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Uber, Kia sign electric vehicle partnership – ET Auto

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US ride-hailing platform Uber and South Korean automaker Kia announced Wednesday the signing of an agreement on producing electric vehicles, during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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GM to void warranties of flipped vehicles to combat price gouging

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The message from Carlisle states: “When vehicles are quickly resold, particularly by unauthorized dealers or other resellers that do not adhere to GM’s standards, the customer experience suffers and GM’s brands are damaged.” GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 sells for three times its MSRP at Las Vegas auction.

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VW vehicles to converse with drivers via ChatGPT by mid-year – ET Auto

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Volkswagen ‘s voice assistant integrating ChatGPT into its cars will be able to converse with users in a back-and-forth dialogue by the middle of the year, the carmaker said on Monday as it presented the technology in Las Vegas. “I think what our customers are really looking for is seamless, intuitive usage of their car.”

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How USB Came to Be

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USB ports now are standard on personal computers and are built into many other electronic devices such as smartphones, eBook readers, and game consoles. The ubiquitous USB standard has been commemorated with an IEEE Milestone. The Universal Serial Bus, which was released in 1996 by Intel , simplified things.

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At CES, legacy automakers scramble to keep up in AI arms race – ET Auto

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As artificial intelligence becomes the new horsepower for car buyers, established automakers are redoubling efforts to match the digital features that set Tesla, BYD and other new rivals apart, industry executives and analysts said at the CES technology show in Las Vegas. The transition to software-dominated cars is challenging.

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Are Autonomous Buses the Answer for Efficient Transportation and Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption?

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Arizona-based startup Local Motors has unveiled Olli ( earlier post ), a 12-passenger minibus that may hit university campuses in Las Vegas and Miami later this year. In Helsinki, Finland, two driverless buses were employed last year—one of the first programs of its kind.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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In January 1982, a home computer incorporating those chips was introduced at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev. This article was first published as "Design case history: the Commodore 64." In the NTSC standard, a set of 262.5 a subsidiary of Commodore International Ltd.

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