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Maven deploying its first all-electric shared-use fleet in Austin; 20 Chevy Bolts

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Maven is now offering its first all-electric fleet of cars for use in the gig economy; 20 Chevrolet Bolt EVs are available for freelance drivers in Austin, Texas to earn money on their own schedules. Maven will provide charging for Maven Gig drivers for a limited time through the Austin Energy Plug-In EVerywhere and EVgo networks.

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Google teaching autonomous vehicles to share road safely with cyclists

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In the latest monthly report on its autonomous driving project, Google engineers outlined some of the steps they are taking to teach their self-driving cars to share the road safely with cyclists. Google currently has 24 Lexus RX450h SUVs and 34 prototype vehicles on the road with autonomous driving capability. Click to enlarge.

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Google Self-Driving Car Project and FCA to integrate self-driving technology into 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan

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The Google Self-Driving Car Project and FCA announced will collaborate to integrate Google’s self-driving technology into all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) to expand Google’s existing self-driving test program. —John Krafcik, CEO, Google Self-Driving Car Project.

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AMD installs three Coulomb Technologies charging stations at Austin campus

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AMD has installed three Coulomb-manufactured ChargePoint electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at its Austin “Lone Star” campus for employees, and plans to install additional stations at its Sunnyvale campus in spring 2011. The charging stations have dual outputs that deliver energy simultaneously: a 7.2

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Quick Charge Daily Pod: Polestar 3 variants, new EV Caddy, more

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Incoming 2025 Polestar 3 gains additional variants and now starts at a lower price Nissan and Honda may team up to slash EV prices and take on Chinese automakers like BYD Waymo starts fully autonomous rides in LA tomorrow; Austin later this year Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Share your thoughts!

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Tesla Gigafactory Texas will sit on ‘Tesla Road’ following unanimous vote on name change

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The change is effective immediately, as Googling Tesla’s former address of 13101 Harold Green Road will now show the updated name of “13101 Tesla Road.” Tesla moved its official Headquarters to its soon-to-be-completed Austin factory in December. ” The $1.1 ” The $1.1

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Tesla finally adds Waypoints, a long-requested feature promised over a year ago

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Tesla has likely had their hands full with other, more important developments, like the construction of its two new factories in Austin, Texas, and Germany. ” An example of Tesla Waypoints using Google Maps (Credit: Google Maps). However, it has finally arrived. Fine, we’ll do it already. Amongst the 2021.40.5

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