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Electric Saab Emily GT May Get Second Life Under New Investors

The Truth About Cars

After the company went defunct in 2016, its assets were eventually picked up by a company called New Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS). & & The mysterious newly formed company plans to start car production, though it might use the Saab name for legal reasons.

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After Tesla trademarked ‘CYBERBACKPACK,’ the product’s inventor sits at a crossroads

Teslarati

“I began designing and building what would become the Cyberbackpack,” Riz said in a blog post he published shortly after reports of Tesla trademarking the name. Tesla could technically argue the same thing, legal experts told us. People may see the Cyberbackpack’s design and immediately think Tesla designed it.

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Tesla Recalling Two Million Vehicles Over Autopilot Not Being Sufficiently Annoying

The Truth About Cars

The second probe was launched in 2021, citing incidents dating back to 2016. Those, and other, marketing assertions have gotten the brand into some separate legal issues. The NHTSA opened its first formal safety investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot in 2017 and decided to take no action against the company.

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7 Revealing Ways AIs Fail

Cars That Think

There are lots of possible reasons why organizations are reluctant to get into the nitty-gritty of what exactly happened in an AI incident or controversy, not the least being potential legal exposure, but if looked at through the lens of trustworthiness, it's in their best interest to do so.". 4) Explainability. Chris Philpot. Chris Philpot.

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Fathers Can Be Gender Equity Advocates

Cars That Think

In my article " A Father's Perspective About Daughters and Engineering ," published in 2016, I shared my frustration about the lack of role models and the cultural messages that had left my two brilliant daughters—and many of their female friends—with little interest in pursuing an engineering career. Is it personal?

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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It started in 2016 when I set myself a small challenge: how do you travel without money and in an electric car from the Netherlands to Australia ? But according to the blogs I read, I had nothing to worry about. Due to a problem with my Airbnb: no host, no water, and no electricity, those blog warnings seemed to be true.