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Toyota, Panasonic develop cloud to link cars and appliances
Toyota and Panasonic want to connect cars and home appliances (Photo: Panasonic)Toyota and Panasonic are jointly developing a cloud-based service to link cars with home appliances. The product will be ready for launch in the second half of 2014.Toyota, the world's biggest carmaker, said the new service aims to ...
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IEA sees too many national differences in EV policies
The International Energy Agency (IEA) cited progress in advanced vehicle technologies, but said too many different national fuel-economy standards and too few comprehensive regional fuel-economy standards are holding back growth. The agency also said incentives will be required for years to come.In a report on the world's progress to low-carbon ...
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Solar power at Renault plants to make big cut in CO2 emissions
Solar panels will cover roofs and some parking lots at Renault’s French plantsRenault is putting solar panels on several of its French car plants in a move aimed at lowering conventional power consumption and cutting CO2 emissions by 30,000 tons a year.The French carmaker said it has begun a program ...
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In German research project, cars store electricity for Smart Home
Electric vehicles store energy for the Smart HomeThe smart home on the grounds of the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology in southwestern German is ready for new tenants.The prefab 80 square meter home is a prototype of the energy-efficient household of the future. That means electric vehicles serve as energy-storage units, ...