The Truth About Cars
JULY 18, 2023
The vertical infotainment screen looks good, though the learning curve for its use is a bit steep, especially if you aren’t steeped in the Google ecosystem. The clean design can’t help but make me think of stereotypes about Swedish design and minimalism. Speaking of price points, this is not a cheap car.
Cars That Think
MAY 7, 2022
But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. Nest Gets Googled. In 2014, Google bought Nest for $3.2 In 2016 Google decided to sell Nest, so I left the company. Months after I left, Google changed its mind. That’s right, f ers.
Cars That Think
JULY 26, 2022
Astonishingly mobile, amazingly efficient, super robust, and in some cases, literally dirt cheap. I’ll let you Google whip scorpion on your own because they kind of freak me out, but here’s a picture of a patu digua, with a body measuring about a quarter of a millimeter: Squee! You know what’s even easier than that, though?
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. Henn Tan, shown here in 2017, fought a series of mostly losing battles against those who pirated Trek 2000’s ThumbDrive design and against rival patent claims.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 30, 2016
Projection of the map data; on the right side the lanes are mapped onto Google Earth. These accelerator cores have been designed specifically to address the needs of the ADAS and autonomous-driving markets. The car is driving based on the map alone. Note the accuracy of the lane markings and landmarks.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 4, 2022
What excites me is the idea of cheap and accessible hardware! All of them are backed by expert roboticists with years of design experience. This is a sensible design choice to get up and running, but would definitely need redoing for longer-term operation. Overall, the current design is a very good first step.
Charged EVs
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. Android running the dashboard means Google Assistant, Google Maps, Google Play Store, and more, are instantly available and work the way you already use them. Until now, it’s had no plug-in option.
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