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Waymo suing Otto and Uber over autonomous driving technology

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Waymo engineers have driven down the cost of LiDAR dramatically even as we’ve improved the quality and reliability of its performance. Waymo further charged that other former Waymo employees, now at Uber and Otto, downloaded additional confidential information.

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Ford and Newlab announce startups to pilot new EV tech in mobility innovation program

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Fermata Energy: Fermata provides a complete solution that lets electric vehicles receive power from and provide power back to the grid and to buildings by integrating software, hardware options and knowledge, turning electric vehicles into energy storage assets that combat climate change, increase resilience and dramatically lower cost of ownership.

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DOE releases new database of cost and performance estimates for electric generation, advanced vehicle, and renewable fuel technologies

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TCDB plot of projected total cost of battery-electric vehicles to manufacturers. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new public database featuring cost and performance estimates for electric generation, advanced vehicle, and renewable fuel technologies. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Fiat Presents New Version of eco:Drive Software for CNG Range

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The application will feature a section dedicated to analyzing the travel details of journeys made when running on CNG: the mileage covered, the quantity of CNG used, the cost of the journey. Some 100,000 copies of the system have been downloaded since its launch.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

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App developers who want to enable their creations for AppLink can now register at [link] to download the AppLink SDK. More than 55 billion apps have been downloaded from the leading digital markets, and US users have an average of 67 apps on their devices. —Phil Abram.

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SAE International releases 2nd edition of book on hybrid vehicle design

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Reducing the cost of hybrid technology implementation. In addition, author John German reviews the development history of hybrid vehicles while highlighting the cycles of fuel availability, fuel economy, and concern for environmental issues. Possible future enhancements of hybrid technology.

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PNNL joins H2USA consortium on hydrogen infrastructure

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The tool, developed with funding from DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, is available for free download through the Apple App Store. Other PNNL engineers are managing a project testing the use of fuel cells to power refrigeration units in tractor trailers whose contents must be kept cool.

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