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SAE seeks to raise standards

SAE is using its World Congress booth to highlight its work on standard setting for in-vehicle electronics, human machine interfaces and data use, transfers and security.
September 9, 2014 Read time: 1 min
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567 SAE is using its World Congress booth to highlight its work on standard setting for in-vehicle electronics, human machine interfaces and data use, transfers and security.

It is hosting three events in this area: Convergence, which looks at the integration of in-vehicle electronics; SAE World Congress which covers the complete vehicle and subjects include smart technology and human machine interfaces; and Commercial Fleet which examines fleet management, connectivity and cyber security for both on-and off-road vehicles.

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