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Can Software Save the World at a Profit?

Cars That Think

Can software save the world from climate change and other environmental threats? We’re not going to know the answer to that question for a very long time, but a venture capital firm is betting that companies that develop business management software for addressing climate change can be profitable while they are trying.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. We need to go back to November 2017, to the start of the ‘Prius Revolution’ in the family. It was time to buy our first car. How did it all start? Very practical.

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IEA WEO-2012 finds major shift in global energy balance but not onto a more sustainable path; identifies potential for transformative shift in global energy efficiency

Green Car Congress

Water is essential to the production of energy, and the energy sector already accounts for 15% of the world’s total water use. Its needs are set to grow, making water an increasingly important criterion for assessing the viability of energy projects. emissions is not taken before 2017, all the allowable CO 2.

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Baua Electric

Automakers are fiercely lobbying governments to water down already-compromised emissions rules, but doing so will only lead to their doom as market entrants that are serious about EVs will continue ramping them anyway. The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

You wrote a famous article in 2017, “ The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Prediction. “ You buy stuff at home, expect it to be delivered to your home. Climate change makes farming more difficult, more uncertain. Will companies marketing large language models every justify the enormous valuations some of these companies are now enjoying?

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Road Test: 2022 Mitsubishi Mirage SE Hatchback

Clean Fleet Report

Every car, SUV and truck is designed and built for a reason, and buying one to not do what it was intended to do is wrong in so many ways. SoCal freeways are primarily concrete and have been grooved to disperse water, so at freeway speeds the Mirage, at times, would track in any direction the road offers, which means it tends to wander.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

NextGen Climate America. The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases. Eugene Water & Electric Board. Kansas City Power & Light.

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