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Toyota and Google Cloud partner to bring AI-powered speech services to Toyota and Lexus vehicles without the cloud

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Toyota and Google Cloud announced an expanded partnership that brings together Toyota and Lexus next-generation audio multimedia systems and Google Cloud’s AI-based speech services. The partnership highlights the AI and machine learning innovation brought forth in the latest Toyota and Lexus infotainment systems.

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Toyota is already offering $10k off a lease for its fully electric 2024 bZ4X

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Photo: Toyota Toyota has made its fully electric 2024 bZ4X – which only just landed on dealers’ lots – available to lease with a $10,000 discount. Toyota’s 2024 bZ4X lease deal Toyota released prices and specs of the 2024 bZ4X in January, and it hasn’t even been available at dealerships that long.

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Autonomy orders 23,000 EVs from 17 automakers; $1.2B order covers 45 EV models

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Autonomy’s order was placed with the fleet departments of the following automakers: BMW, Canoo, Fisker, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai, Kia, Lucid, Mercedes-Benz, Polestar, Rivian, Stellantis, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, VinFast, Volvo and Volkswagen. Production Forecasts: Vehicle will be available to purchase before the end of 2023.

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Daily EV Recap: Tesla’s AI training tile

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J.D. Power: quality takes a back seat to innovation as problems reach a record high

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BEV owners in particular use their app at least 68% of the time, primarily to monitor the charging process and to view their vehicle’s available range. PP100 gap exists between vehicles that have an Android Automotive OS without Google Automotive Services (51.1 Android Automotive Operating System (AAOS) issues: A 21.5 Nissan Motor Co.,

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US regulator opens safety probe into Waymo robotaxis – ET Auto

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Waymo vehicles are available to customers in San Francisco and Phoenix, with Los Angeles and Austin expected to come online next. The top US auto safety regulator on Tuesday said it had opened an investigation into Google-owned Waymo after reports of 22 incidents with its self-driving technology.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

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Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these. The driver is expected to be available for occasional control, but with sufficiently comfortable transition time. Features are paving the way to self-driving cars.

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