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When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

Cars That Think

The next great chatbot will run at lighting speed on your laptop PC—no Internet connection required. Personalized, private AI so seamless you might forget it’s “AI” at all. The most capable AI models today lean heavily on data centers packed with expensive AI hardware that users must access over a reliable Internet connection.

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Robert Bosch Venture Capital invests in DeepMap; HD mapping for autonomous vehicles with centimeter-level real-time localization

Green Car Congress

Instead of owning and operating expensive survey fleets, data can be collected from the customer’s autonomous vehicles deployed in the field. DeepMap has assembled a 75-person team with extensive experience at launching maps at massive scale. —James Wu, CEO and Co-Founder of DeepMap.

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Volkswagen Group in strategic collaboration with self-driving technology startup Aurora Innovation; Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) fleets

Green Car Congress

The Volkswagen Group and self-driving technology startup Aurora Innovation, founded by technology veterans from Google, Tesla and Uber, announced a strategic collaboration ahead of the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Self-driving technology is set to become the centerpiece of future personal mobility.

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Honda begins deliveries of 2013 Fit EV; first unit to City of Torrance

Green Car Congress

Honda and the city will continue to further these initiatives while also studying local government fleet usage of an electrified vehicle. Equipped with a 20 kWh lithium-ion battery and 92 kW coaxial electric motor, the Fit EV battery can be fully recharged in as little as 3 hours when connected to a 240-volt circuit.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. Advanced technology, prototype vehicles, and business plans are being developed by Google, car sharing services like Car2Go (Daimler), Uber, automakers, network providers, software and technology suppliers.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car.

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A Waymo robotaxi hit a cyclist in San Francisco – here’s what happened

Baua Electric

The company already has a large fleet of robotaxis in San Francisco, which can be ordered and paid for via its app, and hopes to procure a license in Los Angeles to operate and expand its service. California, too, has made a prime location for the human-less fleet in that robotaxis are immune from receiving moving violations.