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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

Advanced technology, prototype vehicles, and business plans are being developed by Google, car sharing services like Car2Go (Daimler), Uber, automakers, network providers, software and technology suppliers. Several of these firms confirmed their progress at Silicon Valley Connected & Charged Symposium, hosted by software giant SAP.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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If I could just connect the HVAC system to my iPhone, I could control it from anywhere. It connected to your phone. They were buying a $249 thermostat—they were expecting a different kind of experience. Nest Gets Googled. In 2014, Google bought Nest for $3.2 Months after I left, Google changed its mind.

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3 Surprising Marketing Benefits of Electric Car Charging Stations

EV Connect

drivers would consider buying an electric vehicle in the future. You should also take advantage of your Google My Business account to advertise your charging stations and better target local searches. Reach out to EV Connect today and let us help you make a plan to install EV charging at your business. What are you waiting for?

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

Starting in 2016, the Swedish brand has included plug-in hybrid versions of pretty much every new vehicle it sells in the US. . Android running the dashboard means Google Assistant, Google Maps, Google Play Store, and more, are instantly available and work the way you already use them. Android above all else.

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Biggest Tech Companies Now Building the Biggest Data Pipes

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As cloud computing and data centers spread around the world, Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft start joining cable consortia, and in the past few years Google began building its own cables. Google has 23 giant data centers around the globe, each one constantly updated to mirror the Google cloud for users in their region.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Buying and selling cryptocurrencies is a big business. The fraction that involved buying actual stuff (goods and services) is so small that it’s hard to measure. In de Bono’s vision, “large manufacturing corporations” should create their own currencies, which could be used to buy their products. Apple is another obvious example.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

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Consulting firm KPMG , for example, estimates that in addition to the 179 new battery EV model launches and refreshes between 2016 and 2020, at least another 251 are expected between 2021 and 2023 by traditional auto manufacturers, or original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as they are referred to in the industry, as well as start-ups.