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More than 500,000 Mercedes me Adapters activated

Green Car Congress

Connecting the adapter with a smartphone means that connectivity services are no longer solely reserved to customers buying new cars. With Estonia, Lithuania and Cyprus, three more markets will be added this year. More than half a million vehicles worldwide have been equipped with the adapter to date.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

Cars That Think

A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. The transmission line will sidestep the growing difficulties of connecting renewable-energy sources to the power grid.

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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

Cars That Think

In a simulated fallout map produced by Ukraine’s national weather service and posted Sunday, a radiation plume spreads northwest and reaches Poland and Lithuania within 72 hours. It also left the plant with just one grid connection, compared with 7 preinvasion connections.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

The pickup truck, takes cab-forward packaging to an extreme, with no need for a large engine bay and the driver’s seat essentially over the front wheels. inch wheelbase, the Canoo is roughly the same length as compact pickups were more than 20 years ago—when the engine bay was part of the packaging. March 14, via CleanTechnica.

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