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Updates on Coming Tesla Rental Car Program

CleanTechnica EVs

What is actually going on with a coming Tesla rental car program? Following my report from earlier today (technically, yesterday on the US East Coast), I Googled around a bit and found another Tesla job posting similar to the Texas one but in San Jose, California.

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NVIDIA to acquire DeepMap, enhancing mapping solutions for AVs

Green Car Congress

DeepMap was founded five years ago by James Wu and Mark Wheeler, veterans of Google, Apple and Baidu, among other companies. A DeepMap map in San Jose, Calif., Using crowdsourced data from vehicle sensors lets DeepMap build a high-definition map that’s continuously updated as the car drives.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

The technology has gotten better and many of the elements of self-driving cars are already embedded into our current automobiles. Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these. The ride continues.].

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Ford to begin autonomous vehicle testing on California roads; Silicon Valley Lab accelerates Smart Mobility Plan

Green Car Congress

The current (as of 3 December 2015) approved participants in the California program in addition to Ford are: Volkswagen Group of America; Mercedes Benz; Google; Delphi Automotive; Tesla Motors; Bosch; Nissan; Cruise Automation; BMW; and Honda. Camera sensors serve as the eyes of a vehicle, allowing the car to “see” and sense pedestrians.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

You will notice that it’s a handsome, premium-grade midsize car that looks like a tall sedan (it’s actually a hatchback). The car is a “2” because it was preceded by the “1,” which is an electric performance plug-in hybrid GT, with a six-figure price tag and a limited output of 500 units per year over the next three years.

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Four Benefits of EV Charging for Hospitality

Blink Charging

EVs are reaching the mass market, and drivers expect to be able to charge their cars wherever they go. million electric cars were sold worldwide in the first quarter of 2023, a 25% increase from the same period in 2022, and the International Energy Agency currently expects 14 million global EV sales by the end of the year.

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. I n another announcement at the convention, Google announced two more recipients of their " Recharge It " largesse. Here's part of the story from CNET : Google.org is investing $2.75 Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif.,

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