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Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas – ET Auto

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Zoox also operates retrofitted self-driving Toyota Highlanders in Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Foster City, California. It also expanded the Las Vegas area in which the cars can travel to five miles from one mile, it said in a statement. m)after she was hit by a human-driven car.

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Uber, Kia sign electric vehicle partnership – ET Auto

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US ride-hailing platform Uber and South Korean automaker Kia announced Wednesday the signing of an agreement on producing electric vehicles, during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The companies said they intend to work together to “moderate total cost of vehicle ownership.”

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North America’s largest lithium supply to be developed with DOE help

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The lithium project, called the Rhyolite Ridge project, is located in Esmeralda County, Nevada, situated between Reno and Las Vegas. These projects are directed at everything from improving battery energy density, improving cold weather performance, reducing the cost of production, and much more.

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Are Autonomous Buses the Answer for Efficient Transportation and Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption?

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Arizona-based startup Local Motors has unveiled Olli ( earlier post ), a 12-passenger minibus that may hit university campuses in Las Vegas and Miami later this year. Moreover, technological innovations have helped lower the overall costs of cars while disposable income in many countries has increased.

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Hyperloop: An Engineering Marvel or An Elite Day Dream

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In our last article about Hyperloops , we discussed various facts and figures about Hyperloops. In this article, we are going to dive a bit deep into the topic. We already discussed the cost of building a hyperloop but haven’t discussed the price we have to pay. Hyperloop: How Much Do The Tickets Cost?

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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In January 1982, a home computer incorporating those chips was introduced at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev. This article was first published as "Design case history: the Commodore 64." The cost of developing the Commodore 64: No one knows. The cost of developing the Commodore 64: No one knows. “I

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

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» Transportation | March 28, 2009 | by EV World The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles By Noel Adams Every so often I read articles, like the ones recently about a breakthrough from researchers at MIT, which will allow batteries to charge quickly, in this case, in 2 seconds. I have never been a big fan of battery swapping.