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ChargePoint announces support for Megawatt Charging System – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The MCS cable and connector will be available on ChargePoint’s Power Link 2000 stations, part of the modular Express Plus DC fast charging platform. ChargePoint’s MCS-enabled hardware will be on display at the upcoming ACT Expo in Las Vegas. The latest charging provider to announce support for MCS is ChargePoint.

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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

Green Car Congress

UPS already operates 112 LNG tractor trailers from fueling stations in Las Vegas, Nev.; UPS was a founding Interstate Clean Transportation Corridor (ICTC) fleet partner, a group that established publicly accessible LNG fueling stations in California, Las Vegas, and Utah. Phoenix, Ariz.,

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Faster, Meaner, Deadlier: The Evolution of BattleBots

Cars That Think

This week, tickets went on sale for audience seating for the next season of Battlebots ; filming will commence in October in Las Vegas. Battlebots premiered on Comedy Central in, I think it was, 2000. GM: It's part "necessity is the mother of invention" and part you just know the lithium technology is more volatile.

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

Green Car Congress

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. Passengers, for the most part, wouldn’t have to wait around for transfers, and spaces previously devoted to parking would make way for open, livable spaces.

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BMW Group launches high performance D3 platform: data-driven development for autonomous driving

Green Car Congress

The close proximity was an essential part of the plan to transfer the enormous quantities of data from the Campus to the platform via cable. It was back in 2000 when the BMW Group first started to conduct research into its vision of a car that people could drive themselves but didn’t have to. DXC Technology.

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