Amie DD (YouTube) Something tells me that Elon Musk is very proud of software engineer Amie DD. The guy who has made it possible for monkeys to control computers with their minds certainly has to appreciate the biohacking job she did with with her Tesla Mode…
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Month: August 2019
Audi’s E-Tron becomes the first EV to win top safety award
The IIHS pointed to the E-Tron’s ratings in crash evaluations as well as its front crash prevention features as its reasons for recognizing the Audi. In front collision tests, the vehicle was able to avoid a crash at 25 mph and to reduce its speed by 11mph in…
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Audi e-tron becomes the first all-electric vehicle to earn IIHS top safety rating
The 2019 Audi e-tron has become the first battery-electric vehicle to earn a top safety rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an achievement that Tesla and other electric models like the Chevy Bolt have not been able to capture. Scoring an …
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Cruise is now focused on marketing — here’s why that’s a good sign for the robo-taxi service (GM)
In business, being the first to market with a new product or technology can be both a boon and a curse. The “first-mover” advantage is well documented. But although the Ford Motor Co. successfully created a mass market for automobiles in the early 20th centur…
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The Pull of Andrew Yang’s Pessimism
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa—The Best Western Holiday Lodge off Route 18 in northern Iowa feels like the right place to talk about how maybe it’s too late. Accept it, deal with it, Andrew Yang tells me, but try to make the best of it, and maybe we’ll even get somewhere d…
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