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Google’s Waymo robo-taxi service nears full autonomy approval

Teslarati

Google), is nearing full autonomy approval in San Francisco. While Waymo and Cruise have chosen San Francisco as their first city for testing, noting the city’s challenging terrain as an excellent testbed for the autonomous technology, other companies have looked to other cities to escape the strict regulatory requirements.

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An imperfect guide: How much can we rely on GPS?  | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

While three of the occupants managed to escape the sinking car, Advaith, who was behind the wheel, Asif and a co-passenger tragically lost their lives. The development came just days after a North Carolina-based family in late September took legal action against technology giant Google.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

Recent news of accidents are a reminder that these things take time. Advanced technology, prototype vehicles, and business plans are being developed by Google, car sharing services like Car2Go (Daimler), Uber, automakers, network providers, software and technology suppliers. Google has racked up a million autonomous vehicle miles.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

But no matter where we went, we could not escape one thing: the goddamn thermostat. The good news is that a lawsuit means you’ve officially arrived. Nest Gets Googled. In 2014, Google bought Nest for $3.2 In 2016 Google decided to sell Nest, so I left the company. Months after I left, Google changed its mind.

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

We do know, despite a breathless and apparently unsourced Fox News report, that it wasn’t a terrorist attack. Somehow it escapes his mind that just because someone buys a Corvette or a Mustang based on its ability, it doesn’t mean that the driver is going to actually drive it on public roads as if they’re at a racetrack. Health issue?

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Both Toyota and Ford are now producing a few prototype conversions of their own Priuses and Escapes for research purposes.)

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development. Topics: Deals and investments , Transportation Tags: GM , Segway , city transportation , 2009 New York auto show Share: Digg Del.icio.us America needs much smaller cars for many more people so that we can escape the clutches of the loathsome oil interests.

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