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Tesla sheds light on Cybertruck ‘range extender’

Teslarati

Tesla has shed some light on the Cybertruck “range extender” that was spotted on the company’s website specifications that will enable the top two trims of the all-electric pickup to gain roughly 30 percent more range. Instead, the information was all published as the event concluded.

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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance

Cars That Think

This summer, at the Paris Olympic Games, security officials will perform a much bigger experiment in the heart of the City of Light, covering the events, the entire Olympic village, and the connecting roads and rails. This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024. Yet the wider public seems unconcerned.

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DOT proposes requiring event data recorders on all light-duty vehicles beginning in 2014

Green Car Congress

The proposed rule would require automakers to install event data recorders (EDRs)—devices that collect specific safety-related data (i.e., black boxes”)in all light passenger vehicles beginning 1 September 2014. These devices are located in the vehicle and require special hardware and software to copy the information.

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Event: Ford Bronco Sport Off-Roadeo

Clean Fleet Report

Event: Ford Bronco Sport Off-Roadeo Experiencing the Bronco Sport in the Wild When Ford debuted the all-new Bronco Sport in 2021, it said it was “Built Wild.” inch LCD information screen displays a different animation graphic for each mode, such as green leaves for Eco and red checkered flags for Sport. Cute, but fun.

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Media Release: Plug’n Drive welcomes proposed discount electricity rate for EV chargers in Ontario

Plug N Drive

In December of 2023, the federal government introduced a sales mandate for 100% zero emission light duty vehicles by 2035 (ZEVs – passenger cars, SUVs, light trucks) with an incremental target of 20% by 2026. Light duty vehicles account for about half of Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector.

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Mercedes-Benz further expands Car-to-X communication; pothole detection

Green Car Congress

If the chassis control unit registers such an event, and the “Car-to-X Communication” service is activated, the information is sent to the Mercedes-Benz Cloud in real time via the mobile phone network, together with positional data. Mercedes-Benz passenger cars produced from 2016 onwards can receive the warning information.

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

Gerhardt had joined with Ed Benjamin of the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA) to offer training programs—and certification— to aspiring ebike mechanics. Ten years later, 11 TEVA of NC members, representing 1 out of every 10 people in the chapter, had followed Gerhardt into becoming Certified Light EV Technical instructors.

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