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Volkswagen and Qatar to put autonomous electric vehicles on Doha roads in 2022

Green Car Congress

During the 2022 FIFA World Cup—the largest sporting event in the world—Qatar will thus be the venue for the world’s first emission-free, electric and autonomous public transport system. For the first time four Volkswagen Group brands work together on such a project of urban mobility.

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Eugene H. Spafford: Malware Nemesis

Cars That Think

I did a lot of reading and studying on where computers might be used and where they could go wrong, as well as reading science-fiction books that explored those possibilities,” he says. Until the worm event, security at government agencies was primarily about mainframes and information secrecy,” he says.

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost

Cars That Think

Wong describes the new digital afterlife industry in a chapter of her new book from MIT Press, We the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age. So your book takes on a much broader topic, the datafication of our daily lives and the human rights implications of that phenomenon. Wendy, thanks so much for joining me on Fixing the Future.

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OLA S1 Electric Scooter Launch: Our Thoughts

Plug In India

By Kamlesh and Raphae Join us in analyzing the OLA S1 Electric Scooter launch event. In this article and video we go through the OLA scooter launch event and find, what impressed us and what concerned us. OLA electric are getting bookings from all parts of India. All in all the launch event was very well done.

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Opinion: GM Shouldn’t Kill Apple CarPlay, Android Auto

The Truth About Cars

A system that did that, and perhaps offered a few other apps for audio enjoyment – a podcasting app, audio books, apps for live broadcasts of sporting events, maybe the XM app – would be fine. And when GM is realizing that it can save money, if not make more money, by crowding out CarPlay and Android Auto.

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Earth Day is now a global event each year, and over a billion people across 192 countries now take part in what is the largest civic-focused day of action in the world. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. Today – April 22 – is Earth Day 2024 and the 54th anniversary of Earth Day.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

There was no NEV legislation on the books that made it legal,” White said. “I The new chapter’s first official event was an EV version of a poker run. The Nissan dealer helped promote the event by offering a $1000 LEAF discount to the winner.” “I I’m proposing that next year, we tie all the events together.