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GM planning to “own” the customer relationship beyond the vehicle; autonomous Volts, car sharing and fuel cells

Green Car Congress

General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her leadership team outlined the company’s plans to capitalize on the future of personal mobility by owning the customer relationship beyond the vehicle, building upon nearly two decades of connectivity leadership. eBike Concept. —Mary Barra. Autonomous Vehicle Deployment. Let’s Drive NYC.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

Cars That Think

One way teachers are trying to help students grasp difficult concepts is through virtual-reality technology. She also served in executive positions in Boston public schools , New York City public schools , and Success Academy charter schools, also in New York City.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

Cars That Think

As a child, Zadeh was surrounded by governesses and tutors, while as a young adult, he had a personal servant. New York City, summer of 1944 Patents One U.S. By the time Zadeh received his master’s degree in 1946, his parents had moved from Tehran to New York City. Zadeh Date of Birth Feb.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

Among its first announced customers, back in December 2017, was Pepsi, which reserved 100 of the trucks and plans to use them in the California regions of Modesto and Sacramento. It’s crucial that any operator have at least one person charged with the responsibility of coordinating all aspects of adding electric trucks to a fleet.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

Cars That Think

Concepts such as “brain data” need to be clarified, critics say, because a broad definition could include behavioral data that reflects what’s going on in a person’s mind, which many companies already collect. And what do the squiggly patterns of electrical activity that can be recorded from a person’s brain reveal about them?

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

It was established in 2017 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where Volvo has been for a long time (although the Polestar 2 is built in China). There are already spaces in New York City and Los Angeles, and there are now two in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I’m located. Still a bit of a mystery.

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