Google brings Waze and Maps teams together in cost-cutting move
Google vows to keep Waze as a standalone app following the merger with the Maps team.
Google vows to keep Waze as a standalone app following the merger with the Maps team.
Company expects its Plugless Power technology will be available for consumers in the third quarter of 2012.
Not too surprisingly, Microsoft is pulling the plug on its Hohm energy monitoring service.
Yep, we all know that Google is pretty fanatical when it comes to green and clean technology research and development. So I wasn't surprised to hear last night that the giant Internet company is among the first to install a new wireless electric vehicle charging system from Plugless Power.
Ford said that it will use Google's new Prediction API, which uses cloud computing, storage and external data for analytics, and combine it with its own research and development on driver predictive behavior.
Ford will use Microsoft's Hohm energy management application for its electric vehicles. The win is a big one for Microsoft and sets up an interesting battleground with Google, which is also vying to help homeowners manage their power consumption.
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Larry and Sergey are putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to zero emission automobiles. The "Model S" is the latest from Tesla Motors, which hopes it will lead to mass-production of electric vehicles.
It's pretty safe to say that Google's green tech work isn't simply a marketing ploy.Google's pet tech green project, RechargeIT, plans to give away up to $10 million in grants and funding to non-profits working on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicles and/or vehicle-to-grid technologies.