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Phoenix Motorcars, EasyMile win grant for development of first FMVSS-compliant autonomous shuttle bus in US

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Jointly developed by Phoenix Motorcars and EasyMile , the EZ Zeus self-driving bus will be deployed in real-life traffic conditions. The autonomous bus will serve Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, and Houston’s Third Ward community connecting to Metro buses and light rail. million zero emission miles.

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Uber Can Connect To Tesla App, Offer Drivers Rides That Fit In EV’s Range

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Trying to do that in an EV that lacks liquid cooling in a hot city like Phoenix didn’t turn out to be a great […] Working as an Uber or Lyft (or both) driver in an EV can be challenging. How do I know? I did it for about 50,000 miles in a 2018 Nissan LEAF.

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Cyclone Power Technologies and Phoenix Power Group reach milestone with waste oil engine system

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and Phoenix Power Group LLC have successfully completed fabrication, assembly and initial testing of the first pre-production Waste Heat Engines (WHE-25) manufactured by TopLine Energy Systems.( The Phoenix-10 Waste Oil Power Generator (P-10) is scheduled for commercial production in 2012. Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. Earlier post.)

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INRIX powers first on-street parking service in a production connected car

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Initially, the service is available in Germany (Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart), and in the US (Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.). —Joe Berry, vice president and general manager of automotive at INRIX.

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Fastcharge consortium presents prototype for 450 kW charging station; Porsche research vehicle charges at 400 kW

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Porsche AG, as well as operators Allego GmbH, Phoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH (charging technology) and Siemens AG (electrical engineering). Both the high-performance electronics for the charging connections and the communication interface to the electric vehicles were integrated into the system. 450 kW, the second gives up to 175 kW.

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Liquid Wind submits environmental permit application for second large-scale electrofuels plant

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FlagshipTWO will be built in cooperation with Sundsvall Energi and will be connected to Sundsvall Energi’s cogeneration plant Korstaverket, located near the harbour in Tunadal. It is Sundsvall Energi’s project Phoenix that is applying for the CCS permit. Planned production capacity is 130,000 tons of green e-fuel/year.

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Nikola voluntarily recalls 209 Class 8 battery-electric trucks over battery safety issue; temporary hold on BEV sales

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Following a 10 August presentation of preliminary findings from Exponent, a reputable third-party investigator, a coolant leak inside a single battery pack was found to be the probable cause of the truck fire at the company’s headquarters in Phoenix, Ariz. on 23 June 2023. plant on 10 August.

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