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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

Green Car Congress

TCF acquired the 23,780-acre tract in 2004 for $18 million ($10 million California Coastal Conservancy, $3.5 Applying a -10% uncertainty factor to this outcome, over 100 years (2004 to 2104) the GRF will have 3,745,208.7 Garcia River Forest. million The Nature Conservancy, $2.5 million Packard loan, $2 million TCF). McKinney Landfill.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference. In 2004, Singh fielded her first query about hoax callers from the Coast Guard. A 2020 U.S. Government Accountability Office report says that the U.S.

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Basic transportation, EV style

Electric Auto Association

Members of the new University of Texas San Antonio EAA chapter ready for go-kart competition. That was back in 2004, when his father taught him how to ride his 1980’s-vintage gas-powered version. There, Javier enrolled at the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) as a freshman committed to earning a mechanical engineering degree.

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Sony invests in Cogitai; collaborating on R&D for next wave of artificial intelligence

Green Car Congress

These technologies were then incorporated into Sony’s products and services, such as digital cameras and personalized TV program recommendation services. In parallel, Sony established Sony Intelligence Dynamics Laboratory in 2004, which studied autonomous development of intelligence called Intelligence Dynamics.

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

Teslarati

The magazine’s team seemed to have buckled in the driver’s seatbelt without a person sitting in the seat. Simply put, if a person is intentionally putting themselves in danger by participating in illegal driving behaviors, no driver-monitoring system would be enough. A Cautionary Tale.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Sterling will bring a unique perspective to the Board, and expand the diversity of the Board to Texas. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. He has been driving electric for more than 10 years and has been active in the Golden Gate chapter since shortly after the chapter was formed in 2004.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Sterling will bring a unique perspective to the Board, and expand the diversity of the Board to Texas. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. He has been driving electric for more than 10 years and has been active in the Golden Gate chapter since shortly after the chapter was formed in 2004.