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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

Green Car Congress

Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 Google and IEEE are emphasizing size reduction in their challenge, without targeting a specific application area such as automotive.

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IEEE’s Honor Society Expands to More Countries

Cars That Think

Among them are 23 former IEEE presidents as well as a who’s who of engineering leaders and technology pioneers including GM Chief Executive Mary Barra , Google founding CEO Larry Page , and Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su. IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu There’s also the HKN Career Conversations podcast , hosted by society alumni.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

You said then that you wanted an artificial general intelligence to exist—in fact, you said it had always been your personal motivation for working in robotics and AI. We see a person do something, and we know what else they can do, and we can make a judgement quickly. Or, how far can a person throw a Frisbee? Or 60,000 tokens.

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U-Mich Mobility Transformation Center targeting full autonomous vehicle deployment in Ann Arbor by 2021

Green Car Congress

Advances to the sensors, cameras and mapping technologies that would replace the person in the driver’s seat are coming from nearly every major auto company as well as Google and university researchers across the country, including U-M. Larry Burns, professor of practice at Michigan Engineering and former head of GM R&D.

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Toyota was the most searched auto brand in 2023, but Tesla still dominates EV queries

Baua Electric

What should come as no surprise to most people is that American automaker Tesla dominated Google Trends search data for EVs last year. Studying the most searched auto and EV brands online While EVs continue to dominate the global mobility conversation, there are still plenty of hurdles to overcome before we can truly reach mass adoption.

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Review: 2024 Acura ZDX Type S keeps first EV mostly on-brand

Baua Electric

Acura and GM engineers chose to package power electronics and charging equipment there instead, foregoing one of the benefits of an EV ‘skateboard’ platform. 2024 Acura ZDX will feature popular Google apps built in ZDX doesn’t omit CarPlay or Android Auto All models come with an 11.0-inch The large icons on the central 11.3-inch

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

I have built partnerships with major automakers such as GM and Nissan, home builders associations, fleet managers, charging companies, all of which could be leveraged for the development of additional EAA resources benefiting EAA chapters nationwide. Personally meeting Sandy Munro to exchange ideas of the future of BEVs.