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Automating Road Maintenance With LiDAR Technology

Cars That Think

They noticed that the roads in their New England area were in poor condition, and wanted to see if there was a way to help solve the way road maintenance is performed. Many send out workers to check for poor road conditions, who then log the information in notebooks. The data is then stored in a hard drive.

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DOE issues request for information on medium- and heavy-duty fuel cell electric truck targets

Green Car Congress

Today, MD/HD trucks account for 28% of petroleum use in the US transportation sector, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Power system cost is normalized based on the fuel cell stack size required for each vehicle. Lifetime targets and maintenance costs suggested are based on fuel cell bus targets.

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Lucid Motors, fresh off $LCID listing, opens first southwest U.S. retail store

Teslarati

The Scottsdale location officially opened its doors on Saturday, August 7th, offering a retail store in the same state as its assembly facility in Casa Grande, which is just 50 miles away. The store is positioned in Scottsdale Fashion Square and is the company’s ninth location, adding to the growing network of Lucid Studios.

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Electric Volvo XC40 features new infotainment system powered by Android with Google technologies built-in

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Powered by Android, the new infotainment system offers customers unprecedented personalization, improved levels of intuitiveness and new embedded Google technology and services. Volvo Cars is fundamentally rethinking its approach to infotainment in the forthcoming fully electric Volvo XC40.

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Tips for Maintaining Optimal EV Battery Health

Clean Fleet Report

Power Up: What You Can Do To Keep You Battery Working for You Understanding Battery Health EV batteries are the heart of your vehicle, and their health is critical to performance and longevity. Storing your EV in a garage can help protect the battery from temperature extremes. Myth : EV batteries are maintenance-free.

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Panasonic, Tropos Motors reveal two concept electric commercial utility vehicles at CES

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These fleet truck concepts are powered by Panasonic’s proprietary software and cloud services platform OneConnect and represent a more accessible and a more agile fleet approach conceived to keep business flowing in tight or last mile spaces. According to Statista, by 2023, there will be more than 342 million connected vehicles worldwide.

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NJ state Senate approves bill requiring New Jersey DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program

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However, electric school buses are believed to be cheaper to own over the life of the vehicles than diesel alternatives due to a combination of lower fuel and maintenance costs and because vehicle-to-grid capabilities would allow school districts to sell electric buses’ stored energy back to the utility.