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U.S. Regulator Proposes Updated Rules for Autonomous Vehicles in Exchange for Data

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In 2021, the San Francisco Police Department reportedly asked Waymo and General Motors' Cruise to hand over footage obtained by autonomous test vehicles in the hope that they’d help solve crimes. The advent of AV STEP could be a big help to General Motors, in particular.

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USABC awards Cobasys $8.4M for the development of high-energy density Li-ion cells and packs for EVs

Green Car Congress

The objective of the alliance is to adapt lithium-ion battery technology to the requirements of automobiles, and thus explore the market for hybrid and electric vehicles. Bosch has extensive experience in hybrid and electric drive technology as well as power electronics, electric motors, transmissions and DC/DC converters.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: Alec Brooks The AC Propulsion experiment thus became an obscure footnote in the tortuous saga of the green automobile.

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European automakers define recommendations to standardize charging of plug-in vehicles; 2017 for harmonized application

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The European automobile manufacturers, though ACEA, the automobile manufacturers’ trade association, have defined a comprehensive set of recommendations to standardize the charging of electrically-chargeable vehicles. For wireless communication, the industry decided to select a PLC technology. Source: ACEA. Click to enlarge.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry. Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., Gasgoo.com | ?? |

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform.

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Opinion: Biden’s Tesla snub shows that clout, not innovation, is driving the American EV revolution

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Executives from the Detroit Big 3 were there, and for all intents and purposes, the event presented a venue for the administration and legacy automakers to somewhat pat themselves on the back for accepting sustainable transportation. “It was considered the worst workforce in the automobile industry in the United States.

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