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Google teaching autonomous vehicles to share road safely with cyclists

Green Car Congress

In the latest monthly report on its autonomous driving project, Google engineers outlined some of the steps they are taking to teach their self-driving cars to share the road safely with cyclists. Google currently has 24 Lexus RX450h SUVs and 34 prototype vehicles on the road with autonomous driving capability. Click to enlarge.

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California DMV Suspends Cruise Driverless Vehicle Permits

The Truth About Cars

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has suspended Cruise’s permit to operate driverless vehicles, citing public safety concerns. Waymo doesn’t look to be having quite so many problems in California. The California DMV seems unconvinced, however. The pedestrian remained under the vehicle."

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Google to sponsor NASA Green Flight Challenge

Green Car Congress

The CAFE Foundation announced that Google will sponsor the NASA Centennial Challenge flight competition known as the Green Flight Challenge (GFC). Schulz Sonoma County (California) Airport. Competing aircraft must demonstrate at least 100 mph and 200 passenger mpg on a 200-mile flight.

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Motiv Power Systems to power 13 electric school buses in California pilot

Green Car Congress

MotivPower Systems, in partnership with Type-A school bus manufacturer Trans Tech, is bringing electric school buses to the Sacramento, California region. The new all-electric buses will be powered by Motiv’s all-electric powertrains, which are both designed and manufactured in California, supporting local manufacturing jobs.

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2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E: Quicker charging, range to 320 miles, lower price

Baua Electric

The previous range-leading California Route 1 model appears to have dropped out of the lineup for 2024. With the Performance Upgrade option, the Mach-E enables an additional 100 lb-ft of torque from the new motor unit, thanks to “innovative powertrain thermal modeling and control algorithms,” and allows a 0-60 mph time of 3.3

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

Advanced technology, prototype vehicles, and business plans are being developed by Google, car sharing services like Car2Go (Daimler), Uber, automakers, network providers, software and technology suppliers. Level 4 Prototype Cars on California Roads Since 2009. Google has racked up a million autonomous vehicle miles.

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Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report spent a week exploring Southern California in a front-wheel drive XT4 Premium Luxury. Our best efficiency was over a 110-mile all-freeway run with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, earning us 32.5 Zero-to-60 times of right around 7.3 seconds were plenty peppy for freeway onramp merging. mpg, same as the EPA.