Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

satellite imagery; from left, 1975, 1989, and 2001. Landsat images via Google Earth. Through its philanthropic arm, Google.org, Google introduced an online suite of beta software that leverages cloud computing to track worldwide land-use changes such as deforestation. by Jack Rosebro. Sources: USGS. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 3, 2024

Every time you use your voice to generate a message on a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone or activate a Google Home device, you’re using tools Chanwoo Kim helped develop. The former executive vice president of Samsung Research’s Global AI Centers specializes in end-to-end speech recognition, end-to-end text-to-speech tools, and language modeling.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

“The networks couldn’t be changed and couldn’t know that they were part of the Internet, because they already existed,” Cerf recalls recently in an interview at his office at Google, in Reston, Va. Once the dust had settled, Cerf sent an email to his old friend Eric Schmidt, who had been hired as CEO of Google in 2001. “Hi

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

7 billion In 2021, global sales of thumb drives from all manufacturers surpassed $7 billion, a number that is expected to rise to more than $10 billion by 2028. Though this was before Apple’s 2001 iPod made these devices popular worldwide, a number of MP3 players of varied quality were already on the market in the late 1990s.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

Google Guys Th!nk The founders of Google have made personal investments in Tesla as befits dotcom billionaires, and they're converting Priuses to plug-in hybrids for the company fleet with battery maker A123. A number of websites ( webpronews.com , pandia.com ) are reporting that Google may be getting more involved with Th!nk

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2016

Through its Alphabet holding company , Google is also getting into the game with plans for a self-driving car. And while lithium has traditionally been controlled by a handful of major global suppliers, spiking demand is changing this landscape drastically.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. PITCH: If you support our goals, you could support CalCars with a tax-deductible donation in any amount by credit card, check, PayPal or Google Checkout. $25 Conversions are limited to certain vehicle types.

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