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CARS`TECHNOLOGY * WORLDWIDE
* Germany - Daimler's largest ever field-test of car-to-X “social networking” system for cars
Stuttgart,BAV,Germany -Gizmag, by Darren Quick -August 7, 2012: -- With mobile telecommunications technology and social networking revolutionizing the way people communicate, various automakers, including Audi, GM and Daimler, are looking at ways to looking to improve the communications capabilities of vehicles to allows them to easily exchange information with each other and infrastructure to help improve safety, efficiency and driver convenience. Daimler’s effort, called car-to-X (C2X) has now begun its largest ever field trial with 120 network-linked vehicles hitting the roads in Germany’s Rhine-Main region...
* UK - Wireless technology keeps fleets on the road
Peterborough,EN,UK -Fleet News (UK), by Richard Kinder -8 Aug 2012: -- At the last Geneva show, the concept of vehicles becoming four-wheeled computers was finally made a reality. Vehicles are increasingly becoming connected to the network via embedded cellular modules and other networked devices, with drivers, passengers and third parties all taking advantage of the newly ‘connected car’ ... For example, a delivery company can now integrate applications that can save time and fuel such as Waze, a community-based GPS traffic and navigation application that can guide the driver into the less-jammed roads and also provide updates on any events that happen on the planned route such as accidents... Another example is iOnRoad which improves driving in real time. As the car approaches a collision or runs off the road, an audio-visual warning alerts the driver to take action in time and potentially save a life... Many fleet operators will be familiar with in-vehicle telematics boxes that track and transmit data related to vehicle performance. These boxes track everything from vehicle location, engine efficiency, locking mechanisms, driver behaviour and fuel consumption through the integrated control unit... As more fleet operators realise the benefits of FOTA, it is likely that this capability will become standard on all vehicles...
* DC / USA - Ann Arbor, safety study to test vehicle-to-vehicle communication
Washington,DC,USA -Acme/The Detroit News, by Melissa Burden -August 6, 2012: -- A large safety study that could pave the way for regulation of vehicle-to-vehicle communication will begin Aug. 21 in Ann Arbor, an official from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday... The study, which involves nearly 2,900 cars, trucks and buses, will kick off that day with an event expected to be attended by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, said Tim Johnson, director of crash avoidance and electronic controls research for NHTSA... Eight automakers are involved in the pilot, including General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co., Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc., Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America, Inc., Nissan Technical Center North America, and Volkswagen Group of America... About 90 percent of drivers who participated in clinics featuring the technology expressed desire for the technology, Johnson said...
* Europe - Making Autonomous Emergency Braking tech compulsory in new cars
Brussels,Belgium -Gizmag, by Nick Gilbert -August 8, 2012: ... The European Commission plans to make Autonomous Emergency Braking systems (AEBs) a mandatory requirement in all new vehicles on the Continent by 2014... These systems typically use one or a combination of radar, lidar or video-recognition technologies to measure the distances between vehicles, warn drivers if they get too close, and to then engage the brakes if the driver fails to take any action... Research led by the Commission found that such systems could reduce road traffic accidents by 27 per cent, saving some 8,000 lives a year... It's estimated that the systems could also save the economy between €5 billion (US$6.1 billion) and €8 billion (US$9.9 billion) a year in crash and accident-related costs...
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