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How to Watch Elon Musk’s Q&A at Bosch Connected World 2024

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Bosch Connected World (BCW) 2024 is set to start on February 28th and 29th in Berlin, Germany. BCW 2024 promises to be a hub of innovation and insight into technology and connectivity. Elon Musk is slated to take the spotlight at Bosch Connected World 2024 as the closing speaker. It is available for €0.

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Successful first flight of the world?s largest all-electric aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan 208B

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The successful flight of the eCaravan, enabled by a 750-horsepower (560 kW) magni500 propulsion system, took place at the AeroTEC Flight Test Center at the Grant County International Airport (KMWH) in Moses Lake, Washington on Thursday. Features include: 4 x 3-phase architecture allows for graceful degradation should a fault occur.

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Santa Clara VTA partners with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to charge 34 electric buses with solar-powered microgrid

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The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will install an innovative clean energy microgrid and EV fleet charging system with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to help power the agency’s transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet, following a grant that was awarded for the project by the California Energy Commission this week.

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Tesla to end current referral benefits later this month

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As another example, Tesla allowed owners use 30,000 referral credits to get an invite to the Cybertruck delivery event last year. After you place the order, credits will appear as ‘pending’ for the referrer until the Grant Date.

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Yay or Nay? Volvo Launches Accident Ahead Alert Service

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This is in tandem with allowing connected Volvo products to communicate information with each other. We’re happy that Volvo Cars as the first car maker has started using our new real-time traffic event data feed,” Stine Bendsen, head of the Danish Traffic Management Centre at the Danish Road Directorate, said as part of the release.

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Eviation’s electric commuter plane Alice makes first test flight

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from Grant County International Airport (MWH), flying for a total of eight minutes and reaching an altitude of 3,500 feet. This allows a direct motor-to-propeller connection, eliminating the need for a heavy maintenance-prone gearbox. Alice lifted off on 27 Sep at 7:10 a.m.

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Siemens, Duke Energy and Ford demonstrate lower cost home smart charging technology for plug-ins; due on market next year

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The grant, awarded to Siemens Corporation, Corporate Research and Technology (SCR&T) was supported by nearly $750,000 in matching research funding—an investment shared with Siemens Low Voltage Electronics, the group responsible for Residential Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment and a business unit of Siemens Infrastructure and Cities.

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