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An imperfect guide: How much can we rely on GPS?  | Autocar Professional

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While three of the occupants managed to escape the sinking car, Advaith, who was behind the wheel, Asif and a co-passenger tragically lost their lives. The development came just days after a North Carolina-based family in late September took legal action against technology giant Google.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

Advanced technology, prototype vehicles, and business plans are being developed by Google, car sharing services like Car2Go (Daimler), Uber, automakers, network providers, software and technology suppliers. My test parallel park of Ford Escape was a breeze when the SUV parked itself. Features are paving the way to self-driving cars.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

Cars That Think

Emblematic of the hope, faith, perseverance, and drive to overcome systemic legal and social barriers the song encapsulates is the life of self-taught technical genius Lewis H. Both parents were fugitives, having finally escaped enslavement in Virginia after several unsuccessful attempts. on 4 September 1848.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Both Toyota and Ford are now producing a few prototype conversions of their own Priuses and Escapes for research purposes.)

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

America needs much smaller cars for many more people so that we can escape the clutches of the loathsome oil interests. If a go-cart cant legally drive there, then this thing wont be able to either. Topics: Deals and investments , Transportation Tags: GM , Segway , city transportation , 2009 New York auto show Share: Digg Del.icio.us

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