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VivoPower Completes $120M Definitive Canadian Distribution Agreement for Tembo Electric Light Vehicles

EV Obssesion

intends to purchase 1,675 electric vehicle conversion kits over five-plus years, marking VivoPower’s second major distribution agreement for Tembo e-LV products. VivoPower has signed a definitive agreement with Canadian industrial equipment distributor Acces Industriel Mining Inc.

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Tesla Product Design director lightly hints toward Tesla-brand gaming controller

Teslarati

The Tesla Director of Product Design subtly hinted that the company may even design its own gaming controller in the near future in a Twitter conversation. The Arcade is definitely a luxury, but it is also a way to pass time during Supercharging and keep children occupied during an extensive drive.

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NanoXplore acquires assets of XG Sciences; silicon-graphene anode materials

Green Car Congress

While operating, XG worked with leading companies such as Ford for noise reduction and light-weighting using graphene-enhanced PU foam as well as Callaway Golf Company for graphene-enhanced golf balls. XG has been a respected competitor of ours for years, and the integration of their assets will further support the growth of NanoXplore.

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Constellium and UACJ plan JV in US to produce Body-in-White aluminium sheet for the automotive industry

Green Car Congress

The JV is expected to include a continuous heat treatment and conversion line with an initial target capacity of 100,000 metric tons supplied by cold rolled coils from both partners’ rolling mills. The intrinsic lightness of aluminum makes it a prime material for the automotive industry to meet these improvements. billion (US$4.9

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Kawasaki’s Robot Ibex: Can It Be Tamed?

Cars That Think

The conversation was conducted in Japanese. We believe that the walking technology cultivated in the development of humanoid robots can definitely be applied to quadruped walking robots. Kawasaki has been working on a "Robust Humanoid Platform" (RHP) called Kaleido since 2015, and Bex is a "friend" of that program.

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Apple veteran launches fleet management platform for Teslas and all other EVs

Teslarati

Their total ownership costs tend to be lower than comparable internal combustion cars, their maintenance needs are relatively light, and they tend to be technologically advanced. In a conversation with Teslarati , Hodge explained the rationale behind the creation of Standard Fleet. “All vehicle fleets in time will be electric.

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“Charging Station” — Is That the Location or the “Charger”?

EV Adoption

To attempt to shine a light on this confusion and inconsistent usage, I conducted a simple and very unscientific poll on Twitter. Without this we cannot have meaningful and accurate conversations about the state of EV charging infrastructure. Alternative Fueling Station Locator Definitions of Charging Infrastructure Terminology.

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