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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. We see a person do something, and we know what else they can do, and we can make a judgement quickly. And we’re really good at that.

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2023 Volvo V60 Cross Country Review – Quiet Luxury

The Truth About Cars

The vertical infotainment screen looks good, though the learning curve for its use is a bit steep, especially if you aren’t steeped in the Google ecosystem. The clean design can’t help but make me think of stereotypes about Swedish design and minimalism. Speaking of price points, this is not a cheap car. Oh, and comfort.

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Revolutionizing rider safety: The protective jacket every e-biker should consider

Baua Electric

Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to learn how each type of vehicle comes with its own unique personality and enjoyment, but also its own risk profile. But could the perceived risk of different types of rides, such as e-motorcycles versus e-bikes, cloud our judgment on personal protection? I think it might, at least for me.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

Green Car Congress

Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. The world fractures into two camps in a clean-tech cold war. A wave of green globalization allows all countries to share in the benefits of decarbonization. Geopolitical friction is low.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

Cars That Think

The second concern was Facebook’s reputation and past behavior, including its involvement in Cambridge Analytica, a British company that, during the 2010s, collected a trove of personal data from Facebook users without their consent and used it for political-advertising purposes. Apple is another obvious example.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Neil Auerbach is a Managing Partner at Hudson Clean Energy Partners which is a global private equity firm investing in renewable power, alternative fuels, energy efficiency and storage. The sponsor is the person who is responsible for the overall execution and has the greatest risk/reward. Earlier post.).

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2024 Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor review: Better, but good enough?

Baua Electric

No amount of wiping could keep the cameras clean during winter conditions, and the car’s aggressive backup auto-brake made me think I’d slammed into some unseen parking pylon on more than one occasion, giving me serious anxiety about placing the car during three-point turns. That would be my reason, personally, to avoid picking one up.

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