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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

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. It doesn’t have any connection to the world. And it’s really cheap. You buy stuff at home, expect it to be delivered to your home.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

And oil only seems cheap. Since our cars and trucks use almost two-thirds of the oil we buy, the quickest way to cut oil use is to free transportation from its grip. And magically, as more electricity comes from lower-carbon fuel sources, our cars will get cleaner as they get older! Its impacts are increasingly unaffordable.

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First Drive: 2023 Ford Super Duty Lineup

The Truth About Cars

While that’s probably not going to make the folks at JC Whitney happy, it does make for cleaner cabins and keeps Ford in the loop after vehicles have been modified. I’ve certainly got mixed opinions about connected vehicles. When I’m thinking about what to buy, something like the Super Duty is typically at the very bottom of my list.

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Making EV charging part of the smart home

Charged EVs

The home of the future that we envision today is an intelligent home, and much of the intelligence has to do with optimizing energy consumption—shifting demand to times when energy is cheaper and/or cleaner. There are also installers that are buying hardware from various manufacturers. They want to sell a charger with the car.

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Making EV charging part of the smart home – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The home of the future that we envision today is an intelligent home, and much of the intelligence has to do with optimizing energy consumption—shifting demand to times when energy is cheaper and/or cleaner. There are also installers that are buying hardware from various manufacturers. They want to sell a charger with the car.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Given the cost of oil and the economic, geopolitical and ecological effects of our continued reliance on petroleum, electric transportation will be cheap. As a civilization, we have committed ourselves to electricity and we must make cleaner electricity. Electricity costs are relatively inexpensive.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Instead they could buy back electricity at peak hours from vehicle drivers. Remember its PURE D.C.

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