Image: Ford Learning Machines are Upon Us One-size-fits-all is rarely optimal, and that goes for cars too. Engineers have to consider many tradeoffs when they tune a car’s drivetrain, and settings that work well in one condition usually don’t work as well in another… But that might be about to change thanks to work by Ford and Google. Using sophisticated predictive software to analyze your driving habits, they could optimize the vehicle’s operation to squeeze the most out of every drop of fuel or kilowatt-hour of electricity.
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Nissan NV200 to Become New York City’s "Taxi of Tomorrow", Electric Version in 2017
May 6th, 2011
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Photo: Nissan Still Yellow, but Greener The extended Crown Vic, with a big gas-guzzling V8 engine getting around 13-14 miles per gallon (MPG), has been the workhorse of the New York City taxi fleet for a long time. But that’s about to change. The city has picked its next generation taxi, and Nissan won the contract for the biggest cab fleet in the country with the NV200
Nissan to ‘Patch’ 5,300 LEAF Electric Cars to Solve Rare Restart Problem
April 18th, 2011
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Photo: Michael Graham Richard Not a Safety Issue and Fix is Coming A problem with the Nissan LEAF could cause the electric car to fail to start after being turned off. While only a small numbers of cars are affected and the problem isn’t serious enough for a recall, it’s still big enough to be causing PR headaches for Nissan, so they’ve decided to reprogram all the LEAFs that are on the road (around 5,300 so far)….
Québec to Offer Up to $8000 in Rebates for Electric Cars
April 8th, 2011
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Images: Michael Graham Richard (left) and Wikipedia , public domain (right). Starting in January 2012 The prime minister of Québec, Jean Charest, has unveiled his incentive plan for electric vehicles yesterday.
