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EV conversion business profile: British Off Road, QLD

EV Central

As an emerging force on the electric conversion front, we asked British Off Road’s Mark Calder to talk us through what’s involved, pricing and which vehicles are best suited to electromodding. EV conversion specialist British Off Road’s electric 1969 VW Beetle. Why did you start doing EV conversions? That’s the green side.

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Opinion: GM Shouldn’t Kill Apple CarPlay, Android Auto

The Truth About Cars

It also prevents drivers from opting for a car that doesn’t have factory nav but does have CarPlay capability – thus forcing buyers to pony up more if they want factory navigation and other infotainment features. Maybe if GM had real-world data suggesting that CarPlay issues led to unsafe driver behavior, the conversation would be different.

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost

Cars That Think

Wong describes the new digital afterlife industry in a chapter of her new book from MIT Press, We the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age. So your book takes on a much broader topic, the datafication of our daily lives and the human rights implications of that phenomenon. Wendy, thanks so much for joining me on Fixing the Future.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

Cars That Think

This article is adapted from the author’s new book , We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age (MIT Press, 2023). Consider that Microsoft has a patent for creating a conversational chatbot of a specific person using their “social data.” The story of Roman Mazurenko In 2015, Roman Mazurenko was hit and killed by a car in Moscow.

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Why Rip Off Creatives, If Generative AI Can Play Fair?

Cars That Think

Spectrum : I recently read Joy Buolamwini’ s book Unmasking AI , in which she documents her painstaking process to put together a dataset that felt ethical. We’ll ultimately see what shakes out in terms of the courts in terms of whether this is going to be okay from a legal perspective. It was really impressive. back to top

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Tata AutoComp’s ‘Make in India’ push for EVs | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Tesla was rapidly expanding its reach and portfolio, and the Volkswagen Group — hurt from the ‘diesel gate’ scandal — had committed huge resources to pivot to electric cars. EVs account for over a quarter of our business, and the order book is swelling.” The idea took shape when the EV momentum was picking up globally.

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A Critical Look at AI-Generated Software

Cars That Think

Indeed, modern society runs on code: Whether you buy something online or in a store, check out a book at the library, fill a prescription, file your taxes, or drive your car, you are most probably interacting with a system that is powered by software. That’s because ChatGPT is conversational and remembers the chat history.