Cars That Think

MARCH 30, 2025

Robert Wachter, chair of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Poor EHR system usability results in laborious and low-value data entry, obstacles to face-to-face patient communication, and information overload, where clinicians have to wade through an excess of irrelevant data when treating a patient.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

has successfully met and supported the launch of the San Francisco Green Zone requirement, using New Flyer Connect to execute GPS-triggered (geofencing) functionality with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and BAE Systems PLC (BAE). New Flyer of America Inc.

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JULY 16, 2021

Audi is extending its Traffic Light Information (TLI) coverage to Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Audi first brought Traffic Light Information (TLI) to production vehicles in 2016, with just a handful of connected signals. TLI works through an LTE signal that comes with an Audi connect PRIME or PLUS subscription.

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MAY 9, 2019

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

What MyCityWay provides through DriveNow is the ability to connect the dots on their daily needs across various verticals, access to real-time information and a personalized view of a driver’s surroundings – all of which are key to the consumer experience. DriveNow is a premium car sharing service launched by BMW is San Francisco last summer.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

Uber is expanding its self-driving pilot to San Francisco, California, using specially-converted self-driving Volvo XC90 premium SUVs. These cars will drive around the streets of San Francisco autonomously, but as part of the pilot program they will at all times have an Uber technician on board to supervise the car’s operation.

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Teslarati

JUNE 25, 2024

Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company owned by Google parent company Alphabet, has opened its Waymo One services to the public in San Francisco. Waymo announced that Waymo One is now available to anyone in San Francisco, California, as shared in a press release on Tuesday.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

The concept of intermodal routing is enhanced by the DriveNow package available in Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin and San Francisco. There are currently 14 ParkNow stations installed in and around San Francisco. —Martin Hauschild, Head of Traffic Technology and Traffic Management at the BMW Group. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Audi is committed to moving America in many ways, including through the development of industry-leading connectivity and mobility solutions. San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. This “time-to-green” information helps reduce stress by letting the driver know approximately how much time remains before the light changes.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The rule requires container, passenger and refrigerated cargo ships to reduce emissions while docked at California’s busiest ports, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Hueneme, San Francisco and San Diego. CARB’s investigation revealed that from 2017 to 2018, Mitsui O.S.K.

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MARCH 20, 2022

An eSIM, or embedded SIM is a SIM card built into in a mobile device—cell phone, tablet, smartwatch—that allows connectivity to a cellular network without a physical, removable SIM card. The feature is being piloted in three cities in California: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

The system’s light weight and reduced number of connections help to make the most of its power and paves the way for buses to travel longer distances on a single charge. BAE Systems has more than 10,000 electric-hybrid systems in service around the globe including major cities such as Paris, London, New York, and San Francisco.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The inverter controls the electric motor and provides the connection to the high-voltage battery. tons, this ensures superior driving performance in every situation—including in hilly cities such as Tokyo, Rome, or San Francisco. Even at a vehicle weight of 8.5

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AUGUST 14, 2023

With California having approved the contentious expansion of driverless robotaxis operating in San Francisco , autonomous test vehicles showed their readiness by stalling themselves in the middle of town. Cruise has said it plans eventually to deploy thousands of robotaxis in San Francisco.

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JUNE 13, 2021

A DeepMap map in San Jose, Calif., depicting highly detailed features of the road and surrounding city block environment, including a reliable semantic layer of information with key attributes such as navigable boundaries, lane boundaries, crosswalks, traffic signs and traffic signals, explicit and implicit yield lines, and lane connectivity.

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JULY 6, 2017

Initially, the service is available in Germany (Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart), and in the US (Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.). —Joe Berry, vice president and general manager of automotive at INRIX.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

The new Ford lab will be located in the San Francisco Bay area of California and will serve as a hub for independent technology projects and identification of new research investments and partners located along the west coast. and Ford employees working with connectivity platform partner Microsoft Corp. in Redmond, Wash.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Barra said that GM believes the future of personal mobility will be driven by the convergence of electrification, autonomous vehicles, and connectivity and shared mobility services. According to Barra, customers do not just appreciate connected vehicles, they demand them. China is playing a key role in the company’s strategy.

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APRIL 10, 2012

Coulomb’s ChargePoint America program provides approximately 4,500 charging stations to program participants in ten regions in the United States: Austin/San Antonio, Texas, Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando/Tampa, Sacramento, Calif., San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Redmond/Bellevue, Wash.,

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Through its Cycle 1 California ZEV Investment Plan, Electrify America is developing a network of electric vehicle charging stations along highly traveled highways and in six California metropolitan areas which include Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose. Montebello Plaza, 2401 W.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The five research projects will launch in partnership with George Mason University, Rockville Institute, University of Washington, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, and San Francisco State University. San Francisco State University.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

—Florian Neukart, Principal Scientist at Volkswagen’s CODE Lab in San Francisco. Public transport organizations and taxi companies in large cities are highly interested in managing their fleets efficiently. Our quantum-optimized traffic management system could help make that a reality. Volkswagen and quantum computing.

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JANUARY 5, 2019

The Midwest covers a large geographic area consisting of many semi-connected markets. West Coast (Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle). Of the 10 cities for which EIA collects data, retail gasoline prices in San Francisco were the highest for all but the first 14 weeks of 2018, when prices were highest in Los Angeles.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

San Francisco and Los Angeles) that are less than about 1500 km or 900 miles apart. Maintain the capsule at 300 mph (480 km/h) as necessary, including during ascents over the mountains surrounding Los Angeles and San Francisco. For longer distances, Musk suggests, quiet supersonic air travel would be faster and cheaper.).

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

San Mateo County Transit (SamTrans) in California has awarded New Flyer of America, a subsidiary of NFI Group, a contract for seven next-generation battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE NG forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses. million bus rides annually on 70 bus routes. —Chris Stoddart, President, North American Bus and Coach.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, and Fincantieri, the Italian merchant and naval shipbuilder, have signed an agreement to collaborate on the construction, marketing and supply of high-voltage shore connection (HVSC) systems to provide electricity to vessels in port. Diagram of HVSC system. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 24, 2014

The chargers will be powered by a 10kW solar PV system that will be connected to a 30 kWh lithium-ion storage battery with bi-directional DC-AC charger that will provide a V2G interface. million in grant agreements for 28 hydrogen refueling stations and one mobile refueler were awarded: FirstElement Fuel, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The 19 launch markets include: Atlanta, Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Orlando, Fla., Availability of the Focus Electric will expand next year to the remaining 15 launch markets as production ramps up. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.;

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AUGUST 2, 2019

Electrify America announced an agreement with San Francisco-based electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging company Stable Auto to deploy robotic charging solutions for self-driving vehicles in a pilot demonstration site in San Francisco, as both companies develop infrastructure solutions needed to deploy self-driving and electric vehicle fleets.

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MAY 18, 2010

OnStar is leveraging Google technology to develop a number of new mobile application features to provide Volt customers with the most connected vehicle experience possible. A new “navigation” tab has been added to the home screen of the existing Chevrolet Volt mobile app on the Android smartphone. Chris Preuss, OnStar president.

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APRIL 2, 2009

Relevant plug-in vehicles that drive customer demand and are connected; Enabling technologies like advanced batteries and sophisticated software controls; A capable/green grid; and, Plug-in ready communities with supporting policies. Bookmark this post and return to it tomorrow if you wish to participate, the viewer is at the bottom.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Ford has opened its new Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto, growing its global research team and accelerating the company’s work in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience and big data. Autonomous driving Behavior Big Data Connected vehicles Research Urban mobility V2X Vehicle Manufacturers'

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JUNE 4, 2021

—twice the speed of today’s fastest airliners—at 60,000 feeet, Overture can connect more than 500 destinations in nearly half the time. Among the many future potential routes for United are Newark to London in just three and a half hours, Newark to Frankfurt in four hours and San Francisco to Tokyo in just six hours.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Blink Charging also offers connectivity to the Blink Network, a cloud-based platform that operates, manages and tracks Blink EV charging stations and all associated data. was established in 2017 with offices in Santa Monica, San Francisco and Detroit. The US subsidiary of Hubject, Inc.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

Audi this week demonstrated some of the early concept results of the Audi Urban Intelligent Assist (AUIA) project to media in San Francisco. Autonomous driving Connected vehicles Driver Assistance Systems Urban mobility' Earlier post.). —Mario Tippelhofer, Senior Software Engineer, ERL.

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JULY 30, 2013

The top five most active regions for charge station searches are San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and the northeast corridor. Behavior Connected vehicles Driver Assistance Systems Hybrids Plug-ins' About 180,000 charge stations are located daily through MyFord Mobile. Noon to 2 p.m.

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JULY 18, 2025

. — A recent poll from Politico California and UC Berkeley’s Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research shows 67% of registered California voters, including 82% of Democrats, support the continued construction of the 500-mile bullet train project connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco — an increase of more than.

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