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Elon Musk says xAI will open-source Grok this week

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Although Musk helped found OpenAI with Sam Altman, staying with the company until 2018, then departing after disagreements about the future direction of the company. “We need to go with a much bigger number than $100M to avoid sounding hopeless relative to what Google or Facebook are spending,” Musk wrote in another email in 2015.

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Daimler’s moovel Group acquires Familonet GmbH, provider of location messenger app Familonet

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The Familonet app, with 2 million registered users, will still be offered in the future. In Germany, the mobility app moovel—available to download free of charge from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store—combines local public transport, the carsharing provider car2go, mytaxi, rental bicycles and Deutsche Bahn.

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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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2017 Hyundai Elantra launches with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

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Elantra is also compatible with Android Auto for seamless and intuitive operation of the most commonly used smartphone functions including navigation with Google Maps, streaming audio, voice-controlled search capabilities and over 40 approved smartphone apps. Android Auto is currently available on 2015 and 2016 Sonata models.

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Maven deploying its first all-electric shared-use fleet in Austin; 20 Chevy Bolts

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Maven is working with Austin Energy, the Austin Transportation Department, and Rocky Mountain Institute to create infrastructure solutions leading to an all-electric future. Interested drivers can download the Maven app for Apple in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store.

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NGK Spark Plug & HAKUTO-R to test solid-state lithium battery technology on the moon in 2021

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In 2016, NTK researchers reported on their development of all-solid-state lithium batteries using a lithium oxide solid electrolyte ceramics layer (Li 1.5 NGK Spark Plug’s specialty in making batteries small and compact is a key feature for future spacecraft to install the technology in a limited space.

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Autonomous electric car technology: Why should a self-driving vehicle be all-electric?

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Waymo – Autonomous driving project of Google Google started autonomous car projects in 2009. They say that their journey started at Google in 2009, and became Waymo in 2016. A self-driving vehicle which is all-electric would change the future of transportation.