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Electric Volvo XC40 features new infotainment system powered by Android with Google technologies built-in

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Volvo Cars is fundamentally rethinking its approach to infotainment in the forthcoming fully electric Volvo XC40. Powered by Android, the new infotainment system offers customers unprecedented personalization, improved levels of intuitiveness and new embedded Google technology and services.

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These new EV charging features are coming to Google Maps

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Map: Google Google’s new Maps features help EV drivers find exact information about EV chargers’ locations, plan charging stops for road trips, and more. This update will roll out globally in “the coming months,” starting with EVs with Google built in, such as those built by Volvo, Polestar, and GMC. Get started here. –ad*

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Arizona’s largest battery will help feed your Google habit

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Photo: Salt River Project Arizona’s largest battery storage system is now online and, along with solar and wind, will help power a new Google data center – here’s why that matters. Electrek’s Take Without electricity, Google is nothing, and it uses an insane amount of power. million in tax revenue over 35 years.

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Acura ZDX will get Google Constructed In

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’s week evolution isn’t just electrical, it’s virtual. The Acura ZDX will deal the emblem’s first iteration of Google Constructed In when it is going on sale early nearest era. The post Acura ZDX will get Google Constructed In appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. American Honda Motor Co.’s

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Boeing and Kitty Hawk form strategic partnership on electric urban air mobility

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Cora is an electric, autonomous fully fledged air taxi that takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane. headquartered in Mountain View, California, builds electric transportation solutions to free people from traffic and decrease carbon footprint. Kitty Hawk Corp., The agreement with Kitty Hawk Corp.

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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

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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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Google to sponsor NASA Green Flight Challenge

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The CAFE Foundation announced that Google will sponsor the NASA Centennial Challenge flight competition known as the Green Flight Challenge (GFC). The aircraft in the Green Flight Challenge sponsored by Google represent a diverse mix of singular prototypes created expressly for the competition by some of the world’s top designers.

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