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Volkswagen Group invested €11.5B (US$12.9B) in R&D in 2014; ongoing focus on electromobility and digitalization of vehicles

Green Car Congress

According to Winterkorn, the company now employs 46,000 researchers and developers as well as more than 10,000 IT experts, all of whom are working on the mobility of the future such as alternative drive concepts or the digitalization of vehicles and factories. Oil will not be as cheap as it is at the moment for ever. Earlier post.).

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

Baua Electric

And yes, I know about degloving accidents (please don’t google that). Lately though, I’ve been giving this concept a lot more thought. While this stuff ain’t cheap by any stretch of the imagination, frankly neither is surgery. Why do I gear up on one type of two-wheeled vehicle but not another?

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. Android running the dashboard means Google Assistant, Google Maps, Google Play Store, and more, are instantly available and work the way you already use them. Until now, it’s had no plug-in option.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

Cars That Think

Google Develops Quantum-Safe Security Keys GK Images/Alamy The looming advent of quantum computing has had cybersecurity researchers hunting for ways to make cryptographic systems that can withstand the new capabilities of such computers. A time interface that can naturally reverse signals would be much faster and less complex.

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The Turbulent Past and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence

Cars That Think

To this very day, Lenat and his team continue to add terms (facts and concepts) to Cyc's ontology and explain the relationships between them via rules. DeepMind , Google's London-based AI lab, the renowned roboticist Raia Hadsell is tackling this problem with a variety of sophisticated techniques. By 2017, the team had 1.5

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

EV Central

Powered by Google’s Android Automotive operating system, its responsiveness is superior to just about anything else on the market today. While the exterior is attractive, the interior fit-out is even more pleasing. The clean and simple themes are easy on the eye, while the infotainment tech is very easy to use.

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

Baua Electric

So long as you have a Google account and a smartphone (yes, including an iPhone), setup takes under a minute. Google Maps routing with built-in charging planning works well, and I love that my recently viewed POIs across all my devices show up in the car’s map search — it feels like the future! It is just so easy.

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