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Acura ZDX will get Google Constructed In

Baua Electric

The Acura ZDX will deal the emblem’s first iteration of Google Constructed In when it is going on sale early nearest era. The virtual platform tethers the person to the car via their Google profile and right away permits a smartphone-less hooked up in-car revel in.

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

Green Car Congress

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. Apple iOS6 compatibility is expected early in 2013.

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Google focusing autonomous driving development on mastering city street driving; patents piling up

Green Car Congress

Over the past year, Google has shifted the focus of its autonomous vehicle project onto mastering city street driving, according to Chris Urmson, Director, Google Self-Driving Car Project. Google says that its autonomous vehicles have logged nearly 700,000 autonomous miles (1.13 —Chris Urmson. Title and description.

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Tesla finally adds Waypoints, a long-requested feature promised over a year ago

Teslarati

Tesla does not refer to them as “Waypoints,” however. We used this example with Google Maps to show how Waypoints gives drivers the opportunity to schedule multiple stops during one journey: “Tesla owners could stop in Times Square, then head West to Chelsea Piers, and back East to Midtown. Instead, the 2021.40.5

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Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design

Cars That Think

The crux of the clash was whether Google’s AI solution to one of chip design’s thornier problems was really better than humans or state-of-the-art algorithms. It pitted established male EDA experts against two young female Google computer scientists, and the underlying argument had already led to the firing of one Google researcher.

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Tiny Lasers Could Finally Bring Us Really Smart AR Glasses

Cars That Think

When Google Glass debuted almost a decade ago, augmented reality (AR) wearables seemed poised to take off. But Google withdrew its smart glasses from the market in early 2015. But Google withdrew its smart glasses from the market in early 2015. Users could simultaneously interact with the physical and digital worlds.

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Autonomous electric car technology: Why should a self-driving vehicle be all-electric?

Get Electric Vehicle

Waymo – Autonomous driving project of Google Google started autonomous car projects in 2009. They say that their journey started at Google in 2009, and became Waymo in 2016. Obviously, once the technology gets matured policies will be updated.