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Real Life EV Story : Arun has abandoned his ICE cars and only uses Tata Nexon EV

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He has not used his Petrol cars and only uses the Nexon EV. He loves the instant acceleration and fun of driving an eletric car. Video : Real Life EV Story : Arun abandoned his ICE cars & only uses Tata Nexon EV Arun Somyaji is a car aficionado. His two cars are the Chevrolet Cruze and the Tata Nano.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

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One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands-free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others. Click to enlarge. high distraction.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

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Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. When are we going to have full (level-5) self-driving cars? So it’s a lot better than just a 10-word Google search. More context.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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Adapted from the book BUILD: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell. They were buying a $249 thermostat—they were expecting a different kind of experience. Nest Gets Googled. In 2014, Google bought Nest for $3.2 In 2016 Google decided to sell Nest, so I left the company. Problem solved.

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

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A separate menu on the navigation system display enables automatic and precise parking of the car over the charge plate. The car is positioned either with the help of a front camera using special markings around the charging plate or based on an electronic guide beam emitted by the charging plate. Click to enlarge. e-Station Guide.

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian Consumers are to be offered incentives of up to £5,000 to purchase an electric car under government plans to be unveiled today that will also see the creation of electric car cities across the UK and the launch of large-scale experiments with ultra-green vehicles.

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Finally, an eVTOL You Can Buy (Soon)

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The journey that made Leng’s dream a reality kicked into high gear in 2014 when a chance meeting with investor Sebastian Thrun at an aviation conference led to Google cofounder Larry Page investing in Leng’s project. So who might buy it? Ed Lu , a former NASA astronaut and executive at Google, sits on Opener’s safety-review board.

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