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Ford and Google enter 6-year strategic partnership

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Ford and Google announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the transformation of Ford’s customer experience. Ford also named Google Cloud its preferred cloud provider to leverage Google’s expertise in data, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). These apps are optimized and integrated for in-vehicle use.

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Mercedes launches purpose built operating system for vehicles

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“At Mercedes-Benz, we are dedicated to building the world’s most desirable cars,” says Ola Källenius, Mercedes-Benz CEO. is a partnership with Google. Integrating products like Google Maps and other purpose-built features will hopefully make phone integration better than ever.

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Tesla manufacturing prowess, stock split plans indicate ‘massive position of strength:’ Wedbush

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Ives, who has held a bullish position on Tesla for years, sees parallels in Tesla’s move for another stock split with Amazon, Google, and Apple’s strategies. “You don’t buy it because of a stock split,” Ives added to his commentary during the interview.

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Should Parking Companies Create Their Own EV Charging Networks?

Blink Charging

But when your company already uses digital options for parking management, is it better to build your own EV charging network or join an established network like Blink? Choosing not to partner with an EVSE provider, some parking companies have decided to build their own private EV charging networks. What is an EV charging network?

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Toyota is already offering $10k off a lease for its fully electric 2024 bZ4X

Baua Electric

The car-buying website doesn’t say exactly where in Greater New York, but a quick Google search confirmed that this deal does indeed exist: However, when I click on Toyota’s “Greater New York” link, it’s not on the lease deals list. These figures are based on an MSRP of $47,734 and an allowance of 10,000 miles per year.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

For most of the 10 years that I idly thought about thermostats, I had no intention of building one. Adapted from the book BUILD: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell. A year later we decided to build a new, superefficient house in Tahoe. Nest Gets Googled. In 2014, Google bought Nest for $3.2

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Years Later, Alphabet’s Everyday Robots Have Made Some Progress

Cars That Think

Last week, Google or Alphabet or X or whatever you want to call it announced that its Everyday Robots team has grown enough and made enough progress that it's time for it to become its own thing, now called, you guessed it, "Everyday Robots." But this doesn't seem fair to me, especially for a company that Google used to own.

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