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Law firm Akerman launches EV infrastructure-oriented legal team – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Akerman, a top-100 US law firm with over 700 employees, has launched three new teams under the umbrella of its Energy and Infrastructure Sector Team, focusing on renewable energy and other high-tech infrastructure.

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Ford Europe bringing 48V mild hybrid tech to Tourneo van; new diesel engines

Green Car Congress

Improvements to the EcoBlue diesel engine include a revised low-inertia turbocharger design that helps deliver a broader spread of power across a wider rpm range. To reduce friction within the engine, new steel pistons feature a slimmer skirt design than the out-going cast-aluminium design. Tourneo Custom.

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Volkswagen Group investing $700M in XPENG for 5% stake, VW EV development; Audi jointly developing EVs with SAIC

Green Car Congress

We will share Smart EV technologies and world-class design and engineering capability with each other and learn from each other. Since the founding of XPENG, we have been developing full-stack technologies from EV platform to connectivity and ADAS software in house.

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Ford, Vodafone testing tech that can automatically warn other drivers of accidents ahead, create corridor

Green Car Congress

Ford and Vodafone are now testing connected vehicle technology that could alert drivers to an accident ahead moments after it has happened. But even in those countries where it is already a legal requirement for drivers to take this approach, many drivers still do not comply. —Hannes Ametsreiter, CEO, Vodafone Germany.

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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

Cars That Think

Plus any misperceptions that these misused robots could be autonomous (though they aren’t) makes an implied false connection between the actions of the robot and the ethics of the company. We’re not taking issue with weapons systems that are already governed by an international legal framework. And our company would prohibit those.

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Eugene H. Spafford: Malware Nemesis

Cars That Think

Spafford then went to Georgia Tech to pursue a master’s degree in information and computer science. The faculty [at Georgia Tech] had me design and teach a class in hardware support for operating systems,” he recalls. “I Meanwhile, his graduate and postdoc work revolved around more traditional areas of computing.

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Opinion: GM Shouldn’t Kill Apple CarPlay, Android Auto

The Truth About Cars

Tim Babbitt, GM's head of product for infotainment, said the following to MT: “CarPlay and Android Auto have stability issues that manifest themselves as bad connections, poor rendering, slow responses, and dropped connections. The Apple design looks cool, but I don’t need it. I’ve always known CarPlay might be a temporary tech.

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