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2023 Volvo V60 Cross Country Review – Quiet Luxury

The Truth About Cars

This is a car that seems to fly under the radar, even as it’s one of the last wagons left on the market. 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. Speaking of price points, this is not a cheap car.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. It was a dead, unloved market with less than $1 billion in total annual sales in the United States. And when they realize you might steal their market share, they’ll get pissed. Nest Gets Googled.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. Though this was before Apple’s 2001 iPod made these devices popular worldwide, a number of MP3 players of varied quality were already on the market in the late 1990s.

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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. Oil will not be as cheap as it is at the moment for ever. Connected vehicles Electric (Battery) Market Background Research Sustainability Urban mobility' Earlier post.). —Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn.

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Lucid Motors chooses Mobileye as partner for autonomous vehicle technology

Green Car Congress

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.

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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. Will companies marketing large language models every justify the enormous valuations some of these companies are now enjoying?

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The Workplace Charging Challenge

Plugs and Cars

In the luxury car market you can feel that the ground has begun to shift. The electric Infiniti has been “postponed,” and BMW is entering the market with a car that doesn’t challenge Tesla. Many workplaces could become EV friendly on the cheap, repurposing existing 120V outlets in parking areas and expressly allowing PEV charging.

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