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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

Cars That Think

Every time you use your voice to generate a message on a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone or activate a Google Home device, you’re using tools Chanwoo Kim helped develop. Friends of his who were working on such projects at Google in Mountain View, Calif., Kim saw a role for his expertise in the endeavor—he has a Ph.D.

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Google's Investment in Transphorm Could be Good News for Electric Cars

All Cars Electric

Google said today it had invested in a startup called Transphorm, whose power-conversion efficiency technology could some day help create more efficient electric cars.

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Jaguar I-Pace electric car to join Waymo's self-driving car fleet

Green Car Reports

British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover and Waymo said Tuesday the carmaker would sell Google's autonomous-car technology arm up to 20,000 of its new all-electric Jaguar I-Pace SUV to be used in self-driving service by 2020.

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Tesla’s Fremont factory workforce is growing and the automaker is preparing for it

Teslarati

Tesla plans to install the new “South East Parking Lot” at the Fremont Factory after it applied on April 15th, 2021. Currently, the site is a storage area for what appears to be scrap parts, according to an ariel photograph provided by Google Maps. Google Earth).

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Google Ogles Plug Ins

Plug In Partners

Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual By KATIE HAFNER New York Times Published: September 14, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 — The ambitious founders of Google , the popular search engine company, have set up a philanthropy, giving it seed money of about $1 billion and a mandate to tackle poverty, disease and global warming.

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Chevy just revealed the Silverado EV First-Edition RST specs and it’s got 440 miles of range

Baua Electric

First-Edition RST reservation holders who converted to an order get a complimentary bidirectional Level 2 GM Energy Powershift wall charger with a 19.2 The post Chevy just revealed the Silverado EV First-Edition RST specs and it’s got 440 miles of range appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. kW power rating.

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Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

Clean Fleet Report

Cadillac has converted the torque from foot-pounds into newton-meters, which is the torque measurement used in many countries around the world, but not the U.S. Google Built-In is included to access updated apps in your vehicle, including Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Play.