Arizona’s largest battery will help feed your Google habit
Electrek
MARCH 15, 2024
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.
Arizona’s largest battery will help feed your Google habit
Baua Electric
MARCH 15, 2024
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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Good Energies, Google and Marubeni Investing in Offshore Wind Backbone
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2010
Energy investor Good Energies, Google and Marubeni Corporation are investing in the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) backbone transmission project. The 350-mile (563-km) long transmission backbone will provide approximately 6,000 MW of offshore wind capacity, enough power to serve 1.9 Source: Google. Click to enlarge.
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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It
Creative Greenius
JULY 27, 2013
No this is a job for the company I’ve long been a stockholder of – Google. Because Google is smart enough to not only see the opportunity and have the wherewithal to seize it, they also know what to do with it. Passive solar addition topped by PV and wind turbine – photo by Galliani (c). Communications.
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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2014
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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Study finds GWP of electrolyzed hydrogen to meet ORD’s fuel needs would be 2.5x that of fossil fuels with 2020 grid mix
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
As a part of the study, Ansell assumed the adoption of one of the NREL zero emissions electric grids—one that has heavy concentrations of solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources. These might be a combination of solar arrays or wind turbines. Courtesy Google Maps and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 23, 2012
OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Wind accounted for 2.3%. Click to enlarge. was conventional hydropower.
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Daily EV Recap: Tesla’s biggest retail shareholder votes down CEO package
Baua Electric
APRIL 21, 2024
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52 Daily EV Recap: EVs that can power your home
Baua Electric
APRIL 18, 2024
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SoftBank & Bloom Energy form JV to sell SOFC Energy Servers in Japan
Green Car Congress
JULY 18, 2013
With the establishment of this joint venture, SoftBank will add distributed baseload power from Bloom Energy and further encourages the domestic use of clean energy complementing its existing portfolio of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.
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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving
Green Car Congress
MAY 25, 2012
Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. Google believes that a future state with having computers drive cars can “ remove a gigantic chunk ” of the US fatalities.
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We Need to Decarbonize Software
Cars That Think
MARCH 23, 2024
Companies like Salesforce have launched their own software sustainability initiatives , while the Green Software Foundation now comprises 64 member organizations, including tech giants Google , Intel , and Microsoft. The Case for Sustainable Software So why should programmers care about making their software sustainable?
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Chasing Weather Balloons With Software-Defined Radio
Cars That Think
AUGUST 25, 2022
Sonde Monitor can also plot the position of the radiosonde on Google Maps. Weather balloons rise into the stratosphere, with their position dictated by wind movements at different altitudes. A third piece of software, called Virtual Audio Cable , pipes the demodulated FM signal from HDSDR to Sonde Monitor for decoding. James Provost.
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ABI Research forecasts more than 143M units of OSes to support software-defined cockpits to ship in 2021
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 16, 2016
As the competitive landscape widens, both proprietary and open source solutions providers, including Google’s Android, Intel’s Wind River, and Blackberry’s QNX, continue to battle for design wins. Qualcomm recently partnered with Google and unveiled plans for an Android Nougat-based car platform.
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Wallbox introduces Quasar 2 next-generation bidirectional home charger at CES 2022
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 4, 2022
Features include flexible amperage setting, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, charge scheduling, power sharing, the myWallbox app, and voice control via Amazon Alexa and Google Home. Use the green energy generated from your solar panels (PV) or wind turbines at home to charge your electric vehicle in an efficient and sustainable way.
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293 DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2019
Johnson Matthey, Billingham, UK Enabling Autonomous Wind Plants through Consensus Control, $250,000 RES Group, Broomfield, Colo. Vivint Solar, Lehi, Utah Wind Turbine Drivetrain Reliability Assessment and Remaining Useful Life Prediction, $100,000 WindESCo, Boston, Mass. Raleigh, N.C. SunPower, San Jose, Calif. Tesla, Palo Alto, Calif.
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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk
Cars That Think
APRIL 2, 2024
ComputerWorld/Google Books /3M 3M didn’t rest on its laurels with the floppy disk either, and tried to push the technology further, most notably with Floptical disk technology , which Jim Adkisson, who helped create the 5.25-inch (Though 3M obviously never associated with the Nazis during World War II, so there’s that.)
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Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. Will this reborn icon make Europe relevant in the electric car era?
EV Central
MARCH 4, 2024
inch Google-powered infotainment system. When full the small LED screen takes the shape of a number ‘5’ Elsewhere, the pint-sized EV gets a trick aero including a tailgate claimed to add as much as 8km of range on a cruise, while wind-cheating wheels and slatted tail lamps that add a further 15km. 2025 Renault 5 interior.
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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 9, 2021
As an EV, the 2021 Polestar 2 is a silent traveler, and the time on the road gave me the chance to test what is the world’s first in-vehicle application of an infotainment system powered by Android with Google apps and services built-in. Google in the car. Inside, the 2021 Polestar 2 shows its Volvo origins.
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Where to locate public chargers?
Electric Auto Association
APRIL 5, 2022
Electricity is ubiquitous, EVs refuelable by wind, hydro, geothermal, solar, or traditional energy sources. It is a fact not obvious to non-electric vehicle (EV) owners that every electrical outlet (110v, 220v, or DC fast 480v) is a potential refueling spot for EVs. not internet-connected) and networked (internet-connected).
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X PRIZE Foundation Aims to Launch $100M in Prizes Over Next 10 Years, Targeting 4 Key Areas
Green Car Congress
APRIL 17, 2010
Clean Energy : solar/PV, wind, geothermal, hydro, tidal, biofuels. The current open prize in this area is the Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP). Energy Distribution & Storage : transmission and distribution (e.g. smart grid), storage (grid level, end user, community), monitoring and measurement.
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231 Daimler opens new MB R&D center in Beijing, presents G-Code hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid all-wheel drive concept
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
It is also charged electrostatically by the relative wind or by the natural wind when the vehicle is stationary. Mercedes-Benz is the 1st automotive OEM that has teamed up with Baidu, the Chinese Google equivalent, to bring “Streetview” features into its Chinese vehicles.
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Road Test: 2023 Genesis G90 Performance
Clean Fleet Report
JULY 1, 2023
The G90 has limited wind and road noise partly due to the low 0.27 If you need to wind down at the end of the day, sit in the G90 and get completely immersed in this outstanding sound system. There was limited body roll and the ride was comfortable and confident.
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Road Test: 2022 Polestar 2 Single Motor EV
Clean Fleet Report
MAY 29, 2022
The cabin was quiet with the 0.278 coefficient of drag (Cd) keeping wind noise at a minimum, including the exterior mirrors offering no noise at freeway speeds. This screen is where the heart of the Polestar 2 lives: the Google Android Automotive operating system and apps. Interior: Scandinavian Influenced. Frunk in front.
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What is Home energy management system, why it is needed
Baua Electric
DECEMBER 30, 2023
Renewable Energy Integration HEMS can integrate with renewable energy sources such as solar panels or wind turbines, allowing users to maximize the use of clean energy. As technology advances, smart appliances continue to evolve, offering more features and greater integration with the connected home environment.
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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD
Clean Fleet Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Voice commands connect with Siri EyesFree and Google Assistant by saying “Hey, Lexus” or “Hi, Lexus.” Once inside and cruising down the road, wind noise was nearly non-existent, partially due to the low 0.33 The Wi-Fi Hotspot can support up-to five devices, and comes with a complementary 4GB of data for a three-month trial.
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First drive in the Maserati Grecale Folgore SUV: Italian luxury is going all-electric and we love it
Baua Electric
MARCH 16, 2024
I can’t speak to the nav system because Maserati had us use Google Maps from a phone. The laminate windows keep the outside world out, although some wind noise can be heard at higher speeds, which is to be expected. I didn’t see them at first.
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Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Foundation for Skydio’s drones can be traced back to Adam’s work on autonomous agile drones at MIT , and after spending a few years at Google working on Project Wing’s delivery drones , Adam cofounded Skydio in 2014. So today we don’t model— we estimate the wind. Bry: It’s an interesting question.
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Conference confirms plug-in fever
Plugs and Cars
JULY 31, 2008
Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C., All the wind farms and solar panels in the world won’t do anything to lower the outflow of hundreds billions of dollars annually or decrease our pump-fueled funding of Islamic fundamentalism unless we build cars that can use that cleaner electricity.
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Road Test: 2022 Lexus UX 250h F Sport AWD
Clean Fleet Report
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Voice commands connect with Siri EyesFree and Google Assistant. Once inside and cruising down the road, wind noise was non-existent, partially due to the low 0.33 Apple CarPlay, Amazon Alexa, music streaming via Bluetooth wireless technology, and hands-free phone capability complete the system. A functional package.
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First drive: US spec Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid; 83-86 MPGe with 16-17 mile EV range
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
On a drive along tightly winding, climbing and descending, and sometimes narrow roads, the A3 Sportback e-tron stayed planted to the pavement on its line through tight curves taken at speed. When driving through curves, it can brake the inside front wheel very slightly to help minimize understeer and improve traction. Driver Assistance.
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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2009
Auerbach adds that due to economies of scale and over capacity in the industry “ wind energy should have a 20% reduction in equipment costs within the next year ” and he has seen realistic projections of “ solar, with a 10% tax credit, being competitive with baseline generation in 2020 ”. Earlier post.). What does normal operation look like?
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SiliconRepublic.com: IBM to build smart grid for electric cars - R&D
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Home Business Digital Life New Media Comms CIO R&D Government Careers Events E-Monday Video Audio Dublin: 18.04.2009 02:44 AM SiliconRepublic.com Irelands Technology News Service RSS News Alerts Subscribe Features Google reports record Q1 profits BT reveals 24Mbps service Yahoo!,
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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV
Green Car Congress
MAY 26, 2015
Plus, users can search for points of interest using Google with voice or text and have the directions when they start their Sonata Plug-in Hybrid. However, there wasn’t much opportunity to get a sense of Sonata handling in higher-speed cornering, steep inclines, and winding roads.
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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru
Plug In India
JANUARY 15, 2022
Followed Google Maps to hit Hosur road - and from then on the Maps was switched off. We switched on Google Maps and left for Ooty. Jayram works with Google and has been staying at Seattle for two decades before that. He used to be based out of Chennai for a few years - even though Google offices are in Hyderabad.
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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
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Rental Review: 2023 Toyota Corolla LE, Aged Basic Transportation
The Truth About Cars
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Worth reporting: Android Auto sometimes refused to connect to a phone (Google Pixel 6a). Corolla's cabin is admirably devoid of most wind noise, but some intrudes from front window seals and around the side mirrors. Once the audio controls are located in the Toyota app, the presence of too much bass cannot be corrected.
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111 MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
7 Uncle B said on April 14th, 2009 at 10:17 am This battery is going to absorb peaks from wind-turbines, hitherto dumped to prevent damage to lines! A really significant efficiency increase will be realized, and in combination with the new “variable&# alternators from Vancouver, Canada, major wind power efficiencies can be anticipated!
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Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 1, 2023
Thomas: It’s a long-winded answer, but. That is something that if you’re having an off day, you google Keepon dancing to Spoon— Keepon is one word, K-E-E-P-O-N, dancing to Spoon, and you just bop. So I think doing work that has more viewership is really—it was a trip and a half—is a trip and a half. I’m still learning about it.
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The Turbulent Past and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
In the late 1980s, the cold winds of commerce brought on the second AI winter. DeepMind , Google's London-based AI lab, the renowned roboticist Raia Hadsell is tackling this problem with a variety of sophisticated techniques. By 2017, the team had 1.5 million terms and 24.5 million rules.
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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation
Cars That Think
AUGUST 23, 2023
The heads of OpenAI and Google have both openly discussed the need for regulations. They’ve been working on the AI Act since, I think, April 2021, the first proposal was issued, and it’s been winding its way through various committees, and there have been amendments proposed. Wald: Yeah. So what’s the current status of the AI Act?
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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 13, 2022
We do that both municipalities and the federal and state governments, but also for corporations like Google, Johnson and Johnson and many others. ” Furthermore, the product is currently independently rated for 125 mph wind speeds, and we’ll soon be rated for 150. So that’s fleet. Then the next use case is workplace charging.
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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner
Plug In India
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
The big plus is drastically reduced wind resistance. Google maps instructed us to take the Pilani road and avoid Sikar town to reach the Park Avenue resort. Google Maps took me through the bazaars of the city and got me out to the bypass. The wind gods from Pakistan were doing their best to slow us down.
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Ola S1 Pro Electric Scooter: Test Ride & Observations
Plug In India
NOVEMBER 27, 2021
The plastic skin is good for reducing high speed wind drag, but it also means that airflow to cool the motor and batteries gets blocked. Apparently ‘Map My India’ maps are used here and not Google Maps. Google Maps apparently becomes expensive as there is a per request cost associated with it.
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