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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

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Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. Google believes that a future state with having computers drive cars can “ remove a gigantic chunk ” of the US fatalities.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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“The networks couldn’t be changed and couldn’t know that they were part of the Internet, because they already existed,” Cerf recalls recently in an interview at his office at Google, in Reston, Va. arranged a visit to a Semi-Automatic Ground Environment computer center. Those were the constraints of the problem,” he says.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

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In the US program, the city of Torrance, California along with Stanford University and Google Inc., The Saitama program will focus on motorcycles, automobiles and power products. In addition to Japan and the United States, Honda is considering the possibility of conducting a similar program in China. Click to enlarge.

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Visiting PURE EV factory | Startup Showcase | ETryst electric motorcycle first look

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ETryst Electric Motorcycle The high point of the visit was testing out their motorcycle - the ETryst. In conventional ICE motorcycles you have the tank which goes down on both sides of a central frame element. They are spending money on Google Ad words, FB and Instagram. That’s more suited for his height.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

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For example, there is a pedal-powered hybrid electric motorcycle developed by E-Rockit. It might be a successful business if you could start an electric scooter rental service in tourist places where people are more concerned about the environment. The Google search drives the lion’s share of traffic to the blog.