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Nexar users don’t hand over cash, but they do agree to share their data with the startup, which will use millions of hours’ worth of footage to refine its technology—or do similar work for other companies. Like many free apps, Nexar makes its money selling your (anonymized) data. In this case, automakers trying to develop their own automated tech, and seeking to account for all the wild things that can happen in the real world, will find Nexar’s piles of info mighty tasty.

Nexar’s AI Dashcam Could Stop Your Next Crash—and Definitely Collect Your Data

Source: Wired

#data #privacy #automotive #driving

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Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen has said that the Chevy Volt will fail and that anybody who buys the car is an idiot. Not only that, de Nysschen has lumped proponents of any type of electric car into a category of “intellectual elite who want to show what enlightened souls they are.”

Audi Chief Calls Chevy Volt "A Car For Idiots"

New Marketing Campaign for German Imports: appeal to the narcissism of contrarian climate change deniers to sell cars. Cars sold by pricks for pricks.

Source: facebook.com

#Audi #climate change denial #consumerism #environment #transportation #automotive

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Citing a Lack of Usage, Costco Removes E.V. Chargers

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“We were early supporters of electric cars, going back as far as 15 years. But nobody ever uses them,” said Dennis Hoover, the general manager for Costco in northern California, in a telephone interview. “At our Folsom store, the manager said he hadn’t seen anybody using the E.V. charging in a full year. At our store in Vacaville, where we had six chargers, one person plugged in once a week.”

Mr. Hoover said that E.V. charging was “very inefficient and not productive” for the retailer. “The bottom line is that there are a lot of other ways to be green,” he said. “We have five million members in the region, and just a handful of people are using these devices.”

#environment #green #automotive #Costco