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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It

Creative Greenius

I went to Detroit last month and found myself in neighborhoods that looked like they had been attacked by enemy forces, had lost their battle and had now surrendered and in most part been abandoned. No this is a job for the company I’ve long been a stockholder of – Google. photo by Galliani (c). Communications.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands-free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others. for hand-held calls and 2.3

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Researchers use Google Street View cars for high-resolution air pollution mapping

Green Car Congress

The team equipped two Google Street View vehicles with the fast-response Aclima Ei measurement and data acquisition platform and repeatedly sampled every street in a 30-km 2 area of Oakland, CA, over the course of a year, developing the largest urban air quality data set of its type. —Apte et al. —Joshua Apte.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Uber’s also in the process of adding transit connection information to its app as it strives to become a one-stop mobility information service. Investors in RelayRides included Google Ventures and GM Ventures. RelayRides enables personal car sharing with web listings, $1 million liability insurance, and GM OnStar support.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

Polestar and Google All Polestar vehicles have Google Built-In , but now the technology will have enhanced features. New functions allow for planning trips on Google Maps for Android or Apple iOS and in-car browsing with Google Chrome. Timing: $500 refundable deposits are being taken with no delivery date announced.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

In an email obtained through a federal Freedom of Information Act request, the lead investigator wrote Singh, “We are currently working a possible Search and Rescue Hoax in Maine and were wondering if you could compare the voice in the MP3 file with the voice making the radio calls in the WAV files?”

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How Government Incentives Help Convenience Stores Install Electric Vehicle Chargers

Blink Charging

1 million publicly accessible Level 2 charging ports at locations that include high-density neighborhoods, office buildings, and retail outlets. Through the RFID reader, drivers can also pay via Apple Pay and Google Pay. kW of electricity.

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