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Toyota and Google Cloud partner to bring AI-powered speech services to Toyota and Lexus vehicles without the cloud

Green Car Congress

Toyota and Google Cloud announced an expanded partnership that brings together Toyota and Lexus next-generation audio multimedia systems and Google Cloud’s AI-based speech services. —Umesh Vemuri VP, Global Strategic Customers & Industries, Google Cloud.

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How to use Google Maps to find EV charging stations near you – ET Auto

Baua Electric

This new functionality on Google Maps aims to facilitate the transition to electric vehicles and promote a greener environment. To address this issue, Google has introduced an update to its Maps feature. This setting allows Google Maps to display charging stations on the active maps, similar to how it shows gas stations.

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Volvo Cars in strategic partnership with Google to build Android into next generation connected cars

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars announced a “close” partnership with Google to develop the next generation of in-car infotainment and connectivity solution based on Android, offering access to a wide array of apps and services. We are making an important strategic step with the Google partnership. It will launch on new Volvo models within two years.

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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It

Creative Greenius

Detroit is an unprecedented opportunity to use the tremendous assets already in place to reimagine and reinvent its post-industrial future and address the great challenge of the 21st century – no, it’s not dealing with deficits or pension obligations, it’s adapting to climate change and building a sustainable society.

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How Do Automakers Handle Politics?

The Truth About Cars

As regular readers know, the regulatory side of the automotive industry is hugely important. Not just to those employed in the industry (or in industry-adjacent jobs, like mine) but also to the car-buying public. You can find our podcasts at these links:& Spotify , Apple , Google , Amazon , and iHeart Radio.

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NVIDIA to acquire DeepMap, enhancing mapping solutions for AVs

Green Car Congress

DeepMap was founded five years ago by James Wu and Mark Wheeler, veterans of Google, Apple and Baidu, among other companies. The US-based company has developed a high-definition mapping solution that meets these requirements and has already been validated by the AV industry with a wide array of potential customers around the world.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

Cars That Think

Every time you use your voice to generate a message on a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone or activate a Google Home device, you’re using tools Chanwoo Kim helped develop. Friends of his who were working on such projects at Google in Mountain View, Calif., Kim saw a role for his expertise in the endeavor—he has a Ph.D.

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