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

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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. Google says that its autonomous vehicles have logged nearly 700,000 autonomous miles (1.13 —Chris Urmson. Title and description.

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Tesla Had A Deal To Sell Itself To Google Til Musk Walked Away

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One was in 2008, when its Roadster model was late in delivery and its two-speed transmission proved unable to handle the car''s power. Finance Elon Musk Tesla Motors Merger Google plug-in cars' Like any startup company, Tesla Motors has had crises where the electric-car maker came very close to financial collapse.

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Plug In 2008

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T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. I n another announcement at the convention, Google announced two more recipients of their " Recharge It " largesse. San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison Co. and Southern Company. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif.,

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif., He retired in 2008. as a software engineer.

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The Power of Electric

Revenge of the Electric Car

When Google asked for submissions of a 90 second video on the benefits of plug in cars to show at a 2008 Washington DC Brookings-Google Electric Car conference, Alexandra Paul and Stefano Paris decided to rise to the challenge! Stefano’s archive of the 2008 Brookings-Google Plug-In Conference Webcast.

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Mercedes-Benz launches new private car-sharing scheme: Croove

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Not long after launch though, there will also be an Android version in the Google Play Store, along with a desktop website for booking a vehicle. The relevant app will be available to download from December from the Apple iTunes store at first. Straightforward access and tremendous ease of use are top priorities.

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market

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These research and development efforts have helped reduce automotive fuel cell costs by more than 50% since 2006 and by more than 30% since 2008. Customers include companies such as Apple, AT&T, Verizon, Kroger, JPMorgan Chase, Google, Bank of America, Kaiser Permanente, Target, and Lowe’s. Earlier post.).

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