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Google teaching autonomous vehicles to share road safely with cyclists

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In the latest monthly report on its autonomous driving project, Google engineers outlined some of the steps they are taking to teach their self-driving cars to share the road safely with cyclists. Google currently has 24 Lexus RX450h SUVs and 34 prototype vehicles on the road with autonomous driving capability. Click to enlarge.

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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

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Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 The grand prize winner will be announced sometime in January, 2016. —Google FAQ on the challenge. Click to enlarge.

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Kroger and Nuro partner to pilot autonomous delivery

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Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu, who most recently were Principal Engineers at Google’s self-driving car project (now Waymo), founded Nuro in 2016 to harness the power of robotics and artificial intelligence. Nuro’s vehicle is a fully autonomous, on-road vehicle designed to transport goods quickly, safely, and affordably.

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Waymo suing Otto and Uber over autonomous driving technology

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Waymo, formerly the Google self-driving car project, is suing Otto and its parent company Uber, charging that the two mis-appropriated Waymo trade secrets and infringed Waymo patents. We’re seeking an injunction to stop the misappropriation of our designs, return all trade secret information and cease infringing our patents.

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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 The 2016 Sonata PHEV features a 9.8 kWh Li poly pack.

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Plugless: first wireless charger to provide 1 million charge hours for PEVs

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From 2012 to 2014 Plugless systems were rigorously testing in the field at more than a dozen “Apollo” trial partner sites – including installations at Google, Duke Energy, and Hertz. In 2016 Plugless was installed on a fleet of a leading fully autonomous shuttlebus company based in Europe. 1 st wireless EV charging field trials.

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Jakarta study finds HOV policy reduced number of cars in city

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In March 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia, with a population of more than 30 million, abruptly ended a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) policy that required three passengers in a car during peak hours. In addition to the significant increases in travel time along the previously designated HOV roads, but along the parallel roads as well.

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