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Danfoss and Google enter into a strategic partnership on AI and energy efficiency | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Danfoss and Google announced a strategic partnership to make use of the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and promote energy-efficient solutions in data centres. Danfoss and Google are now taking a step further by entering into a broader partnership. Google Vice President of Data Center Innovation, J.P.

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Clearpath Robotics raises $30M to expand indoor self-driving vehicle market

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Companies like Google, Tesla and Uber are still testing, whereas our self-driving vehicles are commercially available today. million in a January 2015 Series A round led by RRE Ventures with participation from iNovia Capital, GE Ventures and Eclipse Ventures to develop their OTTO product line.

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Figure Promises First General Purpose Humanoid Robot

Cars That Think

Over the past year, Figure has hired more than 40 engineers from institutions that include IHMC, Boston Dynamics, Tesla, Waymo, and Google X, most of whom have significant prior experience with humanoid robots or other autonomous systems. The company got its start self-funded, but is closing a Series A within the next couple of weeks.

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Volkswagen showcases inductive charging w/ “power lift”, autonomous and semi-autonomous capabilities & gesture control at CES

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Here, the car utilizes sensors from the MQB (modular transverse matrix) components set that is already being used in production cars today. The three underlying software interfaces of App-Connect are the initial Mirror Link (2014), and now Android Auto (Google) and CarPlay (Apple). Already available today are Glympse, Aupeo!,

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Stanford scientists identify new Li-B-S solid electrolyte materials that boost lithium-ion battery performance

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Some of the best solid electrolytes available today are made with rare elements like germanium, a kilogram of which costs about $500. Other co-authors are Ekin Cubuk at Google Brain, and Brian Francisco and Josh Buettner-Garret at Solid Power, Inc. Antoniuk, Ekin D. Cubuk, Brandi Ransom, Brian E. 9b19091.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By abstracting devices to use electricity as their fuel, we can concentrate on advancing clean electricity production techniques and have the benefits shared by everything. 1, 2000) Sited: [link] You can google it and find it anywhere that vehicles have always placed more harmful chemicals into the air. Its a centralised solution.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The hybrid models available today use lead-acid ornickel-metal hydride batteries that are are proven, reliable, and fairlycheap, but their limited storage capacity means that the cars’ driving rangeusing electricity alone is short. The electric Mini is unlikely to go into production in its present form.