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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

Cars That Think

If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. In the last five years, Europe has bestowed massive new regulatory and spending power on the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, known as. Meantime, the E.U. What the tech is up against.

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Volkswagen Group invested €11.5B (US$12.9B) in R&D in 2014; ongoing focus on electromobility and digitalization of vehicles

Green Car Congress

It may come as a surprise for you, but I highly welcome the interest of Apple, Google and others in the automobile. In his remarks before this year’s Geneva Show, Winterkorn called on industry in Europe to “ show even more courage and even greater innovative strength. Oil will not be as cheap as it is at the moment for ever.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

If I could just connect the HVAC system to my iPhone, I could control it from anywhere. But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. In North America and Europe, thermostats control half a home’s energy bill—something like $2,500 a year.

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2024 Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor review: Better, but good enough?

Baua Electric

So long as you have a Google account and a smartphone (yes, including an iPhone), setup takes under a minute. Google Maps routing with built-in charging planning works well, and I love that my recently viewed POIs across all my devices show up in the car’s map search — it feels like the future! It is just so easy.

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