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Tesla Model 3, Model X are Google’s Most Searched for EVs globally

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The Tesla Model 3 sedan and the Tesla Model X SUV are Google’s most searched for electric vehicles globally, according to new data from a price comparison website. The all-electric sedan dominated some of the most notable territories for electric cars, including North America, Europe, and Australia.

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Study using satellite data finds rate of urban growth much greater than previously thought

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The researchers used Landsat imagery to map annual changes in urban extent at a 30 m resolution for the period 1985 to 2015 on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. The expansion rates in Asia and North America substantially exceeded those of Europe (1,883 km 2 yr –1 ). —Liu et al.

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J.D. Power: quality takes a back seat to innovation as problems reach a record high

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PP100 gap exists between vehicles that have an Android Automotive OS without Google Automotive Services (51.1 General Motors Company’s plant in San Luis, Potosi, Mexico, which produces the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain, receives the Gold Plant Quality Award for North/South America.

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Ford and Volkswagen expand global collaboration to include EVs, invest in Argo AI

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In 2017, Ford announced it would invest $1 billion over five years in Argo AI—an artificial intelligence software startup founded by former Google and Uber leaders—to develop an SAE Level 4 virtual driver system for the automaker’s autonomous vehicle coming in 2021, and for potential license to other companies. Earlier post.).

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100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born

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From the 19th century, through the 20th, and into the 21st, IBM was there, making HP, Microsoft, and Apple appear more like children or grandchildren of the IT world; Facebook, Google, and Twitter/X more like great-grandchildren. The end of the war opened up Europe’s huge market, and smaller ones in South America and parts of Asia.

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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

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Through its Alphabet holding company , Google is also getting into the game with plans for a self-driving car. Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting is stepping onto Tesla’s playing field with its own electric car start-up, Faraday Future , and Apple is planning one too, by 2019.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

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"The coming transformation in the industry is clear and the bets are huge and will vary so much by region—the rate of EV and autonomy adoption in developed Western markets or China will be very different from that of say India or South America," says Andy Whydell, ZF's Vice President of Product Planning for Vehicle Systems.