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GM announces Ultra Cruise: hands-free driving across 95% of driving scenarios for premium vehicles

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Ultra Cruise works through a combination of cameras, radars and LiDAR, developing accurate, 360-degree, three-dimensional statistical representations of the environment surrounding vehicles with redundancies in critical areas. The app will provide more centrally located information, including driver’s statistics, trips and history.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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While there, he investigated how to build hardware to run more modern business applications and Web services. In 2004 Barroso was tasked with investigating ways to build more efficient data centers. For his discoveries, Rao received the 2023 International Prize in Statistics. In 1995 he joined the Digital Equipment Corp.

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Volvo Cars, POC and Ericsson to demo connected car and bike helmet prototype at International CES 2015

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Volvo Cars, protective gravity sports gear manufacturer POC and Ericsson will present an innovative safety technology connecting drivers and cyclists at the International CES in Las Vegas next month. Some select cycling statistics: Globally, 132.3 —Klas Bendrik, VP and Group CIO at Volvo Cars.

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Italy’s Plugin Vehicle Sales Near 10% In August — Ford Mustang Mach-E Enters Market In Top 10

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August statistics bring yet more good news on the electric mobility front, building on the strong momentum of EVs while a slowing overall car market shows growing signs of decline for internal combustion powertrains. Plugin vehicles' sales keep climbing in Italy.

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Sandia team uses computational approaches to develop high-entropy alloys with attractive hydrogen storage properties rapidly

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Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and international collaborators used computational approaches, including explainable machine learning models, to elucidate new high-entropy alloys with attractive hydrogen storage properties and direct laboratory synthesis and validation.

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Porsche Taycan outsells all ICE cars in Norway, EVs take 83.7% market share in Jan.

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More Porsche Taycans were sold in Norway than internal-combustion-engine (ICE) cars in January 2022. OFV noted that the lack of boatloads affected its statistics, as shown by Tesla’s sharp drop in registrations in January. The Taycan outsold fossil-fueled vehicles like the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic.

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Hyundai makes strategic investment in deep learning computer vision startup allegro.ai

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The platform addresses each phase of the deep-learning product life-cycle: Build and Refine Datasets. Leverage detailed model performance gauging, debug detectors with flexible channel statistics and easily implement hyperparameter optimization. Optimize and Control. Back to Data.

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