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Daimler Trucks establishes global organization for highly automated driving

Green Car Congress

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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"Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update. from EVJerry back in DC with the "Spirit" Hanging out at the Beach!

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

And there is Robb Protheroe's offer to integrate the new Li-ion battery pack with the PluginSupply kit and system, once shipped by DPS to Petaluma, CA. Note: the Green Train leave on its six week venture from Portland and is en route to DC. See Dr Walter Wu's email regarding gifting the "Spirit of DC" in the Feb 2009 timeframe.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Progress Energy Corporation by Advanced Vehicle Research Center , with Hymotion kit, July 2007 (Raleigh, NC), contact Mike.Ligett@. Contact Toronto Atmospheric Fund Office for Resource Efficiency Escape by Hybrids Plus , Jan 16, 2008, (USA). Contact LMirisola@. Contact Ewan Pritchard at epritcha@advancedenergy.org.

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