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ElectraMeccanica and Tevva to merge; targeting electric commercial trucks in UK, Europe and US

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Tevva’s existing 110,000-square-foot EV manufacturing facility in Tilbury, United Kingdom, would be complemented by ElectraMeccanica’s recently-commissioned 235,000-square-foot facility in Mesa, Arizona, which is expected to enable the combined company to scale its production to serve the UK, European and US markets. Canada Ltd.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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The assumption here is that connected vehicles could force drivers into changing their behavior, collect valuable data for law enforcement, and eventually remove the human driver from the equation. At the time, they were being used as a way to nudge U.S. But this is but a singular component. But this is but a singular component.

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Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

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The British charging pile company Connected Kerb recently stated that it has reached a cooperation agreement with the British government. Chris Pateman-Jones, chief executive of Connected Kerb, said the convenience of charging has become a key consideration for consumers when buying electric vehicles. billion pounds.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean. The main reason is because the E.U. million people.

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Monthly Myth: Autonomous driving is a pipe dream

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My brother Andy, who lives in the United Kingdom, is not alone in his view about autonomous driving: “What I find fascinating is how drivers get so excited about what Artificial Intelligence (AI) can do when they can do it perfectly well themselves. Accidents would be minimized or prevented , drunk driving becoming a thing of the past.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant suggests that, since the automakers have already designed the vehicles that they will be selling in 2018, they will become more vocal in 2014 to push for changes; the firm expects the dispute to escalate, perhaps resulting in legal action. Automakers will want to tap into connectivity to offer information and entertainment services.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. An appeals court in the United Kingdom, however, was not persuaded, and Trek lost its patent there in 2008. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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