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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

Cars That Think

It’s still an achievement for autonomous robots to merely survive in the real world, which is a long way from any kind of useful generalized autonomy. Under some fairly specific constraints, autonomous robots are starting to find a few valuable niches in semistructured environments, like offices and hospitals and warehouses.

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GridPoint Smart Charging Software to Support eTec/Nissan LEAF Deployment

Green Car Congress

The company made the announcement at the Plug-In 2009 Conference and Exposition in Long Beach, CA. To date, utility-led smart charging trials have been limited by the availability of grid-connected vehicles. GridPoint, Inc., Earlier post.)

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GMs Approach to Integrating Smart Plug-ins to the Smart Grid Leverages Emerging Standards and OnStar

Green Car Congress

The basic intent, Bellino said, is that the vehicle—wherever it is—connect to the grid and intelligently communicate its ID, and tap into particular charging programs with the participation of the owner of the vehicle. No communications connectivity between PEV and utility in Non-AMI utility environments.

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Smart charging to boost Nissan LEAF development

Green Cars News

The Plug-In 2009 Conference and Exposition in Long Beach, California, was marked with an announcement by GridPoint, a provider of smart grid software, that it will provide its latest generation electric vehicle management software to support the deployment of the Nissan LEAF. Smart charging 3.0

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Yeah, I Got Your Chevy Volt, Right Here. Day 2 @ Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

Here’s what the brainiacs at General Motors sent the premier EV car conference on the West Coast. They even had a real plug connected to their toy car on the exhibit hall. Fortunately there are companies at the Plug-In Conference who exceed expectations and one of them is Coulomb out of Campbell, California.

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Ford developing a strategy to address urban personal mobility globally; a mobility company, not just an auto company

Green Car Congress

If Ford thinks of itself as a mobility company, rather than just an auto company, said Ford Chairman Bill Ford at the recent, second annual “Go Further with Ford” trend conference, “ that really opens up possibilities.”. We want to go to a fully connected multi-modal network. Like some other OEMs (e.g., Emerging markets.

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