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Lockheed Martin autonomous driving system tops 55,000 miles in extended Army testing

Green Car Congress

Lockheed Martin’s Autonomous Mobility Applique System ( AMAS ) logged more than 55,000 testing miles during the US Army Extended Warfighter Experiment (EWE) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Fort Bliss, Texas. —Kathryn Hasse, Combat Manuever Systems director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.

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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

Louis, Missouri chapter. He was promoting the benefits of EVs and how they compare with ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles and talking about living off the grid. Jack Rickard with his daughter Jackie. This, Howard maintains, was a big factor in GEVA’s 175-member expansion during the same period. Jack Rikard on EVTV.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

Most of the members were much more interested in building one,” Garver said, explaining that some of the early members worked as engineers for McDonnell Douglas and NASA. My goal at the time was to drive it to work 10 miles away, at the Department of Physics at the University of Missouri. Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

Most of the members were much more interested in building one,” Garver said, explaining that some of the early members worked as engineers for McDonnell Douglas and NASA. My goal at the time was to drive it to work 10 miles away, at the Department of Physics at the University of Missouri. Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion.