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Kia Motors integrating Google Maps into 2nd-generation UVO eServices telematics system

Green Car Congress

Kia Motors America (KMA) will work with Google to provide content and search-based solutions enabled by Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for the second-generation of the automaker’s UVO (“Your Voice”) eServices telematics system, introduced in November 2012 at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Apple iOS6 compatibility is expected early in 2013.

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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

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Previously under-resourced to support EV charging, this scenic artery passes near six national forests and unlocks to EV drivers some of the country’s most iconic spots, from the Snoqualmie Pass in Washington, stretching the Snake River in Idaho, spanning Arches National Park in Utah and connecting outdoor destinations like Park City and Vail.

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Google focusing autonomous driving development on mastering city street driving; patents piling up

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Over the past year, Google has shifted the focus of its autonomous vehicle project onto mastering city street driving, according to Chris Urmson, Director, Google Self-Driving Car Project. Google says that its autonomous vehicles have logged nearly 700,000 autonomous miles (1.13 —Chris Urmson. Title and description.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink secures supply deal from Google’s cloud unit

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In an announcement on Thursday, Google announced that its cloud unit had won a deal to supply computing and networking resources to SpaceX. With this deal in place, Google would be able to help deliver internet services through Starlink’s satellite network. . “This is one of a kind.

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U. Minnesota team develops Lagrangian technique to identify NOx hotspots; opportunity for connected vehicles and big data

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They manually identified Lagrangian NO x hotspots by plotting emitted NO x as a function of location using internally developed software and the Google Earth mapping program. The sheer size of data possible as more vehicles are connected presents a significant challenge to extending Lagrangian analyses. —Kotz et al.

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The Joy of Disobeying Your Phone

Cars That Think

Every time he departed from the route Google Maps offered, though, he noticed that his daughter grew anxious. At least that was the case until 2007, when just such an invisible hand appeared: It took the form of the ubiquitous, and ubiquitously connected, smartphone. We regularly hear about people getting.

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The Joy of Disobeying Your Phone

Cars That Think

Every time he departed from the route Google Maps offered, though, he noticed that his daughter grew anxious. At least that was the case until 2007, when just such an invisible hand appeared: It took the form of the ubiquitous, and ubiquitously connected, smartphone. We regularly hear about people getting.

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