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Android Automotive adds Chrome app, Android Auto gets deeper EV integration

Baua Electric

In addition to updates for phones , tablets , and TVs , Google has a number of Android Auto and Automotive announcements at CES 2024, including a Chrome app. Android Auto is getting deeper integration wherein electric vehicles can share real-time battery information with Google Maps. This is rolling out starting today.

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Playing with Google Sketchup

Open Source Civic EV Kit

I thought I would take the afternoon to see if I could draw some battery boxes with Google Sketchup. These are modeled after the boxes from the Porsche 914 EV I converted awhile ago with a kit from Electro Automotive. I plan on adding lids with battery hold-downs in them just like the Electro Auto ones.

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2024 Cadillac Celestiq, 2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Magnificence: Nowadays’s Automobile Information

Baua Electric

Germany’s Manthey-Racing is getting ready some upgrades for the 992-generation Porsche 911 GT3 RS. The up to date brick-on-wheels gets a nip and tuck with refreshed entrance and rear ends, and for the high-performance G 63 variant there might be mild-hybrid era and a untouched postponed device.

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Polestar 7 to replace Polestar 2 in EV line-up to avoid Volkswagen Golf-like fate

Baua Electric

The Polestar 2 was the first to feature an Android Automotive OS-powered infotainment with built-in Google. Lambert told Australian media (via Drive ), if anything, “the target for us would be something like the Porsche Macan EV.” FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. It’s sold in 26 markets globally.

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J.D. Power: quality takes a back seat to innovation as problems reach a record high

Green Car Congress

—Frank Hanley, senior director of auto benchmarking at J.D. PP100 gap exists between vehicles that have an Android Automotive OS without Google Automotive Services (51.1 This is only for the operating system for in-vehicle infotainment, not for the smartphone mirroring systems of Android Auto or Apple CarPlay.

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Google-backed Gravity claims fastest EV charging in America

Baua Electric

Gravity, a New York-based EV charging startup backed by Google Ventures, claims to be rolling out the fastest chargers in the U.S. Porsche has pointed to 400 kw charging in future models, for instance. The post Google-backed Gravity claims fastest EV charging in America appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Road Test: 2022 Polestar 2 Single Motor EV

Clean Fleet Report

This screen is where the heart of the Polestar 2 lives: the Google Android Automotive operating system and apps. Please note this is not Android Auto. The practice of calling out everything to the Google assistant takes some getting used to and feels a bit ahead of itself at times. News: Porsche Taycan EV Hits the Streets.

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