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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

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Ford has opened its new Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto, growing its global research team and accelerating the company’s work in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience and big data.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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The 25 experiments address four global megatrends—explosive population growth; an expanding middle class; air quality and public health concerns; and changing customer attitudes and priorities—challenging today’s transportation model and limiting personal mobility, especially in urban areas. Remote Repositioning, Atlanta.

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Nickel expert calls on Musk, Farley, others to demand Nickel sourcing in North America

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Surging prices of nickel, a potentially major influence in the future of the global electric vehicle market, have encouraged one mining expert in the field to call on automotive CEOs to demand more attention toward sourcing the metal in North America. “We used to refer to LFP cells as ‘golf cart batteries,'” he said.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

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Electric vehicles are "definitely affordable and environmentally friendly technology, and we think theres a huge potential market in China for them," Li Shufu, Geelys chairman, said in an interview Monday. and Korean golf cart maker CT&T Co. and Korean golf cart maker CT&T Co. Gasgoo.com | ?? |

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Lutz is a man given to hyperbole — called global warming "a crock of shit" — but in this case, hes right. They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. We need an economy electric car that we an afford, not that nonsense. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies.

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