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Potential Motors unveils the Adventure 1: an all-electric Overlanding van

Teslarati

Despite their age and limited availability outside of Japan, their 4×4 capabilities and Volkswagen Van aesthetics have garnered them a cult following. The vehicle starts at $136,600, and a preorder of the van isn’t cheap either at $1,000. What do you think of the article? Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

Cars That Think

His original hypothesis, published in a 1965 Electronics magazine article , was that the number of transistors would double each year. It was nearly twice as fast as existing memory products by competitors including Fairchild and the Electrotechnical Laboratory of Tsukuba, Japan. His projection came true over the decade that followed.

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When They Electrified Christmas

Cars That Think

Whether for religious or secular celebrations, the variety and functionality of lights have exploded in recent years, abetted by cheap and colorful LEDs and compact electronics. In 1910, an article in. Austria, Germany, and Japan became famous for exporting figural bulbs. precursor to the Eveready Battery Co.)

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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?

EV Adoption

Instead, the news and claim has been relegated to Stellantis executive quotes in trade articles and is generally flying below the radar of many in the auto industry — and perhaps more importantly the larger potential PHEV-buying consumer market. credit off the the cap cost makes it a real cheap lease on 53k Jeep. Leased mine.

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EV Radar: December 2021

Noodoe

Nissan is working with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to develop a lunar rover that's efficient, electric, and effective. Cheap New Method Reuses EV Batteries. This is not the first and won’t be the last article we see on battery recycling. It will even collect and analyze your crop data! EV Coolness.

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Development of autonomous cars is steadily progressing with AI as an accelerator, says Sven Lanwer, XC expert from Bosch – ET Auto

Baua Electric

You have said that it’s not very cheap to implement ADAS, especially in countries like India or developing countries like Brazil or South Africa. In Germany we have a large footprint, also in India and Eastern Europe, We have the local markets in China, Japan, and the US. It depends on the use cases also.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Here’s the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. The group notes that Japan and the European Union already offer large financial incentives to spur electric vehicle purchases. Despite a high upfront cost, operating an electric vehicle is cheap, costing 2.5 November 16, 2009: 06:01 PM ET.

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