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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

Green Car Congress

Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 Google and IEEE are emphasizing size reduction in their challenge, without targeting a specific application area such as automotive.

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Tesla Is Most-Googled Investment Opportunity In 83 Countries & World As A Whole

CleanTechnica EVs

Now the iconoclastic innovator has earned another superlative — according to a study by the financial comparison website Money.co.uk, TSLA stock […].

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Polestar 2: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist

Green Car Reports

Take a performance heritage, a focus on sustainability, Swedish engineering at the core, and an interface that’s all about “Hey Google,” and you’ll end up with a beeline to the Polestar 2.

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Tesla Is The World’s Most Searched Car Brand, New Study Reveals

CleanTechnica EVs

Confused, which was reportedly the world’s first comparison site, founded in 2002, is now focused on comparing insurance options. Researchers for the site used Google search data and […]. Tesla is the world’s most searched car brand, a new study by Confused.com found.

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Tesla Model 3, Model X are Google’s Most Searched for EVs globally

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The Tesla Model 3 sedan and the Tesla Model X SUV are Google’s most searched for electric vehicles globally, according to new data from a price comparison website. For example, Sweden’s most popular EV in Google searches was the Polestar 2. Credit: vlogsdecoches/Instagram.

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Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design

Cars That Think

The crux of the clash was whether Google’s AI solution to one of chip design’s thornier problems was really better than humans or state-of-the-art algorithms. It pitted established male EDA experts against two young female Google computer scientists, and the underlying argument had already led to the firing of one Google researcher.

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Virginia Tech report finds national crash rate for conventional vehicles higher than crash rate of self-driving cars

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A new report, “ Automated Vehicle Crash Rate Comparison Using Naturalistic Data ,” performed by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and commissioned by Google, shows that the crash rates for self-driving cars are lower than the national crash rate of conventional cars. to as much as 59.7%. Rates reported to the police.

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