EV Central

APRIL 11, 2024

Within the new van, Renault-Volvo bosses describe the new Flexis as a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) with an operating system based on Google’s Android OS that allows fleet operators to integrate their own software into the van via the Google Cloud.

Volvo 52

Volvo Light Commercial Kia 52

EV Central

MARCH 4, 2024

The 2025 Renault 5 E-Tech Electric has been unwrapped at the Geneva motor show and from our first look at the reborn French icon this could be one of the most desirable EVs not a lot of money can buy. inch Google-powered infotainment system. 2025 Renault 5 interior.

Affordable 52

Affordable Europe Electric Cars BYD 52

EV Central

JULY 5, 2023

So, take my word for it, Australia is always a bit behind America, but we got Ubers eventually, and a decade from now you will think nothing of getting into one with no one at the wheel. Sure enough, my Cruise cost around half of what my Uber back to the same starting point did.

Taxi 52

Taxi San Francisco Australia Chevrolet 52

EV Central

DECEMBER 28, 2022

If it wasn’t so stupidly expensive (around $100K, at least), I’d buy one. Aside from the truly shocking fact that a government, in Australia, actually passed some legislation aimed at making EVs more attractive and affordable to both companies and actual humans, the biggest surprise to me this year was the Genesis GV70 Electrified.

Electric Cars 104

Electric Cars BYD Cars Kia 104

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. This also has already been done, not by my group, but a group of Richard Hartley at the University of Canberra in Australia.

Standards 88

Standards Wind Universal Ukraine 88

EV Central

JUNE 23, 2023

I wonder, then, how many car-company execs are throwing their spare Nokias at the product guys who told them EVs would never catch on, that Tesla was a flash in the pan, like Laser Disc players or Google Glass (again, there’s that feeling of Apples falling from the sky to beat your head in, hello Vision Pro), and would never catch on.

Mazda 81

Mazda BYD Honda Nissan 81

My Energi

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Rather than undertaking years of market research and spending millions of dollars on focus groups, we just went on Google. A few of these funds wanted to buy our business for a pittance, but some really saw the long-term potential. Were there hundreds of zero-emission motorists out there all feeling the same way?

Jordan 145

Jordan Renewable IDEA Energy 145