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Daimler Trucks and Torc partner with Luminar to enable automated trucking; Daimler Trucks acquires minority stake in Luminar

Green Car Congress

As part of their joint commitment to safety, the companies will also collaborate on safety standards and operating practices, and make future policy advancements and safety enhancements as a result of the joint program. Founded in 2012, Luminar is a 350-person team with offices in Palo Alto, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Detroit, and Munich.

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NTSB issues 9 safety recommendations after Tesla crash investigation; says no vehicle in US is self-driving

Green Car Congress

The 38-year-old driver of the 2017 Tesla Model X P100D electric-powered sport utility vehicle died from multiple blunt-force injuries after his SUV entered the gore area of the US-101 and State Route 85 exit ramp and struck a damaged and nonoperational crash attenuator at a speed of 70.8 seconds and about 560 feet from the crash attenuator.

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81% of EVs Sold in 2023 Still Qualify for the Federal EV Tax Credit

EV Life

However, 90% of the vehicles that were eligible for the tax credit before April 18 are still eligible, according to Albert Gore , executive director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association. So, if you were worried that your options have shrunk considerably, rest assured, they haven’t.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

Greenius will work for the rest of America, even the little brain people who aren’t sure if climate change is man-made or not and probably even the Stepford brainwashed pod people who think Al Gore is a bad man. Not when we can take such simple, easy steps to fight back instead. Here’s Something I Bet You Didn’t Know.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. Early Days in the Obama Administration An Address I'd Like to Hear Global Warming Solutions Included in Transportatio. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. SZ (1) 6753.T

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