Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

Over the past year, Google has shifted the focus of its autonomous vehicle project onto mastering city street driving, according to Chris Urmson, Director, Google Self-Driving Car Project. Google says that its autonomous vehicles have logged nearly 700,000 autonomous miles (1.13 —Chris Urmson. Title and description.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2011

The CAFE Foundation announced that Google will sponsor the NASA Centennial Challenge flight competition known as the Green Flight Challenge (GFC). Competing aircraft must demonstrate at least 100 mph and 200 passenger mpg on a 200-mile flight. Schulz Sonoma County (California) Airport.

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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. We’re not perfect; the technology is nowhere near ready. by Bill Cooke. —Anthony Levandowski. Approximately 1.5

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Teslarati

JULY 21, 2022

During his opening remarks at Tesla’s second-quarter 2022 earnings call, Elon Musk revealed that the company’s FSD Beta fleet has driven over 35 million miles. That’s a staggering number of miles driven mainly with autonomous driving technology. We’ve now driven over 35 million miles with FSD Beta.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2021

Super Cruise is the first true hands-free driver-assistance technology allowing drivers to travel hands-free on more than 200,000 miles of compatible roads across the US and Canada. The technology can indicate when a lane change is optimal and initiate the maneuver, while following signaling protocols. Automatic lane change.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 5, 2023

Polestar vehicles will utilize Google’s latest in-car tech, and the new additions will be showcased by the tech company at CES 2023 this week in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, owners of the Polestar 2 can remotely control their car by using a Google Assistant-enabled device. ” [link]. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

Improved cooling, friction and combustion technologies ensure maximum fuel efficiency, and Niro HEV returns a targeted 53 mpg combined and an estimated driving range of 588 miles. Targeted AER for the Niro EV is 253 miles. The Niro HEV features a 1.6-liter The Niro PHEV pairs the 1.6-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Working with collaborators at the University of Michigan and Toyota Motor North America, the team is sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) as part of its Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) program. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 2, 2012

If you mention internet giant Google and "electric car" in the same sentence, it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that the company was working on a car of its own. After all, the company is well-known for its work on autonomous vehicles, with a technology-heavy Prius that's now driven thousands of miles with no human input.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

Ultimately, SpinLaunch’s Orbital Accelerator will accelerate a launch vehicle containing a satellite up to 5,000 miles per hour using a rotating carbon-fiber-arm within a 300-ft diameter steel vacuum chamber. The program is funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

Estimated range is 250 miles (402 km). Kona Electric estimated range is a segment-leading 250 miles (402 km), meeting the varying needs of owner lifestyles. Kona Electric offers a full suite of sophisticated technologies paired with user-friendly functionality to keep passengers informed and entertained. kVA per liter.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Polestar launched in 2017 with the Polestar 1—a low-volume Electric Performance Hybrid GT with 600 hp, 1,000 N·m and an electric-only range of 150 km (93 miles). Phone-as-Key technology enables car sharing and a more integrated ownership experience, as well as Polestar’s connected services such as pick-up and delivery.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2021

The electric motors fitted in the BMW iX xDrive50 and BMW iX xDrive40 are—like the power electronics, charging technology and high-voltage batteries—the product of fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology. Its range is in excess of 400 kilometers (249 miles) and consumption less than 20.0 kWh per 100 kilometers. (All

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2022

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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Teslarati

JUNE 9, 2023

to help support the production of the company’s 4680 cell technology. is located just three miles from the Fremont Factory. Credit: Google Maps It is also just across the street from its Kato Road facility, which has been widely recognized as the plant most responsible for 4680 cell production.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2019

Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on improving transportation for all people by building the world’s most experienced driver. To date, Waymo has driven more than 10 million miles autonomously on public roads across 25 US cities and completed more than 7 billion miles of simulation testing.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Interior changes are more notable, though they mainly focus on the car’s technology. Like other GM brands, Cadillac shifted to Google built-in, which brings Google Assistant, Maps, the Play Store, and more.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2016

For the longer term, Toyota believes artificial intelligence and robotics offers the significant potential not only to support future industrial technologies but to create an entirely new mobility industry. Up to now, our industry has measured on-road reliability of autonomous vehicles, in the millions of miles, which is impressive.

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2024

“Supervised autonomous driving is a critical validation phase prior to driverless deployment and builds on our extensive work in simulation, closed-course driving, and more than 5 million driverless miles previously driven by our fleet to ensure safe performance on real-world roads and driving scenarios.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The winning aircraft had to fly 200 miles (322 km) in less than two hours and use less than one gallon of fuel per occupant, or the equivalent in electricity. Two years ago the thought of flying 200 miles at 100 mph in an electric aircraft was pure science fiction. Earlier post. ) The first place Green Flight Challenge prize of $1.35

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2015

kWh lithium polymer battery pack—roughly five times larger than the Sonata Hybrid’s battery—and is expected to travel up to 22 miles (35 km) on electric power alone. Plus, users can search for points of interest using Google with voice or text and have the directions when they start their Sonata PHEV.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2018

Jaguar Land Rover and Waymo (formerly Google self-driving car project) will work together to design and engineer self-driving Jaguar I-PACE vehicles. Waymo Jaguar I-PACEs, equipped with Waymo’s self-driving technology, will start testing later this year. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Apple has ramped up its self-driving car testing and has logged over 450,000 miles of autonomous driving in the US from December 2022 to November 2023. Meanwhile, Google’s Waymo drove 3.7 million testing miles in California with a safety driver behind the wheel and 1.2 million testing miles with no one behind the wheel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2015

The researchers discovered the residual effects of mental distraction while comparing new hands-free technologies in ten 2015 vehicles and three types of smartphones. The voice-command technology isn’t ready. Google Now rated highly distracting (3.0, It’s better not to use them when you are driving. —David Strayer.

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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. Riding on 24-inch wheels, the SUV has air suspension, a 450-mile range, and eye-popping specs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

From September 25 through October 1, electric and hybrid-powered aircraft teams will compete for the “ Green Flight Challenge (GFC) sponsored by Google ” at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport. A total purse of $1,650,000, funded by NASA, will be awarded.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Google is testing a self-driving car and has so far clocked up a total of 140,000 miles of driving without human intervention. Tags: Green credentials cameras DARPA Challenge driver-less Google prius trials. According [.]. According [.].

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Teslarati

APRIL 16, 2021

He co-founded Aurora in 2017 to develop self-driving technology and has been involved with projects related to autonomy for over 15 years. Urmson also was the head of Google’s self-driving project for almost eight years before leaving in 2016, but his work required him to build the code that powered Google’s autonomous software.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

The development came just days after a North Carolina-based family in late September took legal action against technology giant Google. The lawsuit alleges that Google was fully aware of a collapsed bridge along Paxson's intended route but failed to update its navigation system accordingly. ."

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Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2024

Waymo, the self-driving unit from Google parent company Alphabet, is set to expand its autonomous vehicle testing to include select freeways in Arizona. The autonomous ride-hailing company also says it plans to work closely with public safety officials on best practices, along with teaching them about Waymo’s technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2013

The first license went to Google; in December 2012, the state also awarded a testing license to automotive supplier Continental. In this way, the technology is similar to auto-pilot systems found on jetliners. mile Pikes Peak circuit in 27 minutes. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. The technology has gotten better and many of the elements of self-driving cars are already embedded into our current automobiles. Lux estimates ADAS revenue growing from $2.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2017

The electric school buses support a battery capacity of 85 or 106 kWh, with a range of 68 to 85 miles. The 150 kW electric motor delivers 1,200 N·m of torque (885 lb-ft). Top speed for the bus is 60 mph.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The 48-amp Ford Connected Charge Station can fully power a vehicle overnight, adding an estimated average range of 32 miles per charging hour. The program will go live in 2020 and all functionality will fall within the existing FordPass mobile app, which has been integrated with the Greenlots open standard technology platform.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

In electric mode, the A3 Sportback e-tron has a range of about 50 km (31 miles). With 4G/LTE technology in the Audi A3, customers will be able to connect with a network capable of supporting data rates of up to 150 Mbit/s downstream and considerably faster response times. The Audi A3 Sportback e-tron uses a parallel hybrid design.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The Sonata Hybrid’s total range is estimated at more than 650 miles under typical driving conditions. kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack—more than five times larger than the Sonata Hybrid’s battery—gives the Sonata Plug-in Hybrid an EPA-estimated all-electric range of up to 27 miles (43.5 l/100 km) combined.

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