Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Volkswagen Group and Google will partner on research in the field of quantum computing. As part of this collaboration, a team of specialists from Volkswagen and Google will work together using a Google quantum computer. Volkswagen Group IT wants to make progress in three development areas on the Google quantum computer.

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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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EV Central

JULY 5, 2023

I have an almost disturbing and possibly dangerous love of speed – skiing, driving, roller coasters; the faster it is the more alive I feel – so it came as a slightly embarrassing surprise to find myself properly, squealingly scared at the sedate pace of 30km/h in my self-driving robo-taxi. Because America.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2019

—Abdallah Shanti, Global CIO Volkswagen Brand and CIO Region Americas. —Thomas Bartol, senior vice president of Information Technology and Services for Volkswagen Group of America. In the future, Volkswagen plans to develop its traffic optimization system to market maturity. We can significantly reduce travel time.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The extension included investments from Tony Fadell’s Future Shape and other private investors. Stage 1 Ventures led the first tranche of $34 million with participation from Air Waves Wireless Electricity and a strategic investment by Mitsubishi Corporation through its US subsidiary, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas).

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Baua Electric

MAY 22, 2024

At that time, Gravity was already teasing plans to open the “only true fast-charging site in Manhattan” to support the taxis and local EV owners. This technology caught the eye of Google Ventures (GV), which led to a successful seed funding round for an undisclosed amount a month later.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Different types of non-ownership alternatives promise to be the way of the future. Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car. It is now owned by Stellantis.

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