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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

I didn’t know that word, honestly,” (presumably referring to the word “mayday.”) “And I just heard it freaking coming on that he lost his rudder, that he needed pumps.” Stillwell asked if they had heard the call. “I I was putting my gloves and everything on the rack,” Libby told him. “I I heard it. Both men denied making the call.

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EV charging is changing, Part 1: How automakers’ disappointment in Electrify America drove them into Tesla’s arms

Charged EVs

Part 2: No, NACS is not today’s Tesla connector Part 3: Why Tesla’s NACS is unlikely to kill CCS Part 4: Behind the scenes as seven automakers counter Tesla’s Superchargers EV charging is changing, but much remains to be settled A flurry of news over less than a year permanently altered the US landscape for EV charging.

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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

These messages could include references to images found on public websites. The process of image reconstruction—involving image editing on the part of the reconstructor and text-based commands and links from the describer—proceeded until the describer deemed the reconstruction satisfactory.

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Tesla trademarks ‘Robobus’ and ‘Robotaxi’

Baua Electric

Prior to the event, CEO Elon Musk referred to it as both ‘Cybercab’ and ‘Robotaxi’. Tesla only has a very short web page about the new vehicle (and Robovan) on its website and it refers to them as ‘Robotaxi’ and ‘Robovan’: During the event, Musk repeatedly referred to the ‘Robovan’ as “ruh-BO-vin”.

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Luminar and Volvo Cars release of comprehensive lidar dataset; 250m range

Green Car Congress

All images have gone through an anonymization process blurring faces and license plates to eliminate personally identifiable information. This is reflected in the dataset, which also includes uniform lidar data and corresponding camera images, and annotations for reference.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLVII)

The Truth About Cars

When the Mark VIII debuted for the 1993 model year with a daring and sleek new body and an interior to match , it was indicative of the forward-looking, modern direction of Lincoln’s personal luxury coupe. For reference, this figure was bested by the Eldorado Touring Coupe (ETC) which managed the feat in 7.2 seconds.

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Toyota hints at its latest plans for upcoming ICE vehicles

Teslarati

Toyota has made its latest statements doubling down on plans to develop new vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE), along with continued focus on part-hydrogen-powered options. One person familiar with the matter told the Financial Times that they’ll first be used in hybrid vehicles, before later being put in plugin hybrids.

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