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Can Software Save the World at a Profit?

Cars That Think

Collin Gutman is managing partner of SaaS Ventures , a venture capital fund based in Miami and Washington, D.C., It launched its first fund of $20 million in 2017 and second $50 million fund in 2020. That area has come to be called ESG tech , for environment sustainability governance. And it can be profitable for a startup.

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Ford and Volkswagen expand global collaboration to include EVs, invest in Argo AI

Green Car Congress

In 2017, Ford announced it would invest $1 billion over five years in Argo AI—an artificial intelligence software startup founded by former Google and Uber leaders—to develop an SAE Level 4 virtual driver system for the automaker’s autonomous vehicle coming in 2021, and for potential license to other companies. Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen AG agrees to plead guilty and pay $4.3B in criminal and civil penalties; 6 execs and employees indicted

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Volkswagen AG has agreed with the US government to resolve criminal and federal environmental and other civil claims against the company relating to the diesel emissions cheating débâcle. 2017, in Miami during a visit to the United States and appeared in federal court there on Monday. Cox of the Eastern District of Michigan.

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One EV enthusiast leads to anothe

Electric Auto Association

Drive Electric Dayton Systems Map of 2021 EV Environment. For me, as founder and leader of Drive Electric Dayton , I quickly realized that our Electric Auto Association (EAA) chapter, which I started in 2017 as a Facebook group for equally-excited future Tesla Model 3 owners, is part of a collection of organizations (per the figure above).

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One EV enthusiast leads to another

Electric Auto Association

Drive Electric Dayton Systems Map of 2021 EV Environment. For me, as founder and leader of Drive Electric Dayton , I quickly realized that our Electric Auto Association (EAA) chapter, which I started in 2017 as a Facebook group for equally-excited future Tesla Model 3 owners, is part of a collection of organizations (per the figure above).

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