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DARPA awards up to $20M to NVIDIA to research high-performance, highly energy-efficient embedded processors for autonomous vehicles

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Two years ago, NVIDIA was tapped to provide processors that power the infotainment system found in the newest Audis and Volkswagens; other brands in the VW Group—Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini Skoda, Porsche, and SEAT—followed. Today’s cars aren’t personal computers—they’re far more complicated.” —NVIDIA.

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Ghibli Trofeo

Clean Fleet Report

I personally have always like this system’s controls, look and ease-of-use, though some may find it isn’t fancy enough for this class of vehicle. Through the Maserati Connected Services Bluetooth voice commands for the radio and telephone are accessible by just saying “Hey Maserati.”.

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GM, Segway to Make Vehicle - WSJ.com

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

A port mounted on a rear fender connects a standard CCS ( Combined Charging System ) plug to an onboard 7-kW charger. s electric conversions spends about 100 days moving through 20 discrete shop bays, where it undergoes about 2,200 person-hours of meticulous restoration. Each of E.C.D.’s For Project Britton, niceties include.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

EV start-up Lucid is struggling with a range of software woes, and software problems have pushed back launches years at Audi, Porsche and Bentley EVs, which are part of Volkswagen Group. In the next articles of this series, we’ll explore the changes that may be necessary to personal lifestyles to achieve 2050 climate goals.

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