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Daimler Trucks E-Mobility Group starts global initiative for electric-truck charging infrastructure

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The charging processes of electric fleet vehicles are another key that must be integrated into the operating process. The E-Mobility Group is set up globally with employees working in various locations throughout the company's worldwide development network, i.e. in Portland (US), Stuttgart (Germany) and Kawasaki (Japan).

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Daimler Trucks establishes global organization for highly automated driving

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In the first stage, we will focus on use cases of highly automated driving in defined areas and between defined hubs in the USA. The Autonomous Technology Group has a global reach with experts working in various locations throughout the company’s worldwide development network, i.e. in Portland and Blacksburg (USA) and Stuttgart (Germany).

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Audi introducing V2I Traffic Light Information service in Europe

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This service is now available at more than 5,000 intersections in the US, for example in cities including Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Portland and Washington D.C. —Andre Hainzlmaier, head of Development of Apps, Connected Services and Smart City at Audi. Since February Audi has offered a further function in North America.

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Smart Move

Revenge of the Electric Car

Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. Read more in the article: Smart to Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. Smart To Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. Tags: Test Fleets Smart USA.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. Portland General Electric. Expanding the EV fleet. The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

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Goh, Ufuk Topcu, and Avinash Balachandran from University of Texas at Austin, USA, and Toyota Research Institute, Los Altos, Calif., Fast Untethered Soft Robotic Crawler with Elastic Instability,” by Zechen Xiong, Yufeng Su, and Hod Lipson from Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Dorobantu, and Aaron D.

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SSB Flex mobility service launches in Stuttgart on 1 June

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SSB will be deploying a fleet of 10 vehicles: Mercedes-Benz V-Class sedans with five seats in the rear and 2 Mercedes-Benz B-Class vehicles with electric drive and three seats in the rear. Furthermore, the anticipated demand is estimated so that the fleet can be managed proactively. million customers.