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CoBank report suggests self-driving vehicles could easily overwhelm current data center market

Green Car Congress

To put that into perspective, in 2020 the average person worldwide generated about 150 gigabytes per day. Las Vegas announced that starting this year, it will allow Lyft and Motional to deploy a limited fleet of self-driving, driverless taxis with a full-fledged commercial launch slated for 2023.

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Exoskeletons, Smart Rings, and Flying Cars Will Be at CES 2022

Cars That Think

I had been planning to attend CES , the gigantic annual consumer electronics show, in person this year.That is, until about a week ago, when the current Covid surge made travel, dining out, and spending time indoors surrounded by large numbers of strangers seem like bad ideas. Alas, that won’t be happening this week.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

Auto companies like Kia use CES as a vehicle introduction show This is a look, alphabetically, at some of what was announced at CES 2024, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, January 9-12. The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi. 3, the all-new Tiguan, Passat and Golf.

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Kia PBV concepts preview flexible electric vans, and a robotaxi

Baua Electric

And with the extensive update, on Monday at CES in Las Vegas, it also provided a glimpse of the first several PBV products that are essentially different twists on electric vans. That will include global conversion (upfit) partners. They’ll be a growing and important piece as Kia targets sales of 1.6

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Are Autonomous Buses the Answer for Efficient Transportation and Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption?

Green Car Congress

Driverless cars are poised to decongest personal car traffic, shrink our eco footprint, free up parking spaces and reduce the frequency of collisions by about 90%. Arizona-based startup Local Motors has unveiled Olli ( earlier post ), a 12-passenger minibus that may hit university campuses in Las Vegas and Miami later this year.

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Kia reveals PBV concepts, roadmap and strategy at CES 2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The Korean carmaker has revealed its Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) future strategy at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Kia has returned to the world’s leading electronics show CES after a five-year hiatus and with a bang.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Personally I think that we don’t need to charge the car even in 10 minutes. I like to use the example of someone driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. You could leave Los Angeles and drive to Baker, stop and have a meal while the car recharges, and have plenty of juice to make it to your hotel in Vegas.