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5 Ways to Strengthen the AI Acquisition Process

Cars That Think

They are isolated environments where new concepts and simulations can be tested. Regulatory sandboxes are real-life testing environments for technologies and procedures that are not yet fully compliant with existing laws and regulations. councils bring requirements from their multi-layered regulatory environment.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

Vision Zero is a globally focused United Nations initiative designed to totally eliminate all traffic accidents by implementing comprehensive changes to the legal framework of traffic laws, the expansion of public transportation, and physically changing roadways to accommodate those modifications. But this is but a singular component.

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car2go to set up car-sharing service in Birmingham, UK

Green Car Congress

Birmingham will become the first home of car2go in the United Kingdom. The car2go vehicles will not be parked at fixed stations but can be located at any legal public parking space. —Councillor Timothy Huxtable, Cabinet Member for Transport, Environment and Regeneration.

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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

Green Car Congress

Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Log scale) Source: EEA.

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Monthly Myth: Autonomous driving is a pipe dream

Electric Auto Association

My brother Andy, who lives in the United Kingdom, is not alone in his view about autonomous driving: “What I find fascinating is how drivers get so excited about what Artificial Intelligence (AI) can do when they can do it perfectly well themselves. Today’s sensory technology can perceive the environment more effectively than humans.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

Green Car Congress

Navigant suggests that, since the automakers have already designed the vehicles that they will be selling in 2018, they will become more vocal in 2014 to push for changes; the firm expects the dispute to escalate, perhaps resulting in legal action. In October, California passed legislation committing to build 100 hydrogen stations by 2024.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

After several years of court battles and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees, Trek won that case, persuading the judge that his ThumbDrive was the first device ever designed to be plugged directly into a computer without the need for a cable. Moreover, the conclusion of Tan’s story suggests he is more antihero than hero.

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