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Tesla Autopilot ‘easily tricked’ by Consumer Reports in bizarre test

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” The test was in response to the recent and very public Tesla Model S crash in Texas , where two men, unfortunately, passed away after their all-electric sedan crashed violently into a tree at a high speed. Tesla Autopilot has over 23 billion real-world miles of data that is stored in a Neural Network to improve performance.

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Consortium proposes large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICCM) as solution to global energy, food, and climate issues

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Scaling up production numbers from demonstration-scale cultivation facilities, the current total demand for liquid fuels in the United States can potentially be met by growing microalgae in an area of 392,000 km 2 , corresponding to about 4% of US land area or just over half the size of Texas. —Greene et al.

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

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By comparison, the Nissan LEAF carries a 99 MPGe (combined) EPA rating, while the smaller i-MiEV carries a 112 MPGe (combined) rating. (1 The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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Trees are natural carbon sinks; they absorb carbon dioxide by photosynthesis, some of which is stored as carbon compounds in the wood—both during growth and even after harvesting, in the form of some wood products. Underground, forest soils and root structures store even more carbon. Calculating stored carbon; “additionality”.

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Road Test: 2024 Nissan Leaf SV Plus EV

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For us, this was the best way to efficiently drive the Leaf SV Plus, increasing the battery charge by converting kinetic energy into electric energy that is then stored in the battery. Nissan stresses that ProPilot Assist is not autopilot, which no car company has, including the one that fled California for Texas.

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Flash Drive: 2022 Toyota Tundra

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This is what Toyota has done with the all-new 2022 Tundra, which we previewed in a Texas-based drive program last week. The Tundra hybrid has a regenerative braking system that converts kinetic energy into electric energy, and stores it in the battery. If that vehicle happens to be a full-size pickup, then all the better.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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Founded in 1989, and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Valence has facilities in Nevada, China and Northern Ireland. The Smith website mentions that Sainsbury, a UK grocery store with on-line food ordering, aims to have 20% of their home delivery fleet electrified by 2009. a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs.

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