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Kia Motors integrating Google Maps into 2nd-generation UVO eServices telematics system

Green Car Congress

Kia Motors America (KMA) will work with Google to provide content and search-based solutions enabled by Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for the second-generation of the automaker’s UVO (“Your Voice”) eServices telematics system, introduced in November 2012 at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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GM planning to “own” the customer relationship beyond the vehicle; autonomous Volts, car sharing and fuel cells

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GM has been testing its “Super Cruise” autonomous driving technology since 2012, and confirmed today the feature will be available in the 2017 Cadillac CT6. For example, one of GM’s first mobility partnerships was with Google early last year, where it tested a commuter ride-sharing service using Chevrolet Spark EVs. Let’s Drive NYC.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

So Tesla knew it had to set up its own fast-charging network, which it started to do in the fall of 2012, actually. Steven Cherry You know, if you look in Google Maps, for example, you can get nearby restaurants, you can get nearby regular gas stations, you can't get charging stations when you put. Everybody is forecasting.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

So Tesla knew it had to set up its own fast-charging network, which it started to do in the fall of 2012, actually. Steven Cherry You know, if you look in Google Maps, for example, you can get nearby restaurants, you can get nearby regular gas stations, you can't get charging stations when you put. Everybody is forecasting.