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Converted hydrogen fuel cell refuse vehicle on trial in Ruhr region as part of HECTOR

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Before the demo vehicle—a DAF CF 340 front loader with a Millennium XXL 40 body from Terberg HS—could be used to collect commercial waste, a conversion from standard diesel propulsion to hydrogen was required. Wietholt is also a service partner of Allison Transmission. Refueling at 350 bar takes just under 15 minutes.

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Do We Dare Use Generative AI for Mental Health?

Cars That Think

The process for creating AI classifiers that comply with regulatory standards was involved—each classifier required months of effort. Typically, a team of internal-data labelers and content creators reviewed examples of user messages (with all personally identifiable information stripped out) taken from a specific point in the conversation.

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Deloitte Survey finds only 4% of global consumers likely to be satisfied with current EVs despite increasing consideration and willingness to buy; higher ICE fuel economy reduces interest in EVs

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Consumers in the United Kingdom and Belgium are the most sensitive to paying a price premium with 71% opposing. More than 50% of all consumers globally indicate they are unwilling to pay any kind of a price premium for an electric vehicle, which includes 65% of American respondents.

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AR?V eBikes from GM are available for preorder; two models on BikeExchange.com

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V eBikes are launching first in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, due to the popularity of lithium-ion battery-powered eBikes in those markets. In Belgium and the Netherlands, the AR?V V used GM’s automotive-grade capabilities to set high standards in eBike engineering. Preorders are now available via [link].

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

The frequency of the carrier signal used to transmit color information in the National Television Systems Committee (NTSC) standard; 3.58 In the NTSC standard, a set of 262.5 For example, he noted, “the standard way of building oscillators is to build one and then multiplex it until you have as many as you need.

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The irrational argument against government intervention with EVs & ICE vehicle bans

Plug In India

By Team PluginIndia Now that Electric Vehicles are an increasingly attractive and attainable option for personal vehicle buyers , governments around the world have issued various petrol vehicle bans which will be implemented over the coming years. In the early 2000's there was the “Euro 1” emission standard. Absolutely not.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We For Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and other Northern European countries, contact SP Innovation.

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