo Tonale Specially developed Pirelli P Zero tyres are fitted on the new Alfa Romeo Tonale, the Italian brand’s first mass production electric vehicle. In size 235/40R20 96V XL, the P Zero has been chosen as original equipment for the various versions...
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H3 Dynamics develops prototype Hydrogen Aircraft Propulsor Nacelle
H3 Dynamics develops prototype Hydrogen Aircraft Propulsor Nacelle H3 Dynamics has successfully completed the world’s first fully integrated hydrogen-electric propulsion aircraft nacelle, the core enabling power solution for propulsion of future hydrogen aircraft designs. In the coming years, such a...
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Nissan new Frontier concepts to be featured at Chicago Auto Show
Nissan new Frontier concepts to be featured at Chicago Auto Show Far away from the surf breaks and volleyball courts, the Frontier team from San Diego-based Nissan Design America (NDA) is venturing to the heartland to display three unique concept trucks at the 2022 Chicago Auto Show. The three conce...
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MindMaze and Andretti Autosport power into the future with Neurotechnology
MindMaze and Andretti Autosport power into the future with Neurotechnology MindMaze will continue its ground-breaking research into how its brain technology platform can boost safety and human performance in motorsport by partnering with Andretti Autosport in the US-based 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Mi...
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Porsche Virtual Roads brings the streets to a video game
Porsche Virtual Roads brings the streets to a video game Rediscover the most beautiful roads in a Porsche over and over again without even getting in the car: the sports car manufacturer from Zuffenhausen is developing an innovative software solution in cooperation with Swiss start-up Way Ahead Tech...
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SureCam connected Dashcam now includes LiveCheck for remote access telematics
SureCam connected Dashcam now includes LiveCheck for remote access telematics Fleet operators can now remotely access live video from their SureCam connected dash camera devices with SureCam LiveCheck. SureCam is one of the fastest growing video telematics providers in North America and Europe’s lea...
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Power your home or job site with your Ford F150 Lightning Electric Pickup
Power your home or job site with your Ford F150 Lightning Electric Pickup Truck owners are used to tapping a variety of features – torque, towing capability and more – to get things done. Now, with the all-electric F-150® Lightning™ pickup, Ford is the first in the U.S. to offer the ability f...
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Did the past correctly predict the future of the Car Industry?
Did the past correctly predict the future of the Car Industry? Fantasising about the future has consistently been a preoccupation of humankind. We’ve asked ourselves many futuristic questions over the centuries, and we’ve constantly tried to come up with answers to satiate our appetite for exciteme...
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Volvo and Northvolt accelerate electrification with new Battery Plant in Sweden
Volvo and Northvolt accelerate electrification with new Battery Plant in Sweden Volvo Cars and Northvolt have selected Gothenburg, Sweden, to establish a new battery manufacturing plant, which will commence operations in 2025, create up to 3,000 jobs and complement the planned R&D centre that bo...
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Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV debuts at Mobile World Congress
Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV debuts at Mobile World Congress Fisker are a passionate creator of the world’s most sustainable electric vehicles and advanced mobility solutions. They will be debuting the Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV to the European market at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The f...
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Porsche automated technology will keep drivers out of danger
Porsche automated technology will keep drivers out of danger Highly automated driving functions must work safely and reliably in every situation – whether on the highway or in a multi-story car park. One of the ways developers achieve this is through ‘redundancy’; parallel systems observe the enviro...
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EPC 2kW Bidirectional Converters handle two-phase 48 V – 14 V
EPC 2kW Bidirectional Converters handle two-phase 48 V – 14 V EPC announces the availability of the EPC9170, a 2 kW, two-phase 48 V – 14 V bidirectional converter that operates with 96.8% peak efficiency in a small footprint. The board features the ePower™ 100 V, 65 A integrated circuit chips...
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University of Delaware technology could remove Carbon Dioxide from the air
University of Delaware technology could remove Carbon Dioxide from the air University of Delaware engineers have demonstrated a way to effectively capture 99% of carbon dioxide from air using a novel electrochemical system powered by hydrogen. It is a significant advance for carbon dioxide capture a...
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New Hydrogen Polymer Fuel Cells can operate at Higher Temperatures
New Hydrogen Polymer Fuel Cells can operate at Higher Temperatures A new high-temperature polymer fuel cell that operates at 80-160 degrees Celsius, with a higher-rated power density than state-of-the-art fuel cells, solves the longstanding problem of overheating, one of the most significant technic...
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Truck It In completes largest seed funding round in MENAP trucking space
Truck It In completes largest seed funding round in MENAP trucking space Homegrown logistics tech start-up Truck It In has closed a $13 million seed round jointly led by venture capital firms Global Founders Capital and Fatima Gobi Ventures. The seed round is the largest of its kind in the MENAP (Mi...
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Automated Bus Consortium™ requests proposals to procure highly Automated Buses
Automated Bus Consortium™ requests proposals to procure highly Automated Buses The Automated Bus Consortium™, a collective of U.S. transit agencies and departments of transportation, announced today the release of a request for proposals (RFP) to procure up to seventy full-size Level 4...
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RoadSync launches new Truck Driver App to modernise Supply Chain Payments
RoadSync launches new Truck Driver App to modernise Supply Chain Payments RoadSync, the leading digital financial platform for the supply chain, today announces the rollout of its new app, RoadSync Driver. Built for and informed by drivers, RoadSync Driver is an expense management app that allows tr...
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Power Integrations introduces 1st high-voltage Switcher ICs with 1700 V SiC MOSFET
Power Integrations introduces 1st high-voltage Switcher ICs with 1700 V SiC MOSFET Power Integrations, the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits (ICs) for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced the addition of two new AEC-Q100 qualified, 1700-volt rated ICs to its InnoSwitch™...
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Li-Cycle and Partners to build Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Norway
Li-Cycle and Partners to build Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Norway Li-Cycle Holdings Corp., an industry leader in lithium-ion battery resource recovery and the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, announced today that it has formed a joint venture with ECO STOR AS and...
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Boeing invests $450m in Wisk Aero to advance Certified Autonomous Electric Flight
Boeing invests $450m in Wisk Aero to advance Certified Autonomous Electric Flight Wisk, a leading Advanced Air Mobility company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the U.S., has secured $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, making it one of the most well-funde...
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Innodisk building an Intelligent AIoT world with EV and Smart City solutions
Innodisk building an Intelligent AIoT world with EV and Smart City solutions Innodisk, a leading global provider of industrial flash and memory solutions, reflects on its AIoT wins of last year and outlook for 2022. Even now, in 2022, AIoT is still a buzz that’s impossible for business leaders to ig...
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Passenger taps into contactless payments trend with new all-in-one capabilities
Passenger taps into contactless payments trend with new all-in-one capabilities UK public transport app and website provider, Passenger is helping more UK bus operators accommodate a shift in traditional payment methods by launching a new feature that gives bus users easier access to their contactle...
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Rameder expands into Towbars for Electric Cars
Rameder expands into Towbars for Electric Cars Rameder has expanded their application options for fully electric passenger cars with towbars design specifically for electric cars. More and more fully electric vehicles now offer a useful towing capacity. Whether you are setting out on a caravan vacat...
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Bellwether reveals the first public flight footage of the Volar eVTOL
Bellwether reveals the first public flight footage of the Volar eVTOL Bellwether Industries, a London-based urban air mobility start-up, has officially released its video of a freeflight test of the half-scale eVTOL model, responding to the growing interest from the public. Last year, Bellwether Ind...
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The Metals Company completes Deep-Sea Research to find a new source of EV Battery Metals
The Metals Company completes Deep-Sea Research to find a new source of EV Battery Metals The Metals Company, an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today announced the completion of its latest offshore research campaign, Environmental Expedition 5E, a targeted...
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Graphene sandwich makes the Impossible Material possible
Graphene sandwich makes the Impossible Material possible The design of new materials allows for either improved efficiency of known applications or totally new applications that were out of reach with the previously existing materials. Tens of thousands of conventional materials such as metals and t...
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Morgan Truck Body celebrates 70 years at the forefront of Innovation and Electrification
Morgan Truck Body celebrates 70 years at the forefront of Innovation and Electrification As Morgan Truck Body celebrates its 70th year, the largest manufacturer of light- and medium-duty truck bodies in North America has announced that it will unveil multiple custom concept bodies in 2022. Morgan wi...
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Is my Quantum Computer big enough?
Is my Quantum Computer big enough? Quantum computers are expected to be disruptive and potentially impact many industry sectors. So researchers in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands decided to explore two very different quantum problems: breaking the encryption of Bitcoin (a digital currency) an...
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XPENG integrates Microsoft Text-to-Speech in P7 Smart Sedan
XPENG integrates Microsoft Text-to-Speech in P7 Smart Sedan XPENG has upgraded its auto-grade voice assistant using Microsoft custom neural voice capability, based on Neural Text-to-Speech (TTS), a feature of Azure AI. XPENG installed the new voice assistant functionality via a major over-the-air (O...
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Quanergy and iCent showcased Advanced Electric Vehicle Charger Robot
Quanergy and iCent showcased Advanced Electric Vehicle Charger Robot Quanergy’s next generation autonomous electric vehicle (EV) charging robot has been unveiled for smart city planning. Quanergy’s M-series 3D LiDAR sensors and advanced 3D perception software Qortex™ will be installed on the...
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Fisker reveals the first Digital Radar in a Production Vehicle
Fisker reveals the first Digital Radar in a Production Vehicle Fisker Inc., passionate creator of the world’s most sustainable electric vehicles and advanced mobility solutions – is showcasing its Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV, highlighting the vehicle’s state-of-the-art Advanced Driver Assist...
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Hyundai unveils innovative Plug and Drive Robotic Module
Hyundai unveils innovative Plug and Drive Robotic Module Hyundai Motor Company has revealed its Plug & Drive (PnD) modular platform that enables mobility of traditionally inanimate things, from small objects to large community spaces, at CES 2022. At the event, the leaders of Hyundai Motor and B...
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Chrysler unveils Airflow Concept and an all-electric line-up by 2028
Chrysler unveils Airflow Concept and an all-electric line-up by 2028 Chrysler has revealed the Chrysler Airflow Concept, giving a glimpse at the leading-edge drive-system technology, fully connected customer experiences and advanced mobility features, wrapped in inspiring, dynamic design, which will...
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Panasonic AR Heads-up-display now features patented eye-tracking
Panasonic AR Heads-up-display now features patented eye-tracking At CES 2022 Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, a tier one automotive supplier, unveiled their Augmented Reality HUD (AR HUD) 2.0, the first to include a new patented eye tracking system (ETS) enhancing the AR experience....
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Meet the PEUGEOT 9X8 Hybrid Hypercar
Meet the PEUGEOT 9X8 Hybrid Hypercar More than a race car, the PEUGEOT 9X8 is already iconic – a design and technical revolution. Ahead of its debut on the race track in 2022, PEUGEOT Design Director, Matthias Hossann, has placed the 9X8 in brutalist architecture to showcase its revolutionary design...
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Top Car Manufacturers collaborating with Mobileye
Top Car Manufacturers collaborating with Mobileye During an Intel news conference, Intel subsidiary Mobileye revealed multiple new strategic collaborations designed to transform driver and passenger experiences globally. Deals with Volkswagen Group, Ford and Zeekr were brought to light to illustrate...
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Toyota now taking orders for the Corolla Commercial Hybrid Electric Van
Toyota now taking orders for the Corolla Commercial Hybrid Electric Van The new model extends the Toyota Professional range of light commercial vehicles with a powertrain option that offers an ideal solution for customers who want transport with lower CO2 emissions and the flexibility to cover long...
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Cloud Mapping will kickstart the driverless cars and smart city future
Cloud Mapping will kickstart the driverless cars and smart city future A new cutting edge cloud mapping service is being rolled out across the UK by Buchanan Computing, enabling people for the first time to view large swathes of the UK’s parking and other kerb side restrictions. The new national pl...
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Geotab fighting fraud with Street Angel Camera Telematics
Geotab fighting fraud with Street Angel Camera Telematics Geotab Inc., a global leader in IoT and connected transportation has joined forces with Newbury, Berkshire company Camera Telematics, leaders in vehicle camera technology, to help fight vehicle insurance fraud with The Street Angel Solution ...
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What to expect from Autonomous Vehicles over the next 5 Years
What to expect from Autonomous Vehicles over the next 5 Years Petrol and diesel cars will be banned by 2030 and all-electric autonomous vehicles will replace them. The hype around the future of mobility is rising as 11% of respondents who took part in Arthur D. Little’s “Global Automotive Mobility S...
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Are British roads capable of handling Autonomous Vehicles?
Are British roads capable of handling Autonomous Vehicles? This year, the UK became the first country to allow self-driving cars on motorways at low speed. The country is making incredible progress in the trials for autonomous vehicles and is funding innovative projects that will pave the way toward...
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Flogas Britain invests in Isuzu Trucks to improve emissions
Flogas Britain invests in Isuzu Trucks to improve emissions As part of its objective to drive operating efficiencies and realise carbon footprint improvements in line with its corporate emission targets, Flogas Britain has continued the investment in its Cylinder fleet of vehicles, with the addition...
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ASCO optimises their logistics fleet with Teletrac Navman Telematics
ASCO optimises their logistics fleet with Teletrac Navman Telematics Teletrac Navman, a global market leader in telematics technology, has secured a contract with logistics and materials management company, ASCO, to supply its mobile asset and fleet management technology for the optimisation of a 35...
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Innovation and Design drive REV Recreation Group forward
Innovation and Design drive REV Recreation Group forward As a longstanding leader in the luxury RV business, REV Recreation Group continues to set the bar for advancements in new 2022 models from its brands Fleetwood RV®, Holiday Rambler®, American Coach®, Renegade RV™, Midwest Automotive Des...
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Polimove wins Autonomous Indy Racecar competition at CES 2022
Polimove wins Autonomous Indy Racecar competition at CES 2022 The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) team PoliMOVE from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and the University of Alabama won the Autonomous Challenge @ CES®, making history as the first head-to-head autonomous racecar competition champion. Poli...
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Damon electrifying their HyperFighter family of Motorcycles at CES
Damon electrifying their HyperFighter family of Motorcycles at CES Damon Motors has officially unveiled the newest edition to its family of motorcycles: HyperFighter, a raw, muscular-silhouetted, electrifying streetfighter motorcycle built for a new generation of urban riders. The company introduced...
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REE starts trials of their new electric P7 Modular Platform
REE starts trials of their new electric P7 Modular Platform REE Automotive Ltd., has announced it is commencing trials of its all-new P7 platform designed for commercial delivery vehicles and walk-in vans. The P7 platform, targeted to a U.S. based delivery van program, was designed based on function...
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Arbe adds Free Space Mapping to its Perception Imaging Radar for Autonomous Driving
Arbe adds Free Space Mapping to its Perception Imaging Radar for Autonomous Driving Arbe Robotics Ltd., a global leader in next-generation Imaging Radar solutions, introduces the addition of Free Space Mapping to its revolutionary Imaging Radar perception stack at CES 2022. Arbe has radically enhanc...
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New Acura MDX Type S features Panasonic ELS STUDIO 3D Signature Edition audio
New Acura MDX Type S features Panasonic ELS STUDIO 3D Signature Edition audio At CES 2022, Panasonic announced its highest level of in-vehicle audio performance, with the introduction of the ELS STUDIO 3D® | Signature Edition premium audio system, now available on the new 2022 MDX Type S performance...
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Autonomous Vehicles will be enabled by new Mobileye EyeQ Ultra
Autonomous Vehicles will be enabled by new Mobileye EyeQ Ultra Mobileye today introduced the EyeQ® Ultra™, the company’s most advanced, highest performing system-on-chip (SoC) purpose-built for autonomous driving. As unveiled during CES 2022, EyeQ Ultra maximizes both effectiveness and effici...
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