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Daimler and Google deepen strategic partnership

Green Car Congress

These applications significantly accelerate time-to-market in Mercedes-Benz passenger cars. The collaboration will enable Daimler to use Google Maps for their in-car map displays, and significantly improve their ability to integrate Google services into Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicles.

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Google focusing autonomous driving development on mastering city street driving; patents piling up

Green Car Congress

Over the past year, Google has shifted the focus of its autonomous vehicle project onto mastering city street driving, according to Chris Urmson, Director, Google Self-Driving Car Project. Urmson was the technical team leader of the CMU team that won the DARPA 2007 Urban Challenge, an autonomous vehicle race.).

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TTAC's Best Cars of 2023

The Truth About Cars

We gave you our picks for worst cars of 2023 earlier today. Again, here are the rules: The vehicle has to be a car/truck/SUV/crossover at least one of us drove during the calendar year, even if only for a few minutes. Trucks, subcompacts, sports cars, and crossovers. Now, predictably, it's time for our picks for the best.

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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

Green Car Congress

Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. Twenty percent of the food consumed in America is eaten in cars. Approximately 1.5 —Anthony Levandowski.

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The Joy of Disobeying Your Phone

Cars That Think

Every time he departed from the route Google Maps offered, though, he noticed that his daughter grew anxious. At least that was the case until 2007, when just such an invisible hand appeared: It took the form of the ubiquitous, and ubiquitously connected, smartphone. We regularly hear about people getting.

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The Joy of Disobeying Your Phone

Cars That Think

Every time he departed from the route Google Maps offered, though, he noticed that his daughter grew anxious. At least that was the case until 2007, when just such an invisible hand appeared: It took the form of the ubiquitous, and ubiquitously connected, smartphone. We regularly hear about people getting.

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Saying Goodbye to my 2007 Dream Project

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I'm sad to see the car go, but I've got the Civic-EV and it does very well. I'm still active on the 914ev Google Group answering questions, so I'm not completely disconnected. Here's my parting shot with Dan, the new 914 EV owner. Dan has worked with a Bradley GT EV before, so he knows the ropes. Farewell 914EV.

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