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BMW Group, Meta’s Reality Labs accurately display stable AR and VR content in fast-moving car

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The BMW Group Technology Office USA in Mountain View and Meta’s Reality Labs Research have demonstrated for the first time the ability to display stable virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) content accurately to passengers in a fast-moving car, even when making turns, going over speed bumps, and accelerating.

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Nikkei: Japan to develop seabed mining of rare earth materials

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The Nikkei reports that in 2024, Japan will begin to extract rare earth materials for electric vehicles and hybrids from sea bottom mud in an area off Minami-Torishima Island, a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean about 1,900 kilometers southeast of Tokyo. The government’s aim is to reduce the country’s reliance on China for rare earth metals.

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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

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Chevron USA kicked off a road trip across the US Gulf Coast to showcase an innovative new gasoline blend with more than 50% renewable content. During the tour, Chevron representatives will talk with members of the public about the benefits of lower carbon fuels such as biofuels and renewable gasoline blend.

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Nigeria’s 650 kbpd Dangote Refinery being commissioned; largest single-train refinery in world

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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, which covers an area of approximately 2,635 hectares—about the six times the size of Victoria Island in Lagos, Nigeria—is expected to be Africa’s largest oil refinery and the world’s largest single-train facility. Nigerian crude oil is also rich in paraffins.

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Tip from Elon Musk’s X helps indict man accused of sharing illicit content

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X staff flagged and monitored the offending material, and the company notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about the matter. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips. Just send a message to simon@teslarati.com to give us a heads up.

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Have We Reached Peak EV (Part Two)?

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We do so with Dave Thomas, the Director of Content Marketing at CDK Global. He walks us through what's happening and his ideas on how best to speed up an transition to an EV future. I also spend a few minutes chatting about work gloves with Matthew Guy. This week we dig deeper into what is happening with the EV market.

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Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2019

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The measures used in the present analysis (miles per gallon of fuel, and gallons of fuel per 100 miles) do not allow us to make direct inferences regarding changes over time in total energy consumed (e.g., total Btu). Concerning the latter: Even if all a{1.4 of all registered cars and light trucks in 2019.).