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Toyota Adds Nightshade, Factory Lift to Tundra for 2024

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A new TRD 3-inch suspension lift kit can now be installed at the factory. And make no mistake, despite the Tundra being built in Texas and around the segment for the better part of three decades, there are still wide swaths of truck fans who consider Toyota the odd man out in the Truck Wars. Of greater interest to this author?

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering. She left the University of Texas in 2005 to join Rice University. After earning her Ph.D.

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US Army, Lockheed Martin complete 2nd autonomous convoy demo; more vehicles, higher speeds

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Hood, Texas, in January 2014, where three unmanned military trucks negotiated oncoming traffic, followed rules of the road, recognized pedestrians and avoided various obstacles at speeds up to 25 mph (40 km/h) in an urban environment. The AMAS common appliqué kit consists of the bi-wire active safety kit and the autonomy kit.

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Starlink’s ease of use and speed impresses cybersecurity analyst

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Nicholas Underwood , a 25-year-old cybersecurity analyst, is well-versed in tech, but before getting his Starlink kit, he was facing a rather tricky situation. Underwood’s Starlink kit was able to record speeds of around 80 Mbps on the first day. And since then, the service has only gotten better.

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You can power your home for 21 days with a Chevy Silverado EV and GM’s new bidirectional charger

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It’s initially rolling out in five states – California, Florida, Michigan, New York, and Texas – with plans to expand over time. It consists of the GM Energy Powershift Charger at $1,699, and GM Energy V2H Enablement Kit at $5,600. At $7,299, the bundle doesn’t come cheap.

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Lockheed Martin autonomous driving system tops 55,000 miles in extended Army testing

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Lockheed Martin’s Autonomous Mobility Applique System ( AMAS ) logged more than 55,000 testing miles during the US Army Extended Warfighter Experiment (EWE) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Fort Bliss, Texas.

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Voltabox to supply Li-ion batteries for the automotive sector, starting with a fully electric van

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In the current fiscal year, Voltabox is increasingly benefiting from its recently optimized battery module kit for intralogistics systems. Voltabox has production sites at its headquarters in Delbrück, Germany, in Cedar Park (Austin, Texas), and in Kunshan, China, as well as development sites in Aachen and Korntal-Münchingen, Germany.

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