Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Chatbot Episode 1: Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance Evan Ackerman: I’m Evan Ackerman, and welcome to ChatBot, a robotics podcast from IEEE Spectrum. Monica has worked with Boston Dynamics to choreograph some of their robot videos in which Atlas , Spot , and even Handle dance to songs like Do You Love Me? Monica Thomas: Yeah.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Photo: Itselectric Boston is EV-friendly, but it needs more accessible chargers, so it’s going to install hundreds of public curbside EV chargers. I’ve had to use my credit card to get into a parking garage in Boston to fast charge, and it’s a real pain.) They can then plug and charge at any Itselectric charger in Boston and beyond.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 28, 2023

Well for one Boston man, it took two and a half years, 37 letters, and four endorsements from councilors. Matt Malloy, who lives in the Dorchester section of Boston, has an EV but didn't have a driveway. At first, he tried to charge his car with an extension lead, but the city threatened fines.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2022

Last week, Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics announced an initial investment of over $400 million to launch the new Boston Dynamics AI Institute. If we can start by looking back a little bit—what kind of company did you want Boston Dynamics to be when you founded it in 1992? It took a while before we got back to robotics.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

nuTonomy , developer of software for self-driving cars, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Boston and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that authorizes nuTonomy to begin testing its growing fleet of self-driving cars on specific public streets in a designated area of Boston.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 18, 2021

Yesterday's video from Boston Dynamics showing a pair of Atlas robots doing parkour together is already up to nearly 3 million views, and for good reason. And happily, Boston Dynamics had answers! Kuindersma and Stephens: When building robots like Atlas, there's always a long list of engineering tradeoffs that shape the final design.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As a member of the Kappa Sigma chapter at Boston University , he learned leadership and communications skills while accepting different roles. Greene was a guest lecturer for an introduction to engineering course at the Wentworth Institute of Technology , also in Boston. “If

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

and is adding Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. In Chicago, the Maven City car sharing program is now in operation, with pricing starting at $8 an hour including insurance and fuel. Chicago Express Drive has grown to more than 200 cars in eight weeks. In Washington, DC, Maven+ car sharing will be available to residents of.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 13, 2021

Professionally choreographed by Monica Thomas, the 77-second video masterpiece depicts Boston Dynamics‘ Spot robots dancing in unison, punctuated by BTS vocals.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Li-ion maker Boston Power has secured US$290 million in local government financial support for the expansion of its two facilities in China. The expansion of these facilities will allow Boston Power to meet the growing demand by leading Chinese automakers in the Yangtze River Delta and throughout the Bohai Gulf in Northern China.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 3, 2014

As of Friday, May 2, it''s official: the 2014 BMW i3 electric car is now on sale in the U.S. In a small ceremony inside the BMW of Boston dealership, the first retail buyer of an i3 took delivery of his keyfob yesterday afternoon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The Boston Common Garage and Zipcar, Inc. introduced four new 2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrids to Zipcar’s Boston fleet, as well as plug-in stations and priority parking for Zipcars and other hybrid vehicles at the Boston Common Garage. The charging stations were funded through a US Department of Energy grant.

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InsideEVs

MARCH 25, 2024

A new Boston Consulting Group report outlines the challenges automakers face as they scale up EV production.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The CO 2 -reduced steel is then used at BMW Group Plants Spartanburg and San Luis Potosí, Mexico to create car bodies for BMW vehicles. The plan is to use the steel in series production of cars at the BMW Group’s European plants from 2026 onwards. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Boston-Power, Inc. Protean CEO Bob Purcell is also on Boston-Power’s Board of Directors.) The BRABUS 4WD Full Electric car will represent the debut of Boston-Power’s 1.2kWh liquid-cooled module, Swing Medley. The BRABUS 4WD Full Electric. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2012

Boston-Power, Inc., The two companies, which have a long-standing working relationship, project that Boston-Power’s battery systems will be used in hundreds of electric vehicles (EVs) starting in 2012 and thousands of EVs by 2014. I think Boston-Power has a chance to be one of the players that enable that dream. Earlier post.).

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The point of this feature, since it appears lost on some of you, is to pick out interesting/quirky cars. We don't care if the car is in good quality or not, or if the price is right -- a competing site once had a feature about just that -- or anything like that. We just want to serve up unusual stuff as much as possible.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The steel will be used in standard production of cars at the BMW Group’s European plants from 2026 onwards, eventually reducing CO 2 emissions by up to 400,000 tons per year. Boston Metal investment. Boston Metal uses molten oxide electrolysis to produce molten iron that is later processed into steel. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Little did they know that they were about to experience something that no car owner ever wants to experience. As the driver left the car, the all-electric crossover started rolling towards the water. As the driver left the car, the all-electric crossover started rolling towards the water.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 25, 2017

Nissan is making it easier for electric-car owners to travel between the Boston area and Washington, D.C. The automaker has partnered with EVgo to add a network of nine charging sites along Interstate 95, with a total of 50 stations, each equipped with two fast-charge plugs.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Imagine getting out of your car to toss trash and returning to find it rolling into the ocean. A Toyota bZ4X drove itself off a pier and crashed into the ocean just north of Boston after the driver forgot to put the EV in park Wednesday.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

That's because inexpensive compact sports cars with three pedals tend to tickle my fancy and I do most of the picking for this segment. If you, like me, would love to come into possession of a manual-transmission RSX, this one is available in Boston. We're back after a break for the 2023 Los Angeles Show coverage.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2014

Tesla CEO Elon Musk''s announcement that the firm is planning to build a battery ''gigafactory'' confirmed something we all knew would happen eventually--more electric cars means greater demand for batteries.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 17, 2024

Boston Dynamics has just introduced a new Atlas humanoid robot , replacing the legendary hydraulic Atlas and intended to be a commercial product. We talked with Playter about what the heck took Boston Dynamics so long to make this robot, what the vision is for Atlas as a product, all that extreme flexibility, and what comes next.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Boston-Power, Inc. The group plans to build more than 100 additional cars in 2010. Funded by SEK 86 million (approximately US$12 million) from a Swedish Energy Agency grant announced on 10 December, the coalition includes companies from the automotive manufacturing, battery and electric power train sectors. lithium-ion batteries).

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Massachusetts-based solid-state battery technology company Factorial Energy has opened its new battery manufacturing facility in the Boston suburb of Methuen, Mass. The state-of-the-art facility represents a significant step in scaling up the production of Factorial’s innovative solid-state battery technology for EVs.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

Boston Consulting Group, an American-based global management consulting firm that issued the report, said the figure accounts for customer tax credits — painting a rather bleak picture for the future of EVs. consumers surveyed by Boston Consulting Group in January said they intend to purchase an EV as their next vehicle.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

Humanoid robots have been in development for several years by Japan’s Honda and Hyundai Motor’s Boston Dynamics. Humanoid robots have been in development for several years by Japan’s Honda and Hyundai Motor ‘s Boston Dynamics. Musk has a history of failing to fulfill bold promises to Wall Street.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In the transportation sector, Boston-Power is targeting its high-energy, long-life cells at plug-in hybrid and full battery electric vehicles. Li-ion manufacturer Boston-Power, Inc., —Boston-Power Founder and CEO Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud. I’ve been looking for a battery like Boston-Power’s for 20 years.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2024

In a new video posted today, Boston Dynamics is sending off its hydraulic Atlas humanoid robot. Hydraulic Atlas has certainly earned some relaxation; Boston Dynamics has been absolutely merciless with its humanoid research program. Now it’s time for our hydraulic Atlas robot to kick back and relax.” This is a robot that will be missed.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 17, 2021

Boston Dynamics has just posted a couple of new videos showing their Atlas humanoid robot doing some of the most impressive parkour we've yet seen. Parkour is the perfect sandbox for the Atlas team at Boston Dynamics to experiment with new behaviors. Let's watch!

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2020

Polestar, the electric performance car brand jointly owned by Volvo Car Group and its parent Zhejiang Geely Holding, is open to take production orders for the Polestar 2 electric fastback. Polestar unveiled the car, which is positioned to take on the Tesla Model 3, in February 2019. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

BMW of North America and Coulomb Technologies announced that drivers of the BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be able to take advantage of the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area. The charging stations will be located in the Boston metropolitan area, primarily within the Route 495 Beltway.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

Hyundai is offering two of the cheapest cars to lease (EV or gas-powered), the IONIQ 6 and Kona EV, in the US, with prices as low as $169 per month. Hyundai EVs are some of the cheapest cars to lease After selling a record number of vehicles in the US, Hyundai looks to keep the momentum rolling in 2024. Who said EVs are not affordable?

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

A cornerstone of the investment includes Hertz and bp announcing an intention to bring fast charging infrastructure to Hertz locations in major cities, such as Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Miami, New York City, Orlando, Phoenix, […] The post bp to invest $1 billion in EV charging across US by 2030 appeared first on Electric (..)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2020

billion (US) in economic losses, according to a new study led by researchers from the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health at Boston College, the Indian Council of Medical Research, and the Public Health Foundation of India. —lead researcher Boston College Professor of Biology Philip J. Air pollution in India resulted 1.67

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Cars That Think

APRIL 11, 2024

Last December, the AI Institute announced that it was opening an office in Zurich as a European counterpart to its Boston headquarters and recruited Marco Hutter to helm the office. Hutter: If you look at Boston Dynamics’ Atlas doing parkour, or ANYmal doing parkour, these are still demonstrations. Do you feel the same?

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