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Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

Cars That Think

It’s a city that grew up after the automobile came along. Cruise just announced they were going to open Dallas and Houston. The power grid is important, maybe the most important, but it’s difficult to prove to people it’s vulnerable. I know of no examples of someone shutting down a grid with malware.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

University of Houston. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. for climate control in automobiles. automobile market. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: Development of a Low. power grid. If successful in this high-risk, high-reward research.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. Most days, most cars are going to have lots of extra battery capacity,” said Mr. Kempton, noting that on average, American automobiles get driven for just one hour each day. ’s power generation, he said.

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