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Mercedes launches purpose built operating system for vehicles

Teslarati

is a partnership with Google. Integrating products like Google Maps and other purpose-built features will hopefully make phone integration better than ever. Volvo has already worked with Google on its in-car experience, and even entry-level brands like Toyota and General Motors have shown an aptitude for software investment.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. This article may contain affililate links.

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The #1 working mum’s guide to buying the perfect electric car

My Energi

Who wants to hear yet another article on ‘daddy owns a flash car’?… Buying the perfect electric car for Mums. to Google Play Store to purchase a digital parrot. There could not be a better candidate for such an article! me neither, particularly as it is mothers day! Let’s change things up a little. Mum, Get a Tesla!”.

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Elon Musk’s detractors need to stop the character assassination

Teslarati

The WSJ article, to me, seems like character assassination . The recent article published in the Wall Street Journal claiming that Elon Musk had an “alleged affair” with the wife of Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, is what I think is one example of a character assassination attempt. . This needs to stop. .

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The Power of Electric

Revenge of the Electric Car

When Google asked for submissions of a 90 second video on the benefits of plug in cars to show at a 2008 Washington DC Brookings-Google Electric Car conference, Alexandra Paul and Stefano Paris decided to rise to the challenge! Stefano’s archive of the 2008 Brookings-Google Plug-In Conference Webcast.

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

The article is a doozy of automotive ignorance. Though he ignores the other reasons a wealthy person might buy a Bentley – style, creature comforts, as an indication of socioeconomic status, and so on. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be allowed to buy a car that has a high potential top speed. First, a disclosure and a caveat.

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Cloud Computing’s Coming Energy Crisis

Cars That Think

That's why Amazon , Google , and Microsoft maintain massive data centers all around the world. But that only shifts the burden, buying time for rethinking how to manage our computing in the face of limited power resources. This article appears in the August 2021 print issue as “Cloud Computing's Dark Cloud.". dollars a year.

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