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Audi wireless parking payment system

Audi telematic system to pay wirelessly for parkings

Audi is extending its Audi connect services, thus further promoting networking between car, driver and infrastructure. The trial phase for “Audi connect wireless payment” is currently getting underway in Ingolstadt. The solution allows drivers to conveniently pay for parking from their car. It tends to be the small tasks that cause the greatest inconvenience on […]

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HABIT Cockpit Concept by Visteon

A concept that learns driver’s habits developed by Visteon

Visteon Corporation has developed a cockpit concept that incorporates Artificial Intelligence (AI) to deliver an enhanced driving experience. Visteon’s Human Bayesian Intelligence Technology (HABIT) system employs machine learning algorithms that are cognizant of the specific driver and the surrounding environment. The HABIT system continually learns as it processes a driver’s selections of climate temperatures, radio

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hybrid air PSA technology

PSA Peugeot Citroën is the biggest patent filer in France in 2012

The ranking issued by France’s National Intellectual Property Institute (INPI) has confirmed that once again PSA Peugeot Citroën is the country’s leading patent filer, with 1,348 patent applications published in France in 2012. Anticipation and innovation are the keys to meeting the expectations of our current and future customers. The new patents filed in 2012

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Melexis proximity sensor

Optical gesture and Proximity sensing HMIs from Melexis

Melexis releases a product family designed for easy implementation of robust optical proximity and gesture detection systems into automotive environments. Automotive Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) need to be intuitive and safe to use, on the other hand, new car buyers expect functions and features like smartphone and media integration. Optical proximity and gesture detection enable a

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Congestion minimization technology

Public-roads testing results of Honda congestion minimization technology

Honda Motor conducted public-road testing of its new traffic congestion minimization technology in Indonesia and verified the effectiveness of the technology in delaying the development of congestion, and improving fuel efficiency by more than 20 percent. The public-road testing in Indonesia was conducted from September 2012 through February 2013 on a toll road between Ulujami

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