Remove 2014 Remove Environment Remove Global Remove Google
article thumbnail

TAE Technologies exceeds fusion reactor performance goals by 250% as company closes $250M round; $1.2B to date

Green Car Congress

In its recently closed Series G-2 financing round, TAE secured $250 million from investors in the energy, technology, and engineering sectors to support the company’s mission to deliver a long-term solution to rapidly growing electricity demand while providing global energy independence and security.

Fusion 243
article thumbnail

The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

Cars That Think

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.

Engine 117
article thumbnail

Lux forecasts global driver assist market to grow to $102B market by 2030

Green Car Congress

The new estimates for the total opportunity exceed those of previous Lux Research reports due to a combination of stronger-than-expected automotive sales in 2014 and a more granular approach to the sensors and technologies that enable ADAS features. billion today to $102 billion in 2030, corresponding to a 26% CAGR. billion by 2030.

Market 150
article thumbnail

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. —Allen Taub, former GM VP, Global R&D. million people/year are killed in auto accidents globally. by Bill Cooke.

Google 284
article thumbnail

Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

Cars That Think

The heads of OpenAI and Google have both openly discussed the need for regulations. And that includes academia, which historically has had a very vibrant role in this field, but since 2014, what we’ve seen is this slow decline of academia in the space in comparison to where industry’s really taking off. Wald: Yeah.

Global 54
article thumbnail

Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

Green Car Congress

With more than three dozen AppLink-compatible apps publicly available on Apple iOS and Google Android, the SDK is now mature enough that Ford engineers are ready to let larger ecosystem of developers try it out. Globally, there are now more than 1 billion smartphone users, a population that is expected to double by 2015.

GM 268
article thumbnail

Audi Chairman says 5 key innovation areas will determine the future of mobility; e-tron master plan calls for 6-figure sales by 2020 with an e-tron in every segment

Green Car Congress

In this decade, it is linking to the environment: with other cars, with the infrastructure, and with the internet. Today we already bring news and information into the vehicle via UMTS, offer navigation with Google Earth images, and deliver pinpointed traffic-flow data with Audi online traffic reporting.

Audi 247