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Opinion: GM Shouldn’t Kill Apple CarPlay, Android Auto

The Truth About Cars

Tim Babbitt, GM's head of product for infotainment, said the following to MT: “CarPlay and Android Auto have stability issues that manifest themselves as bad connections, poor rendering, slow responses, and dropped connections. You can start to see GM's frustration. Yeah, I have similar feelings here.

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IEEE’s Honor Society Expands to More Countries

Cars That Think

Among them are 23 former IEEE presidents as well as a who’s who of engineering leaders and technology pioneers including GM Chief Executive Mary Barra , Google founding CEO Larry Page , and Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su. Mentorship and networking opportunities IEEE-HKN’s mentoring program connects recent graduates with alumni.

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More Than 1,800 EV chargers installed under Recovery Act

Green Car Congress

Secretary Chu made the announcement at an event today in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California, where he was joined by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Coulomb Technologies founder and Chief Technology Officer Richard Lowenthal. Additionally, DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is joining with Google Inc.

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News: 2025 Cadillac Optiq EV

Clean Fleet Report

A simple push of a button connects to a friendly representative to handle emergencies, directions and general assistance to make your driving experience safer and more enjoyable. Our take, after seeing it up close at the reveal event, is it should feel right to first-time electric vehicle buyers. kW – 55 miles per hour w/19.2

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Flash Drive: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST

Clean Fleet Report

The Silverado gets electric motivation Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity recently to drive the Silverado EV RST at an automotive media event in Detroit, Michigan. Through the GM Energy V2H Bundle, once installed, the bi-directional power flow can charge the Silverado EV and also take power from the Silverado into a home or other EV.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Feet, pedals and electric motors only will make for a much more pleasant and greener event. Google Guys Th!nk Their Rechargeit.org campaign really makes the connections between renewable power and plug-in cars. A number of websites ( webpronews.com , pandia.com ) are reporting that Google may be getting more involved with Th!nk

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The Future @ Smart Garage

Revenge of the Electric Car

The list of invitees was pretty impressive with representation from, “auto manufacturers like Nissan and GM, utilities such as PG&E and Duke Energy, IBM, P&G, Wal-Mart and Google, among many others&#. Tags: EV Events Inside Track Rocky Mountain Institute. Amory Lovins. Important Developments.

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