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Tesla to pay $10.5M for 1% negligence in 2018 Model S crash

Teslarati

On Monday, July 19, a Fort Lauderdale federal jury released its verdict about a 2018 Tesla Model S crash, resulting in 18-year-old Barrett Riley’s death. The six-person jury found that Barrett was 90% to blame for the crash, while his father—James Riley—was 9% liable. million in pain and suffering damages for their son’s death.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

Cars That Think

Abbott and his team filed applications in 2018 and 2019 in 17 patent offices around the world, including in the United States, several European countries, China, Japan, and India. Some patent applicants have been instructed by their attorney to use a person’s name on the patent even if a machine came up with the invention.

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Green Motorsports: Subaru Hits the Track To Improve the Breed

Clean Fleet Report

Since the launch of the Nitro RallyCross racing series in 2018, Subaru Motorsports USA has been the only auto manufacturer continuously sponsoring a race team. Michele’s Bio: A fixture in Southern California car culture, Michele got her start in automotive journalism as a radio personality co-hosting three hours of car talk once a week.

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Revolutionizing rider safety: The protective jacket every e-biker should consider

Baua Electric

Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to learn how each type of vehicle comes with its own unique personality and enjoyment, but also its own risk profile. But could the perceived risk of different types of rides, such as e-motorcycles versus e-bikes, cloud our judgment on personal protection? I think it might, at least for me.

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Smokey the AI

Cars That Think

And this was on top of a 2018 fire season that burned more than 700,000 hectares of land in California, and a 2019-to-2020 wildfire season in Australia that torched nearly 18 million hectares. Xcel Energy and Florida Power and Light , are testing AI to detect problems with electrical components on both high- and low-voltage power lines.

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

Cars That Think

In 2018 , the XPrize Foundation announced a competition (sponsored by the Japanese airline ANA) to create “an avatar system that can transport human presence to a remote location in real time,” with the goal of developing robotic systems that could be used by humans to interact with the world anywhere with a decent Internet connection.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

Florida Power and Light Company. a standard for high performance green buildings that in 2018 will become the basis for the International Green Construction Code. Duke Energy Florida. Con Edison. Connecticut Green Bank. Dayton Power & Light Company. Duke Energy. Edison Electric Institute. Eversource Energy. Georgia Power.

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