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Chevron, Delta Air Lines, and Google to measure sustainable aviation fuel emissions data

Green Car Congress

Chevron USA, through its Chevron Products Company division, Delta Air Lines, and Google announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to track sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) test batch emissions data using cloud-based technology. —Andy Walz, president of Americas Fuels & Lubricants for Chevron. “.

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Waymo approved to expand operations in California, with some backlash

Teslarati

Waymo, the self-driving startup owned by Google parent company Alphabet, has been approved by a California agency to expand operations to Los Angeles, after previously only serving the city of San Francisco within the state.

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

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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.

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Honda unveils Fit EV concept and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle platform at Los Angeles Auto Show

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President and CEO Takanobu Ito unveiled the Fit EV Concept electric vehicle and the platform for a mid-size plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show. and Google, Inc. Click to enlarge. Honda Motor Co. Partners in the program will include Stanford University, City of Torrance, Calif.

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Maven deploying its first all-electric shared-use fleet in Austin; 20 Chevy Bolts

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Maven Gig drivers have taken trips from San Francisco to Portland (~635 miles) and from San Diego to Los Angeles (~120 miles). Vehicle reservations are now available in Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

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QOTD: Autocrossing

The Truth About Cars

I head to Los Angeles today for a press drive that will include some autocrossing. I'll let y'all in a secret -- after being among the slowpokes my last time out back in May, I googled for some tips on being faster. I, personally, am not a fast autocrosser. But, as noted above, my times are often embarrassing.

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How Thin Air and Summer Snow Can Heal the Soul

Baua Electric

Some Google searching revealed that Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48, was not out of reach for amateurs like us. In 2022, I scaled Mount Marcy, the highest peak in New York State, with my son. That weekend, ecstatic, we looked for another adventure. I proclaimed that he and I, along with my daughter, would climb it in 2023.