Quebec will ban gas engines in cars starting in 2035 – or sooner?

  • December 19, 2024
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Montreal Skyline. Photo from Matthias Mullie on Unsplash Quebec, Canada’s second-largest province, passed a bill this week banning the sale of gasoline-powered light-duty vehicle starting in the 2035 model year – a timeline in line with the rest of the country’s ban, but the specifics of Quebec’s are even stronger. In 2022, Canada unveiled a new […]

Tesla is working with Austin on deploying self-driving cars

  • December 19, 2024
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Tesla is working with the City of Austin, the automaker’s new home, on deploying self-driving cars. Now, Tesla simply needs to have self-driving cars. According to a new Bloomberg report, Tesla has been in contact with Austin officials about the requirements to deploy self-driving cars in the city: Emails acquired by Bloomberg through public records […]

Ford closes a $9.63 billion DOE loan to supercharge 3 EV battery factories

  • December 19, 2024
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Photo: BlueOval SK In a significant boost for the US EV industry, Ford’s joint venture, BlueOval SK, has closed a $9.63 billion loan from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loans Programs Office. The DOE loan will go toward the construction of three state-of-the-art battery manufacturing plants – one in Tennessee and two in Kentucky – […]

Honda’s Prologue is already the third best-selling EV in the US

  • December 19, 2024
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The Honda Prologue was the third best-selling EV in the US last month, behind only the Tesla Model Y and Model 3. With over 25,000 models sold already this year, Honda’s electric SUV has been a surprise hit. Honda Prologue was the third best-selling EV in Nov After delivering the first Prologue in the US […]

Jetson encourages world’s first eVTOL races with a pilot onboard [Video]

  • December 19, 2024
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Single-seat eVTOL developer Jetson has once again become the first in its segment to do something. Well, sort of. The company recently shared footage of its founder and CTO piloting its flagship Jetson ONE eVTOL around 26-foot tall pylons to demonstrate the agility the aircraft can perform to enable full-fledged eVTOL races. Could we be […]

Providers Must Consider Security, Efficiency and Transparency When Using LLMs

  • December 19, 2024
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Healthcare organizations need more than just private and secure AI enclaves. They need flexibility to leverage different LLMs, transparency to trace recommendations back to models’ sources, and complete control over those sources and data. Supplementing LLMs with retrieval-augmented generation provides these benefits and more. This approach gives healthcare providers a cost-effective and secure way to […]