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Arizona’s largest battery will help feed your Google habit

Electrek

Arizona’s largest battery storage system is now online and, along with solar and wind, will help power a new Google data center – here’s why that matters.

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Bird, Ford-owned Spin latest micromobility platforms to integrate with Google Maps

Green Car Congress

Micromobility services Bird and Ford-owned Spin are the latest to integrate with Google Maps for Mobile (GMM). People using Google Maps for efficient and reliable journey planning are now able to discover Spin e-scooters and e-bikes and Bird scooters when given route options for their journeys.

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Arizona’s largest battery will help feed your Google habit

Baua Electric

Photo: Salt River Project Arizona’s largest battery storage system is now online and, along with solar and wind, will help power a new Google data center – here’s why that matters. The $600 million solar + battery storage project sits on 3,000 acres south of Buckeye. Statista reports that Google’s energy consumption reached 22.29

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Battery-swapping electric trucks, Stellantis simplified EV tech, Google Maps’ emissions gains: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Eco-routing has prevented a significant amount of carbon emissions, Google claims as it crunches the numbers. And is battery swapping tech ready for fleets of electric delivery trucks? The California battery-swapping firm. Stellantis sees a future without standalone inverters and onboard chargers in EVs.

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Polestar 2 gains remote Google Assistant controls for door unlocking, battery status, and more

Electrek

The Polestar 2 is now able to access voice controls from your Google Assistant-powered devices including the Nest Hub, Nest Audio , and many more. The post Polestar 2 gains remote Google Assistant controls for door unlocking, battery status, and more appeared first on Electrek.

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Volkswagen Group, Google partnering on quantum computing; traffic optimization, batteries, AI

Green Car Congress

The Volkswagen Group and Google will partner on research in the field of quantum computing. As part of this collaboration, a team of specialists from Volkswagen and Google will work together using a Google quantum computer. Volkswagen Group IT wants to make progress in three development areas on the Google quantum computer.

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Electric Volvo XC40 features new infotainment system powered by Android with Google technologies built-in

Green Car Congress

Powered by Android, the new infotainment system offers customers unprecedented personalization, improved levels of intuitiveness and new embedded Google technology and services. The Google Assistant also allows a driver to interact with smart-home devices from the car.

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