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Firefly & Hyundai Motor America create pilot program to offer rideshare fleets & drivers new vehicles with bonus income up to $3,600/year

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Firefly, a fast-growing in-car and car-top mobility media company and a Google Ventures-backed startup, will collaborate with Hyundai in promoting its vehicles—including EVs—to rideshare fleets and drivers across key US cities.

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In 1989, General Magic Saw the Future of Smartphones

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Skeuomorphic design began to wane in the mid-2000s, as Microsoft, Google, and Apple embraced flat design. Small Data Industries ended up purchasing a second Envoy on eBay in order to deconstruct it, inspect the internal components, and reverse engineer how it worked. Gone were needless animation and 3D effects.

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Tesla hosts Thailand PM at Fremont Factory ahead of potential partnership

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Thailand has been pressing hard for Tesla to invest in its country and bring some capacity of its business to the region in an effort to encourage the use and purchase of electric vehicles. “Great discussion on the future collaborations on EV & Clean Energy. I] look forward to seeing more Tesla presence in our home country.”

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Is AI Training Outstripping Moore’s Law?

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In addition, Google , Intel , Nvidia and other established companies made their own similar amounts of internal investment (and sometimes acquisition). You can see the opposite with Habana Labs , which Intel purchased for about US $2 billion in 2019. Google’s contribution to this batch of benchmark scores was a bit unusual.

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Fisker opens reservations for Ocean SUV; cost starts as low as $379/month

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opened reservations for the Ocean electric luxury SUV, arriving in 2022, through its website and native mobile app—available globally on the App Store and Google Play store. The Fisker app offers a flexible lease program, maintenance and repair on demand, insurance purchase to easy finance options. Fisker Inc.

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Plugless: first wireless charger to provide 1 million charge hours for PEVs

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From 2012 to 2014 Plugless systems were rigorously testing in the field at more than a dozen “Apollo” trial partner sites – including installations at Google, Duke Energy, and Hertz. 1 st production wireless charger available for purchase by EV owners. 1 st 7.2kW wireless EV charger available for purchase.

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Waymo expanding autonomous driving tests to include freeways

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Waymo, the self-driving unit from Google parent company Alphabet, is set to expand its autonomous vehicle testing to include select freeways in Arizona. Tesla is another company testing an early, semi-autonomous driving system with its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta , which can be operated by users who purchase the add-on.

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