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Self-driving vehicles may hit UK roads as soon as 2026: minister

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United Kingdom (UK) Transport Minister Mark Harper noted on Wednesday that legislation surrounding automated vehicles (AVs) is currently making its way through parliament, and he expects there to be a legal framework in place for the emerging technology by the end of next year (via Reuters ).

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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

Blink Charging

Erika Myers Erica Myers, the author of the white paper, “ Why the Electric Vehicle Industry Needs More Women ,” is a pioneering figure in transportation decarbonization. Dr. Francis promotes EVs as a clean transportation alternative through education and outreach efforts via EVHybridNoire, a global organization with members in the U.S,

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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

DIY Electric Car

It's transport also belongs to the one of the most developed. The electric pedicabs would actually make the urban transport better and cleaner. These light weight rickshaws powered by electric motors could significantly eliminate the pollutions and CO2 emissions in many inner cities not only London but world wide.

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Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

Cars That Think

And when it comes to powering public transportation, including electric trains and trams, wires need to be used in tandem with rolling or. To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam. At the U.S. Lighthouse Dev in 2012.

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10 Gifts For Retrocomputing Fans

Cars That Think

Digital Equipment Corportion's PDP-8 was noted not just for its small size (it could be transported in the back of a VW Beetle !) The Altair-Duino runs a clock-cycle accurate emulation of the Altair 8800 running on an Ardunio Due connected to a replica panel that duplicates all the lights and switches of the original.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. The company had hired 20 Innovas for media transport, two journalists per car. There is a green light that lights up on a panel placed in front of the operator then the correct torque has been achieved. Since then he has stayed with the same battery.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Which means we would be extremely vunerable to Bolivia for our transportation needs, to a degree which we have never been to a foreign country.

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