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Volkswagen Group, Google partnering on quantum computing; traffic optimization, batteries, AI

Green Car Congress

The Volkswagen Group and Google will partner on research in the field of quantum computing. The two companies will explore the utilization of quantum computers together, with aims to build up specialist knowledge and to carry out practically oriented research. They will carry out this work using Google universal quantum computers.

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We Need to Decarbonize Software

Cars That Think

Green software engineering is an emerging discipline consisting of best practices to build applications that reduce carbon emissions. And software engineers have tremendous influence on the actual purpose and emissions of what they build. The green software movement is fast gaining momentum. What Is Green Software Engineering?

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EVTOL Companies Are Worth Billions—Who Are the Key Players?

Cars That Think

“Hardware is hard ,” venture capitalist Marc Andreessen famously declared at a tech investors’ event in 2013. And, surprisingly for such a large movement, the funding is mostly coming from sources outside of the traditional venture-capital community—rich investors and multinational corporations. Aerospace is a team sport.

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

Cars That Think

Technology Innovation Institute (TII) ’s Secure Systems Research Centre (SSRC) is leading one promising approach to building an autonomous security testbed that explores the interplay between how hardware, software, and communications systems can be exploited so that they can be hardened.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Automakers have entered this market with mixed results, building substantial membership levels in only a few years, but they are also challenged with the new MaaS business model. The company was purchased by Avis in 2013 and operates as a subsidiary of the traditional car rental company. Hertz has 8,500 locations in 150 countries.

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A Small Startup Fights Rare Diseases With Big Data

Cars That Think

A Google search didn't yield an answer to that question. In fact, it's rare enough that Google didn't autocomplete the word even with 15 of its 19 letters typed in. That looks like an early attempt at finding dark data at this corporate level. I don't know. Paradoxically, big data has the potential to change that.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

Charged EVs

When we first covered the company, which was then known as Envision Solar, back in 2013, we immediately saw that its product would be handy for events, disaster relief and other applications requiring a stand-alone energy source that could be set up quickly. So that’s fleet. Then the next use case is workplace charging.

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