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Audi names vehicle networking strategy Audi connect; expanding functions in summer 2011

Green Car Congress

With Audi connect, the company is building on the foundation of a collaboration with Google that began in 2005. These connections make a wide array of useful applications possible, such as the unrestricted integration of Google Earth into the navigation system’s map display.

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AI Plays Key Role in EV Charger Deployment and More

Blink Charging

Michigan state officials have said the software has already recommended that eight new chargers be installed at several Kroger grocery store locations. In January 2021, Google introduced a then-new AI tool that helped drivers plan out routes based on the available public chargers between their starting points and their destinations.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. You would tell it where you want to go—and since this is a trip, you make several times a year, you would have it as a stored destination—and you would tell the car, okay, give me a route and the car will route you via DC fast chargers.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. You would tell it where you want to go—and since this is a trip, you make several times a year, you would have it as a stored destination—and you would tell the car, okay, give me a route and the car will route you via DC fast chargers.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

The amount, type and usefulness of the data poses unique challenges for automakers in deciding which data to store, how to store it, and where to store it. Data privacy , safety and security compliance issues intensify the challenges involved. EV start-ups disagree which is the best strategy to pursue as well.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several early models of passenger vehicles have enough energy stored in advanced batteries to power several homes for hours. Does it, in essence, come down to the fact that V2G takes advantage of battery storage that would exist anyway , as opposed to requiring batteries specifically for the purpose of storing night-time electricity?

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