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Exclusive: Meet Aussie Daniel Ho, Tesla’s Full Self Driving guru. He loves it. But Corby’s afraid … very afraid

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The first experience was last year when I took a ride in a fully autonomous EV taxi on the streets of San Francisco, where I was surrounded by other self-driving taxis run by two separate companies, no less, Waymo and Cruise. It’s actually statistically, scientifically rational for the machine to drive. It’s scary.

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Tata Motors, Westport Fuel Systems in development and supply agreement; natural gas solutions to meet upcoming India BS-VI emissions standards

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Recent rules enacted in Delhi and the National Capital Region place limits on diesel and petrol vehicles while mandating natural gas for commercial vehicles such as taxis and city buses. India is one of the world’s largest commercial vehicles markets.

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INL study suggests fast charging can take longer in cold temperatures

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The authors conducted statistical analysis on the effects of temperature and constructed an electric vehicle charging model that can show the dynamics of DCFC charging process under different temperatures. Temperatures for the charging events ranged from 15 to 103 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Bosch acquires US ridesharing start-up SPLT

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Ridesharing, in which digital services and apps are used to form carpools and to organize vehicle sharing and taxis, is a growth market in the connected mobility sector. And for roughly two-thirds of the working population, the car is the first choice of transport for the daily commute, according to the German Federal Statistical Office.

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Volvo Cars providing 1,000 test vehicles for Scandinavian cloud-based project for sharing road surface information

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The Road Surface Information (RSI) system combines the latest generation of climate models, advanced analysis of vehicle data and a detailed statistical analysis of road sections. Earlier post.) With the technology development in place, the testing and validation phase is now about to begin. Connected vehicles Safety'

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Update: SAE J2954 wireless charging validation to 11kW, Recommended Practice to enable autonomous vehicle parking and charging in 2017

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Another phase is to enable an infrastructure for autonomous fleets of vehicles (such as taxis,etc.) An important outcome of this first infrastructure build up would be to be able to provide significant statistical data to evaluate the benefits for wireless charging according to SAE J295. to be able to autonomously charge.

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Wireless charging J2954 testing to 11 kW in 2017 for LD, HD starting up to 250 kW; autonomous charging and infrastructure proposal for California

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in 2021 to create a wireless charging infrastructure with alignment communications for autonomous vehicles (for example, taxi fleets). SAE also proposes 100 Heavy Duty Chargers in 2020 based on SAE J2954/2 (for example public transit agency, truck stops for anti-idling, etc.)

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