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Nikola and Bosch to Develop the Commercial Vehicle Electric Powertrain

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Nikola and Bosch to Develop the Commercial Vehicle Electric Powertrain truck sustainable transportation logistic

A world-first: The powertrain for the electric long-haul truck Class 8 Hydrogen-Electric Truck SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Electrification is becoming bigger than you imagined. By 2021, Nikola (pronounced Neek-oh-la) Motor Company will bring to market the Nikola One and Two, a class 8 hydrogen-electric truck lineup that will deliver more than 1,000 horsepower and 2,000 ft. lbs. of torque – nearly

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Bosch Sees Growth in its Urban Mobility and Smart Cities Solutions

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Bosch is Geared for Growth in sustainable Urban Mobility and Smart Cities Solutions

Bosch Mobility Experience 2017 Technological solutions for better quality of life in cities. Bosch vision for urban mobility: zero emissions, zero stress, zero accidents. Already 14 beacon smart-city projects worldwide. Bosch Mobility Solutions growing three times faster than the market in 2017.   Boxberg, Germany – Bosch is becoming a provider of urban mobility services for conurbations. In the future,

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Riding Pink and Bosch to Offer Free Rides for Raya Festive Holidays

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Riding Pink and Bosch to Offer Free Rides for the Raya Festive Holidays women female ride sharing hailing in Malaysia

Riding Pink, Malaysia’s first women’s only transportation platform and Bosch Automotive Aftermarket (AA) announced a joint promotion to give away free rides this Raya holidays to 10 lucky female Malaysians celebrating Hari Raya.   The Contest 3 easy steps to join the Riding Pink Raya Free Ride contest: Post your best Raya family portrait on Riding Pink’s Facebook facebook.com/ridingpink. Caption

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TomTom Bosch Announces Radar Localisation Map Layer for Autonomous Driving

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TomTom Bosch Announces Radar Localisation Map Layer for Autonomous Driving Radar Road Signature

TomTom (TOM2) and Bosch today announced the creation of an HD map with integrated Radar Road Signature layer for the localisation of vehicles in autonomous driving. The Radar Road Signature layer will allow automated vehicles to determine their exact location on a road down to a few centimeters, working in conjunction with the TomTom HD Map.   Bosch Radar Tech

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Bosch and Daimler join forces to build Future Urban Mobility with Self-driving Cars

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Future urban mobility Bosch Daimler join forces work on fully automated driverless system for car sharing

Co-development agreement between Bosch and Daimler seeks to bring introduction of fully automated and driverless driving by the beginning of the next decade. Objective is to develop and launch a production-ready system for driverless car sharing on urban public roads. STUTTGART, Germany and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bosch and Daimler are joining forces to advance the development of fully automated and

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Self-Driving Car Disengagement Reports Show Technology is Not Road Ready

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California Department of Motor Vehicles today released Disengagement Reports from Companies testing self driving cars on California’s public roads. These Reports indicate the self-driving technology is not ready to be deployed without human drivers behind a steering wheel who can take control when the self-driving technology fails, Consumer Watchdog said. “Despite the self-serving hype of the manufacturers, robot technology simply isn’t

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TomTom’s HD Map Powers Autonomous Driving

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MELBOURNE, Australia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ITS World Congress – TomTom (TOM2) today announces a joint autonomous driving demonstration with Bosch. TomTom provided its HD Map and RoadDNA technology to setup a demonstration on the Australian F1 Grand Prix circuit at Albert Park; these novel products are important components to enable Bosch’s demo vehicle to perform in autonomous driving mode. TomTom HD Map and

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Bosch Gets Dragged in the Mud

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German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH was a “knowing and active participant” in a decade-long scheme by Volkswagen AG to evade U.S. emissions laws, according to lawyers for U.S. owners of polluting VW diesel vehicles. In a court filing late on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, the lawyers cited confidential documents turned over by the German automaker to

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Daimler Top Electric Development Exec Joins Bosch

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FRANKFURT, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Daimler’s top electric motors development executive, Harald Kroeger, is joining auto supplier Robert Bosch, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as a battle to hire leading talents in the sector heats up. German carmakers are investing heavily in electric cars, a segment once neglected by the industry as customers shunned their limited operating

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The Urban Electric Bicycle

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E-bikes can be wonderful things, great for older riders, people with really long commutes or who live in cities with lots of hills. Electric bikes are often touted as a way to get more people on to bikes and possibly out of cars. Many of the e-bikes  have 500 watt motors and go 20MPH when the average commuting cyclist goes half

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