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US Army, Lockheed Martin complete 2nd autonomous convoy demo; more vehicles, higher speeds

Green Car Congress

The AMAS common appliqué kit consists of the bi-wire active safety kit and the autonomy kit. It uses Global Positioning System (GPS), Light Detecting Radar (LIDAR) systems, Automotive Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR) and commercially available automotive sensors in order to make the system affordable.

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You can power your home for 21 days with a Chevy Silverado EV and GM’s new bidirectional charger

Baua Electric

Photo: GM Energy GM Energy just debuted vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional EV chargers – here’s how GM’s EVs will keep the lights on. It consists of the GM Energy Powershift Charger at $1,699, and GM Energy V2H Enablement Kit at $5,600. Customers can purchase GM Energy’s V2H bundle through current GM mobile brand apps.

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Hologram-in-a-Box Can Teleport You Anywhere

Cars That Think

On the presenter's side, a simple studio is required (available as a kit from PORTL) equipped with a tripod-mounted softbox to provide LED illumination, a return-feed monitor displaying the person interacting with the presenter, a 4K camera on a tripod, and either a boom or lavalier mic.

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OmniVision’s new automotive reference design system (ARDS) for automotive imaging system development

Green Car Congress

OmniVision’s ARDS demo kits feature OmniVision’s OV2775 image sensor, the optional OV495 image signal processor (ISP) and serializer camera module. micron OmniBSI-2 Deep Well pixel technology, which offers a 16-bit linear output from a single exposure with best-in-class low-light sensitivity. The OV2775 is built on 2.8-micron

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Forget the MG4, BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora, buy a $40k Mazda MX-30 EV instead | Opinion

EV Central

But you can now buy an ex-dealer demo one, typically with just a few thousand kilometres on the clock, from $40,000 drive-away. Mazda MX-30 Electric – ex-demo versions are now from $40,000 on the road Hello, that’s suddenly very interesting. Ergo, very few sold. And that’s before haggling. Pretty generous.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

There is a green light that lights up on a panel placed in front of the operator then the correct torque has been achieved. Each trolley is kitted out with all the components that are required for making the bike. We were demo’ed one. There are 14 screws which need to be tightened during battery pack assembly.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976. At nearly the same time the Apple I became available, also in kit form. Collaboration with several universities has led to a kit for integrating new chips into working computer systems.

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