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MARCH 21, 2024

On 4 March, Google and XPrize announced a US $5 million prize to anyone who comes up with use cases for quantum computers. If that sounds like an admission that use cases don’t already exist, it isn’t, says Ryan Babbush, head of quantum algorithms at Google. “We How can we use quantum computers to tackle the world’s big problems?”

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JULY 22, 2022

TAE’s fifth-generation reactor, Norman, was unveiled in 2017 and was designed to keep plasma stable at 30 million degrees Celsius. Google continues to be an exceptional computational AI and machine learning partner for TAE. Goldman Sachs served as the exclusive financial advisor in connection with the Series G-2 financing round.

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

Here’s how it works: Download the 7NOW delivery app through Google Play, the Apple App Store or visit 7NOW.com. Introduced in late 2017, 7NOW Delivery is available throughout the US and offers real-time tracking that lets customers know when to expect their orders, typically in 30 minutes.

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JULY 24, 2021

Super Cruise compatible roads will be displayed in the in-vehicle navigation systems for vehicles equipped with the embedded Google Maps app and show routes available for hands-free driving, during route selection. The technology can indicate when a lane change is optimal and initiate the maneuver, while following signaling protocols.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Polestar launched in 2017 with the Polestar 1—a low-volume Electric Performance Hybrid GT with 600 hp, 1,000 N·m and an electric-only range of 150 km (93 miles). For the first 12 months of production, guide price of the launch edition is €59,900 (US$68,184).

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AUGUST 7, 2017

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. The Familonet app, with 2 million registered users, will still be offered in the future.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

A team led by Southwest Research Institute has applied connectivity and automation to achieve a 20% improvement in efficiency on a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. Using a mapping tool like Google Maps, drivers can set their destinations and see routes that may add a couple of minutes to their arrival, but that are more fuel efficient.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

Waymo (formerly the Google self-driving car project, earlier post ) and FCA announced that production of 100 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) uniquely built to enable fully self-driving operations has been completed. They’ve been great partners, and we look forward to continued teamwork with them as we move into 2017.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

He has also advised numerous companies—including Google Self-Driving Cars/Waymo for over a decade. Founded in 2017, NPS is delivering the first all-in-one deeply integrated multi-modal sensor system for Level 4/5 autonomy for large volume deployment at an affordable cost. Larry Burns.

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Teslarati

APRIL 16, 2021

He co-founded Aurora in 2017 to develop self-driving technology and has been involved with projects related to autonomy for over 15 years. Urmson also was the head of Google’s self-driving project for almost eight years before leaving in 2016, but his work required him to build the code that powered Google’s autonomous software.

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JANUARY 18, 2020

A separate project team has therefore been preparing and structuring the concept for the implementation since the middle of 2017. The project team has also created its own navigation map on the basis of Google Maps that allows employees to see in real time where charging terminals are available.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

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. Own a Level 3 in 2017. The 2017, Cadillac CTS will include V2V communication in the hope of encouraging wider adoption of V2V.

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JULY 15, 2016

The joint venture expects Plugless EV charging to be in series production and commercially available with a China-based OEM in 2017. In 2013, Evatran completed field trials in partnership with Google, Hertz, SAP and Duke Energy. —Evatran CEO Rebecca Hough. Full production of the 2nd generation system begins early fall 2016.

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JULY 25, 2016

Ford is expanding its SYNC 3 connectivity platform—allowing compatibility of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto—throughout its entire 2017 US vehicle lineup of cars, SUVs, light trucks and electrified vehicles. Future, over-the-air updates via Wi-Fi will help ensure it keeps up with the latest technology.

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JULY 7, 2017

Within 48 hours of the cancellation announcement, the research team began querying Google Maps to collect data on traffic on major HOV roads, as well as two alternate roads that ran parallel to the HOV roads; they continued to collect and analyze traffic data as the HOV policy was lifted several days later.

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JUNE 14, 2020

The controversial policy became a major focal point of the mayoral election in 2017, and the new mayor reversed the policy. The researchers spent nine months developing software that allowed them to analyze trip durations using data from Google Directions API. —Peter Christensen, co-author. on roads affected by the policy.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Volkswagen has developed a special app for CES 2017, available now at the App Store ( iOS ) and at Google Play ( Android ). The VW CES 2017 app requires Volkswagen’s free WiFi at the show in order to use the profile. Earlier post.) The manufacturer is also presenting its I.D.

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MARCH 2, 2018

million all-electric miles since February 2017 and have saved an estimated 250,000 gallons of gas. Interested drivers can download the Maven app for Apple in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store. The Chevrolet Bolt EV with an EPA-estimated range of 238 miles is the most popular vehicle among Maven Gig drivers.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Over the last five years, much has been written about autonomous-car efforts from Apple and Google. DON'T MISS: 2017. Could these two massively successful Silicon Valley startups overturn the established order in the global auto industry?

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Sacramento will round out the previously announced list of Apollo participants including Bosch Automotive Service Solutions, Duke Energy, Google, DTE Energy, and The Hertz Corporation. In the nearer term, by 2014, success will be measured at 5% or 6% of that market.

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JANUARY 4, 2016

In North America, Ford is making Apple CarPlay and Android Auto available on all 2017 vehicles equipped with SYNC 3, starting with the all-new Ford Escape. Convenient information, including Google Maps, Google Play Music and apps are projected onto the SYNC screen, offering seamless integration of the smartphone into the car.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

The company showed proof, including emails, that Musk said that OpenAI wouldn’t be helpful as a non-profit and he supported a move to for-profit: In late 2017, we and Elon decided the next step for the mission was to create a for-profit entity. Even then, the probability of being a counterweight to Google is small. It just isn’t zero”.

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APRIL 11, 2017

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. This marks another “firsts” milestone for Plugless in the EV industry. 1 st wireless EV charging field trials.

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MAY 6, 2016

This week Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced that the Silicon Valley giant would use the Detroit automaker's 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for its self-driving car research. It's the season of autonomous-car announcements, apparently.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The investment comes as part of Desktop Metal’s $45-million C round of financing, led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), as well as BMW i Ventures and Lowe’s Ventures. Desktop Metal will use the funding to continue to develop its technology and scale production as the company prepares for its product launch later this year.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 25, 2016

A lightly updated 2017 Ford Fusion mid-size sedan emerged, as did an F-150 Raptor SuperCrew performance pickup truck. Media reports that Ford and Google would jointly announce a major self-driving car. Media days at the Detroit Auto Show two weeks ago contained relatively little new from Ford Motor Company.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Blue Link brings connectivity directly into the car with technology like Remote Start with Climate Control, Destination Search powered by Google, Remote Door Lock/Unlock, Car Finder, Enhanced Roadside Assistance, and Stolen Vehicle Recovery. These vehicles include: All 2017 model Blue Link equipped vehicles.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2024

Google is dominating the foundation model race Foundation models are big multipurpose models—for example, OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4 are the foundation model that enable ChatGPT users to write code or Shakespearean sonnets. Google released the most in 2023.

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

The new on-demand service will be tested on selected days from 14 December 2017. The “Flex Pilot” app can be downloaded for free from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Daimler’s moovel Group and the Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG (SSB) are launching a new mobility service in Stuttgart.

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APRIL 28, 2022

“Most recently, the DOJ in 2017 attempted to block AT&T’s takeover of Time-Warner (an effort which failed because the DOJ filed a poor case, as OMI made clear at the time). Since the late 19thCentury, the U.S. government has routinely acted to prevent mergers between existing essential platforms.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

The plot of land NASA deemed LC-49 as recently as 2017 sits about 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of NASA’s LC-39B Space Launch System (SLS) pad and 3 miles (5 km) northwest of LC-39A, which SpaceX has leased since 2014 and launched out of since 2017. NASA + Google Maps). LC-49’s potential location is highlighted here.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

That alarmed the US, which equated Huawei's dominance with Chinese-control of global telecommunications—under a 2017 Chinese law all domestic companies are compelled to help the Chinese intelligence services on demand. Huawei has said it would not comply with such a request and believes that it cannot be legally forced to do so. So the U.S.

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MAY 19, 2016

The preliminary results of the project will be presented at the next ITF Summit in May 2017. It is anchored in the ITF’s Corporate Partnership Board, the organization’s platform for discussions with the private sector. The work will be completed by 2018/19, in time for the first round of reviews of the COP21 decarbonization targets in 2020.

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JULY 29, 2015

Neste, Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Solazyme will supply renewable diesel to UPS to help facilitate the company’s shift to move more than 12% of its purchased ground fuel from conventional diesel and gasoline fuel to alternative fuels by the end of 2017. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1% trillion.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Neste recently launched a renewable diesel made entirely from waste and residues under the brand name Neste MY Renewable Diesel at select service stations in the Helsinki region today, 9 January 2017. The product enables up to 90% lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the life cycle of the fuel compared to conventional fossil diesel.

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JULY 12, 2019

In 2017, Ford announced it would invest $1 billion over five years in Argo AI—an artificial intelligence software startup founded by former Google and Uber leaders—to develop an SAE Level 4 virtual driver system for the automaker’s autonomous vehicle coming in 2021, and for potential license to other companies.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

GM announced that late in 2016 it will add a fleet of 2017 Chevrolet Volts designed to drive autonomously within its renovated Warren Technical Center campus. GM has been testing its “Super Cruise” autonomous driving technology since 2012, and confirmed today the feature will be available in the 2017 Cadillac CT6. Let’s Drive NYC.

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