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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It

Creative Greenius

I went to Detroit last month and found myself in neighborhoods that looked like they had been attacked by enemy forces, had lost their battle and had now surrendered and in most part been abandoned. No this is a job for the company I’ve long been a stockholder of – Google. photo by Galliani (c). Communications.

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How Government Incentives Help Convenience Stores Install Electric Vehicle Chargers

Blink Charging

1 million publicly accessible Level 2 charging ports at locations that include high-density neighborhoods, office buildings, and retail outlets. And this is where truck stops and roadside convenience stores come into play. What are the best EV chargers to install at a truck stop or roadside convenience store? kW of electricity.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

The Digital Premium package through the BMW Operating System 9 will include access to its ConnectedDrive store with third-party apps. Polestar and Google All Polestar vehicles have Google Built-In , but now the technology will have enhanced features.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

In October, the Texas attorney general accused Google of violating the state’s biometric privacy law, saying the Nest home-automation device “records—without consent—friends, children, grandparents, and guests who stop by, and then stores their voiceprints indefinitely.” They found a business card for a CBS staffer in his wallet.

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

Green Car Congress

ReachNow Fleet Solutions for residential buildings will begin at The Solaire, a LEED Gold Certified building, in Manhattan’s Battery Park City neighborhood on 8 Dec. ReachNow is available via the App Store and on Google Play. Residents of The Solaire can inquire with building management.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Google Inc. NEV stands for neighborhood electric vehicle, which can travel at a top speed of 25 mph. V2G stands for “vehicle-to-grid,&# a technology system being developed to enable electric cars to store power and sell it back to the grid. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have invested in Tesla.

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