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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

Green Car Congress

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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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. My EV battery is warrantied for a minimum of 100K miles and eight years.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

Cars That Think

TITLE ‘Professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering MEMBER GRADE Fellow ALMA MATERS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ohio State University, Columbus But her engineering path eventually led her back to agriculture. The award is sponsored by Google. Then you are part of a community.”

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Toyota was the most searched auto brand in 2023, but Tesla still dominates EV queries

Baua Electric

What should come as no surprise to most people is that American automaker Tesla dominated Google Trends search data for EVs last year. to determine these comparisons, MarketWatch Guides put together its own study of the top searched automotive brands and their respective models using key Google data. Here’s how it was gathered.

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Announcing a Benchmark to Improve AI Safety

Cars That Think

All the parts of our computing systems today are benchmarked—that is, compared to similar components in a controlled way, with quantitative score assessments. Benchmark data can even end up (often accidentally) being part of models’ training data, compromising the benchmark’s validity. These benchmarks help drive innovation.

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2024 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Review - Not A Smart Time To Be Sexy Anyway

The Truth About Cars

Like it or not, electric vehicles are part of our world today. The infotainment is all Google based as in most Volvos, but it seems to have improved since the last time I’ve used it. Controls are a bit snappier than I’ve experienced in the past. If I’m buying a 2024 Polestar 2, I’m not choosing the Performance Pack.

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