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Audi and Somerville, Mass to partner on urban mobility; swarm intelligence and automated parking, networking cars with traffic lights

Green Car Congress

Audi will work with the city of Sommerville, Massachusetts to develop an urban strategy for Somerville, applying technologies for swarm intelligence or automated parking, and networking cars with traffic lights. Audi CEO Rupert Stadler and Sommerville Mayor Joseph A. This will help traffic to flow faster.

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IKEA to quadruple EV chargers thanks to Electrify America partnership

Teslarati

The partnership will accommodate both passenger and commercial fleets as Electrify Commercial is also a part of the deal. This is the first collaboration between Electrify America and Electrify Commercial, as the two companies have never installed both public and fleet chargers simultaneously on a single project.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

Interestingly, a 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study predicted that as EVs became more widespread, battery prices would climb because the demand for lithium and other battery metals would rise sharply. Volvo CEO Jim Rowan , disagrees with both of them, however, seeing ICE-EV price parity coming by 2025-2026.

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