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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands-free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others. 3.3), as did Apple Siri (3.4,

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

The stated goal is to experiment in autonomous on-demand vehicles, hedging the reduction in vehicle sales caused by ride sharing by making GM the preferred vehicle provider for Lyft drivers and integrating connectivity tools like OnStar. Investors in RelayRides included Google Ventures and GM Ventures.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Steven Cherry You know, if you look in Google Maps, for example, you can get nearby restaurants, you can get nearby regular gas stations, you can't get charging stations when you put. Everybody is forecasting. in 2000 to 0.7

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Steven Cherry You know, if you look in Google Maps, for example, you can get nearby restaurants, you can get nearby regular gas stations, you can't get charging stations when you put. Everybody is forecasting. in 2000 to 0.7