Green Car Reports

MAY 21, 2014

While Google''s self-driving car program continues to make headlines, it''s hardly the only automotive project the company is involved in. Among the items in General Motors'' recently-released sustainability report is a ride-sharing pilot program to be conducted in partnership with the tech giant.

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2024

It also comes as other driverless ride-sharing companies face scrutiny, especially after one vehicle from General Motors’ (GM) self-driving company Cruise hit, dragged, and pinned a pedestrian who had been struck by another vehicle last year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2021

General Motors will introduce new Super Cruise capabilities on six model year 2022 vehicles in the first quarter of 2022. Super Cruise compatible roads will be displayed in the in-vehicle navigation systems for vehicles equipped with the embedded Google Maps app and show routes available for hands-free driving, during route selection.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Dr. Burns is the former Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Planning at General Motors ( earlier post ). He has also advised numerous companies—including Google Self-Driving Cars/Waymo for over a decade. in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), an M.S.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2024

Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company owned by Google parent company Alphabet, is now looking to begin testing in a number of new cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, following the company’s approval to expand gained earlier this year.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 26, 2023

General Motors has issued a stop-sale order for the all-electric Chevrolet Blazer. But General Motors claims it has teams working 24/7 to address the issue. But General Motors is already putting these vehicles on the road and reviewers have noticed Ultium products suffering more than usual.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 6, 2023

The automakers have partnered with General Motors, and Honda’s working with Sony on a separate car project. The 2024 ZDX rides on GM’s Ultium Platform and will feature Google built-in services. The setup brings Google Play features, Google Assistant, maps, and more. and the Acura ZDX is coming not long after.

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2024

General Motors (GM) self-driving unit Cruise has announced that it would start testing its autonomous vehicles on public roads in Phoenix, Arizona, as part of its efforts to get back into the driverless robotaxi business. This time around, however, Cruise’s robotaxis will be supervised.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 21, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The 2014 BMW i3 REx extended-range electric car gets an EPA-rated 39 mpg on gasoline, Nissan unveils New Orleans'' first public electric-car charging station, and Google and General Motors collaborate on a ride-sharing test. Google gets Chevrolet Spark EV electric cars for a.'

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 14, 2023

Here’s a Google Streetview image from that era. The place changed hands, as dealers tend to do, eventually switching to the Hyundai brand around the 2009 bankruptcy of General Motors, perhaps as part of Old GM’s culling of its dealer body in an effort to stave off annihilation and as part of its rebuilding process.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 27, 2023

Honda says their first volume electric vehicle, the Prologue, will play nicely with wireless Google built-in plus wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility. Why are we mentioning a seemingly trivial item?

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

is a partnership with Google. Integrating products like Google Maps and other purpose-built features will hopefully make phone integration better than ever. Volvo has already worked with Google on its in-car experience, and even entry-level brands like Toyota and General Motors have shown an aptitude for software investment.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Google), is nearing full autonomy approval in San Francisco. Thus far, only General Motors’ Cruise subsidiary has successfully acquired the permit, and Cruise’s process took months to complete after application. Waymo, an autonomous taxi service subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

—Julia Steyn, vice president, General Motors Urban Mobility and Maven. Interested drivers can download the Maven app for Apple in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store. Maven is excited to offer an all-electric fleet of shared vehicles for the gig economy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2013

RelayRides has raised more than $13 million in venture capital funding from investors including Google Ventures, August Capital, Shasta Ventures and General Motors Ventures. Rental reservation volume increased 500%, and active vehicle listings have grown 530% to include more than 500 unique makes and models of cars and trucks.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 6, 2016

This week Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced that the Silicon Valley giant would use the Detroit automaker's 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for its self-driving car research. Now, General Motors has said that the Lyft ride-sharing service, in which it invested half a.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

The contracts are being awarded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with a ceiling of $30 million for a five-year period, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at a maximum of $25 million during a five-year period. Hanowski will likewise head the new research.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The General Motors Co (MG) had also announced that it will use Qualcomm chips. Renault’s Megane E-Tech Electric will use Qualcomm chips to power the vehicle’s infotainment system using software from Alphabet Inc’s Google which is it’s one of the longtime p artners in the Android phone market.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

and General Motors (GM) announced their continued relationship to deliver digital cockpits, next-generation telematics systems and future advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to upcoming vehicles. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Task force member, advisor to Google and former Corporate Vice President for Research and Development at General Motors Larry Burns hailed the creation of a new “Automotive DNA,” through which cars are connected and driverless, offering consumers and businesses an entirely new and improved value proposition.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

General Motors’ OnStar subscribers can now rent out their idle vehicles through the RelayRides marketplace, leveraging OnStar connectivity already active in their vehicles ( Earlier post ), and with no need to hand over their keys. RelayRides reservation app. Click to enlarge. Challenges with access-based consumption.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 13, 2023

General Motors announced its intention to drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on its upcoming EVs earlier this year. Now we have a new piece out in Motor Trend in which the company explains in so many words that the decision is all about driver safety. Apps that are currently available in CarPlay and Android Auto.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Google Built-In is included to access updated apps in your vehicle, including Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Play. General Motors has announced a commitment to 30 new global electric vehicles by the year 2025. It also has a base price advantage compared to some of its European competitors.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 17, 2023

General Motors’ Cruise may be one of the first companies in the world to field driverless vehicles as part of a commercial endeavor. & Meanwhile, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has been looking into Cruise since August after one of its AVs ended up striking an emergency response vehicle.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

An executive express with hips like Sharika and devastatingly powerful electric motors is the simpleton’s choice for a list like this, especially when one deploys all of its 637 horses for a 3.0 It also has 40 miles of electric range and an updated Google-based infotainment system that is more responsive than before.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has suspended Cruise’s permit to operate driverless vehicles, citing public safety concerns. This represents a major victory for the Alphabet-owned Waymo, as it’s now the only company within the state that’s legally allowed to offer robotaxi services.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Coulomb Technologies, ECOtality, General Motors and others have been moving forward to install the charging stations as part of the Administration’s investments in US electric vehicle manufacturing and alternative vehicle infrastructure.

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Just as the excitement is growing over the first dealer deliveries of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and 2011 Nissan Leaf, eagle-eyed EV enthusiasts have spotted General Motor’s previous electric car on Google’s Street View.

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Green Cars News

MAY 18, 2010

OnStar is leveraging Google technology to develop a number of mobile application features for Volt customers including a new navigation tab. Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Chevrolet Volt Chevy Volt general motors Google technology OnStar range extended cars. This allows the Volt owner to see [.].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute also has been heavily involved with automated driving systems, teaming with automotive companies such as General Motors to study how drivers interact with varying stages of automated car technology, including parking systems and features that can halt or slow a car to avoid crash- or near-crash events.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

CCS is mainly used for several brands, including BMW, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, and Mazda electric vehicles. The leading app to find a charging station is, obviously, Google Maps, with new stations added daily. Tesla’s technology is widely available in the US, with 35,000+ Superchargers across the nation.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Over the last five years, much has been written about autonomous-car efforts from Apple and Google. Could these two massively successful Silicon Valley startups overturn the established order in the global auto industry? The answer remains to be seen, but this month brought news that both companies are restructuring their efforts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2015

The companies participating in the American Business Act on Climate Pledge launch include: Alcoa; Apple; Bank of America; Berkshire Hathaway Energy; Cargill; Coca-Cola; General Motors; Goldman Sachs; Google; Microsoft; Pepsi-Co; UPS; and WalMart. The companies making pledges as part of today’s launch represent more than $1.3

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EV Central

JULY 5, 2023

But it turns out there is one machine that becomes insanely frightening as soon as it exceeds walking speeds – a self-driving taxi, or AV (Autonomous Vehicle) as the cool folks in San Francisco, for whom they are already a way of life, refer to them.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. electric-car maker Tesla Motors plans to go public soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, amid growing interest in green technology and battery-powered vehicles. automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Waymo started off as google’s self-driving car project. The Cruise which is owned by General Motors has stated that it will begin accepting passengers soon. .” Onboard for technical and safety reasons. Before moving on about Waymo’s Trusted Tester program let’s establish a fair background about Waymo.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her leadership team outlined the company’s plans to capitalize on the future of personal mobility by owning the customer relationship beyond the vehicle, building upon nearly two decades of connectivity leadership. Using an app, drivers and riders were matched based on trip patterns and schedules.

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