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Google algorithms tweaking electric car-smart grid communication

Google's interest in everything everywhere things green has apparently been deeper than we knew. The solar car ports, the $2.75 million investment in companies (like Aptera) and the whole RechargeIT program are old news. What's thus far been under the radar is that Google is working on software to better integrate plug-in vehicles with the coming smart grid. Reuters says that Google is trying to write software that allows a lot of plug-ins connected at the same time without causing problems anywhere along the line. The software is the latest ... Read more →

The greener side of Google Street View: camera on a trike Jeremy Korzeniewski

Google has already faced plenty of issues with its Street View technology, not the least of which has been angry Japanese citizens and invasion of privacy lawsuits from Americans whose driveways were ...

Google invests $2.75 million in Aptera, ActaCell Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for more images of the Aptera Typ1 e Way back in September of 2006, Google.org, the philanthropic part of the Internet giant, announced that it would be investing in PHEVs. The following ...

One week left for Google's "Why I Want to Drive a Plug-In" video contest Sebastian Blanco

Google - they of the all-knowing search and the more apropros RechargeIT plug-in hybrid project - wants to see your video. The Google.org project will be hosting a conference in Washington, D.C. at ...

95 years for a PHEV conversion to pay for itself in gas savings? Sam Abuelsamid

Last year, Google made some waves when they announced the RechargeIT project to convert a fleet of Toyota Priuses and Ford Escape hybrids to plug-in capability. The company has just issued their ...

Google tried using Prius hybrid for Swiss Street View, failed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As a part of Google's never-ending quest to photograph the entire world from cameras mounted on the tops of cars, the Internet giant has added Switzerland to the list of countries covered by Street View. According to this article, Google has hired some 300 new drivers for this project, although the ...

Google.org issues request for investment proposals from EV companies 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Google.org has $10 M they want to invest in your for-profit company. That is, if you have a great idea to advance sustainable transport. Google.org already gave a million to not-for-profits and launched the RechargeIT initiative. Now, Google.org wants to put some money into something that can make ...

Google giving away bicycles to employees 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Google consumes a lot of electricity in order to run all those server farms that provide us with all their free services like GMail, Maps, and all their other apps. In an effort counteract that carbon footprint, they are now offering free bicycles to many of their employees. Everyone who works for ...

Avoid traffic and save fuel - Google Maps now shows you the traffic to avoid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There's nothing worse than sitting in traffic, especially knowing that your vehicle, and all those around you, are contributing to carbon emissions while achieving next to nothing in terms of useful work. The ideal situation of course is to avoid the traffic jams in the first place and most modern ...

Bank of America and Google offers employees cash for buying green cars 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you happen to work for either Google or Bank of America, and you were thinking of buying a hybrid vehicle, you're in luck. Both companies are offering cash back to their employees if they buy a hybrid car. As we noted, on February 2nd, Bank of America announced that their employees would be ...

World's biggest solar roof for Tesco U.S.A. 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

British supermarket chain Tesco, the fourth-largest retail chain in the world, is teaming up with Los Angeles-based Solar Integrated Technologies to build what is claimed to be the world's biggest roof-top solar panel installation. Solar Integrated won the $13 million contract to install solar ...

Google to build solar car ports at headquarters 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Not wanting to let a sprawling parking lot go to waste, Google will build car ports topped with solar panels at its headquarters. The entire project involves some 9,000 solar panels, a third of which will be used in overhanging parking shades. The others go on rooftops at the million-square-foot ...

What does your employer do for your commute? US government ranks top 20 workplaces for commuters 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

For the last three years, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transporation have ranked 20 companies that they feel offer the best benefits for commuters and for three years Intel has come out on top. Why shouldn't they? They offer their employees vanpools, subsidies for ...

Google.org supporting ultra fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid development 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Google.org, the philanthropic organization set up by the Google founders, was given seed money of about $1 billion with the mandate to tackle poverty, disease and global warming. The organization is unlike most charities, since it is a for-profit entity. This allows Google.org to form partnerships ...

Google provides tool for environmentally friendly travel, vacation, people 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Sibling blog Gadling posts about Green Summer Tours, a Google-created website of "green" trips in five major U.S. cities. The video tours of the cities--Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, and San Francisco--include information on activities ,parks, restaurants, and hotels, all aimed at ...

Hybrid incentives offered by more than Bank of America 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The hybrid incentives offered by the Bank of America that Joel wrote about earlier today are just some of the many city- and company-sponsored hybrid special offers available to employees and members across the country. The Boston Globe had a run-down of these incentives in yesterday's edition, ...


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