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Nikola announces Nikola Badger pickup; FCEV/BEV powertrain to support 600-mile range

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The Badger is engineered to deliver 980 lb-ft (1,330 N·m) of torque, 906 peak HP and 455 continuous HP. The Badger will be outfitted with a 15-kilowatt power outlet for tools, lights and compressors, which is enough power to assist a construction site for approximately 12 hours without a generator.

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GM acquires LiDAR developer Strobe Inc. to advanced autonomous vehicle efforts

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As part of the deal, Strobe’s engineering talent joins GM’s Cruise Automation team to define and develop next-generation LiDAR solutions for self-driving vehicles. The vehicle will join Cruise’s testing fleets in San Francisco, metropolitan Phoenix and Detroit. General Motors has acquired LiDAR technology company Strobe, Inc.

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ARPA-E to award $10M to third SEED cohort

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The technology uses novel laser-light scattering and high?resolution Engineering Of Scalable Platinum-Free Electrodes For Pure-Water Aem Water Electrolysis. The team will use engineered low-cost, scalable electrodes that are resistant to the most common degradation pathways. Phoenix Tailings. Origen Hydrogen.

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Google teaching autonomous vehicles to share road safely with cyclists

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In the latest monthly report on its autonomous driving project, Google engineers outlined some of the steps they are taking to teach their self-driving cars to share the road safely with cyclists. Google currently has 24 Lexus RX450h SUVs and 34 prototype vehicles on the road with autonomous driving capability. No injuries were reported.

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

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—Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. Phoenix, Ariz.; Its fleet includes more than 6,840 all-electric, hybrid electric, hydraulic hybrid, CNG, LNG, propane and light-weight fuel-saving composite body vehicles. Columbia, S.C.; El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.;

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Mercedes-Benz launching capacitive steering wheel in E-Class this summer

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The French engineer Alfred Vacheron is considered the inventor of the steering wheel. For the world’s first automobile race—from Paris to Rouen in July 1894—he had installed a steering wheel instead of the usual steering lever in his Panhard & Levassor, which was powered by a Daimler engine.

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Canada-based ElectraMeccanica to build SOLO EVs in Arizona

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a Canada-based designer and manufacturer of electric vehicles, has selected Mesa, AZ, for its US assembly facility and engineering technical center. Phoenix ranks as the fifth-largest city in the US according to 2020 census data, with nearly 1.8 Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix, ranks 35 th nationally. million residents.

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