Electrek

JULY 10, 2023

Earlier this year, GM announced its boneheaded decision to ditch CarPlay in all of its future EVs, opting for a partnership with Google instead. The company has received an incredible amount of backlash since that announcement, and unsurprisingly, GM dealerships are also none too happy about the move.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 Google and IEEE are emphasizing size reduction in their challenge, without targeting a specific application area such as automotive.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 13, 2023

GM invited us to San Diego to drive the new Chevy Blazer EV, Chevrolet’s first Ultium-based EV which is just hitting dealerships now – and to try its new Google-based UI, which it’s controversially replacing Apple CarPlay with. more… The post Chevy Blazer EV first drive – is it worth its $56k base price? appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

Audi, GM, Google, Honda, Hyundai and NVIDIA have formed the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA), a global alliance of technology and auto industry leaders committed to bringing the Android platform to cars starting in 2014. The OAA approach offers openness, customization and scale.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 17, 2023

GM is spending nearly $2 billion a year on Cruise but insists the business represents a "giant growth opportunity." In June, GM CEO Mary Barra reiterated a forecast that Cruise could generate $50 billion a year in annual revenue by 2030. Cruise’s main rival is Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet which likewise happens to own Google.

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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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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2024

On Tuesday, March 12, General Motors’ (GM) Executive Vice President of Software and Services, Mike Abbott, will step down from his position due to health reasons. [I] I] t’s with great disappointment to share that [I] ‘m stepping down from my role at GM.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

GM has launched the GM Innovation Challenge at four major universities, recruiting student teams to develop new uses for additive manufacturing (3D printing) and augmented reality (e.g., devices similar to Google Glass) in manufacturing. The GM Innovation Challenge formally kicks off the week of 6 Oct.

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2023

Abbott, 50, will start within the newly created function Would possibly 22, reporting to CEO Mary Barra, GM stated. Abbott’s rent comes in a while then GM stated its after electrical automobiles would no longer do business in Apple CarPlay or Android Auto smartphone connectivity.

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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. This stands in stark contrast to statements made earlier this year by GM about dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. "As

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

RelayRides is the first third-party developer to integrate with GM OnStar’s proprietary application program interface (API) that will be available to other developers later this summer. RelayRides is backed by more than $13 million in venture capital funding from investors including Google Ventures and GM Ventures.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 6, 2023

The fruits of the GM/Honda partnership are coming soon, as the Prologue EV will be Honda’s first in the U.S., 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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. GM application framework. GM will offer developers an SDK through an online portal at [link]. Ford Developer Program.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 16, 2017

Today, uncertainty over EPA emission testing, GM's electric-car goal, concern over the fate of more capable start-stop systems, and a 5-minute battery recharge? All this and more on Green Car Reports. Romania has doubled its electric-car purchase incentives; they're now more than $10,000 for a new car.

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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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

GM also said it plans to strengthen its core business through global growth initiatives and an aggressive product launch cadence, while continuing to focus on driving cost efficiencies. They also outlined alternative transportation initiatives GM is exploring. Autonomous Vehicle Deployment. Let’s Drive NYC. Car Sharing.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

China’s largest carmaker to cut thousands of jobs at its joint ventures with GM and Volkswagen It certainly looks like Tesla is about to unveil the Model 3 Ludicrous tonight Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Share your thoughts! Add Electrek to your Google News feed. Add Electrek to your Google News feed.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Like other GM brands, Cadillac shifted to Google built-in, which brings Google Assistant, Maps, the Play Store, and more. The automaker’s infotainment was already one of the easiest-to-use and most intuitive, and the shift to Google made the system even better.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2018

Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu, who most recently were Principal Engineers at Google’s self-driving car project (now Waymo), founded Nuro in 2016 to harness the power of robotics and artificial intelligence. Members of the team have won numerous world competitions, including DARPA Urban Challenge, DARPA Robotics Challenge, and ImageNet.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2014

Android Auto made its debut at the 2014 Google I/O annual technology conference in San Francisco as the first innovation resulting from the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA)—a coalition of tech companies and auto industry leaders launched in January by Google, NVIDIA, Audi, GM, Honda and Hyundai committed to bringing the Android platform to cars. (..)

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The race to build self-driving cars is heating up, with Google (Waymo), Tesla, Uber, Lyft, Ford, GM (Cruise), and others all vying to build the first reliable self-driving system. Now add Korean electronics giant Samsung to that list—with a twist. Its first client could be one of the major competitors in the business, Tesla.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Even worse is the fact that the Blazer EV uses the Ultium platform GM claims is about to underpin its future lineup. Considering how much GM has invested into Ultium as it pivots toward all-electric powertrains, this isn’t surprising. Images: GM] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Baua Electric

MAY 27, 2023

t’s been simply over a past since Common Motors introduced it might let fall Apple CarPlay compatibility in its unutilized electrical automobiles as a part of a bigger technique geared toward taking keep watch over of the infotainment gadget, and the life earnings GM believes lurk there simply ready to be mined.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2023

On the identical day, GM stated its later electrical automobiles would no longer do business in Apple CarPlay or Android Auto smartphone connectivity, because it rather plans to put into effect its personal embedded instrument answer, evolved with Google. “You look at the recent GM announcement to stop using Apple CarPlay.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 10, 2023

The hulking luxury family hauler has been around since the late 1990s and has become a showcase for the automaker’s technology and design prowess, but GM is going electric, and a three-ton V8-powered SUV doesn’t fit with that vision. The system uses a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs Google built-in.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these. GM CEO Mary Barra announced that in 2017 it will offer its Super Cruise advanced driver assistance technology on the Cadillac CTS and possibly other models.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

He has also advised numerous companies—including Google Self-Driving Cars/Waymo for over a decade. After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014).

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

I nearly closed all my Google Sheets and left the topic of US EV […]. I just published a report highlighting the fact that Tesla’s US sales have been growing as the overall auto market has tanked, and I also published one looking at companies’ EV share of auto sales (Tesla being at 100%, of course).

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 31, 2022

Last month GM Announced that Heat-Pump technology will be included in all of their current and future electric vehicles based on the Ultium-platform. The current product line of GM includes the Hummer EV, which is now being delivered, and the Cadillac Lyriq, which will be arriving in the coming years. GM’s Heat Pump Technology.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2010

OnStar is already one of the most handy features you can get in a GM vehicle but soon it will be even better thanks to a little help from Google. Together, the two will develop a number of new mobile app features that strengthen Chevrolet's commitment to providing Volt customers with the most connected vehicle experience possible.

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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

MAY 25, 2012

Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. —Allen Taub, former GM VP, Global R&D. In God we trust, everyone else brings data” —Google design philosophy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2013

The first 13 employers that have signed the Workplace Charging Pledge as Partners include: 3M, Chrysler Group, Duke Energy, Eli Lilly and Company, Ford, GE, GM, Google, Nissan, San Diego Gas & Electric, Siemens, Tesla, and Verizon.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2012

The company also recently announced an exclusive relationship that will allow millions of GM vehicle owners to leverage the OnStar system to rent out their idle cars through the RelayRides marketplace, with no additional hardware installation needed. RelayRides will use a key-exchange program—i.e.,

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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. It's the season of autonomous-car announcements, apparently.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2016

Toyota (Japan) is the overall global leader in autonomous automotive innovation, followed by Bosch (Germany), Denso (Japan), Hyundai (South Korea) and GM (US). Google ranks 19 th in the world in this area, followed by Ford at number 20. GM is the top innovator in Telematics, followed by Hyundai, Marvell (US), LG and Denso.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2015

With an all-new, hybrid powertrain that uses a slightly modified drive unit and electric motors used in the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, the Malibu Hybrid offers a GM-estimated 48 mpg city, 45 mpg highway, and 47 mpg combined (4.9, The 2016 Malibu is built at the GM Fairfax Assembly facility, in Kansas City, Kan.

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