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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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Tesla formally wins final environmental approval to open Gigafactory Berlin

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“As a high-performing state administration, you have always focused on the technical requirements, the high level of protection of the environment, the protection of the general public and the neighborhood from dangers, even under the pressure of great public interest and unreasonable harassment as well as the legal certainty of the procedure.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. Even something as simple as putting in an order at a McDonald’s drive-through in Illinois has raised legal questions about collecting biometric data without consent. National Institute of Standards and Technology. A 2020 U.S.

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

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The service also introduced four new mobility services: Ride, Reserve, Share, and Fleet Solutions for residential buildings. ReachNow is building on its premium experience by offering members greater versatility through a suite of convenient and easy-to-use transportation solutions, available in a single app for the first time.

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Why AI Should Move Slow and Fix Things

Cars That Think

In the talk, Buolamwini, who is Black, showed that standard facial detection systems didn’t recognize her face unless she put on a white mask. She reminds engineers that default settings are not neutral, that convenient datasets may be rife with ethical and legal problems , and that benchmarks aren’t always assessing the right things.

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Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 4: Chinese-Assembled Vehicles Will Not Be Eligible for Tax Credit

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Whether or not Chinese OEMs employ unionized factory workers (none of the existing foreign automakers with US factories employ union workers today), to reduce or eliminate trade tariffs, political issues, and the loss of tax credits — these automakers may almost be forced to build their vehicles in US factories.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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The high-voltage system is designed to cope with accidents beyond the legal requirements, with the high-voltage battery including features that ensure its safe reaction even in situations such as this. The BMW Group production network builds the BMW i3’s electric motor and battery.

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