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Hologram-in-a-Box Can Teleport You Anywhere

Cars That Think

In both cases, a person in a studio—the presenter—can appear in full-size, lifelike 3D form and interact with people anywhere in the world where one or more booths are hooked up to the companies' networks via the internet. ARHT Media , based in Toronto, Canada, and PORTL Inc., The feed to get online can be Wi-Fi, 5G or Ethernet.

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Toyota unveils Driver Awareness Research Vehicle

Green Car Congress

DAR-V’s personalized information display on the side window. Utilizing Microsoft technologies such as Kinect, the interactive systems integrated into the design of the vehicle display important, highly personalized information on the side window when the driver approaches the car. Click to enlarge. They build bonds with them.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

She outlines the variety of choices available in a white paper. The stated goal is to experiment in autonomous on-demand vehicles, hedging the reduction in vehicle sales caused by ride sharing by making GM the preferred vehicle provider for Lyft drivers and integrating connectivity tools like OnStar.

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Demand Charges: The Secret Cost to EV Charging

EV Connect

The next highest daily consumption goes to the water heater in a four-person household, which uses about 10 kilowatts a day. In fact, the Great Plains Institute white paper cited above concluded that, for property owners that suffer demand charges, it can be extremely difficult to turn a profit on EV chargers if you have level 3 chargers.