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Prague buying 20 Solaris bi-articulated Trollino 24 electric trolleybuses

Green Car Congress

Both the lighting in the passenger compartment and external lighting have been designed using LED technology. The company added these zero-emission vehicles to its offering back in 2001. The vehicle interior will also feature two bays for passengers in wheelchairs.

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Industrial Light & Magic Engineer Wins a Technical Oscar

Cars That Think

Vanns, who now works at Disney -owned Industrial Light & Magic , in London, was an avid cinephile growing up. After graduating with a joint honors degree in both fields in 2001, Vanns worked for a time writing software, and seemed to be setting off on a fairly conventional IT career. Their software is still being used today.

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Tesla adds long overdue safety feature with new Model 3 Highland

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You can turn it on or off by touching Controls > Lights > Blind Spot Indicator.” ” Credit: Tesla The indicator will light up or flash when a vehicle is located in the blind spot of the Model 3. In fact, the first vehicle to ever use a Blind Spot Detection system was the 2001 Volvo SCC Concept Car.

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18 more Solaris trolleybuses going to Italian cities; 45 kWh battery packs

Green Car Congress

The vehicle will also encompass a passenger information system with external and internal direction displays and voice announcement loudspeakers and energy-saving lighting in LED technology. Solaris Bus & Coach added trolleybuses to its offer back in 2001.

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EPA approves first company plans for E15 misfueling mitigation; E15 may be lawfully introduced to market

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the first plans from individual companies for satisfying the misfueling mitigation conditions of the E15 partial waivers. Approved companies have now met all Clean Air Act requirements related to E15 and may legally—for CAA requirements—introduce E15 into the marketplace.

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First look at Tesla Cybertruck Sentry Mode and its Cyber Owl graphic

Teslarati

Being a Tesla-specific feature, it was no surprise when the company tapped into its nerdy side when it released Sentry Mode for the first time. During its first rollout , engaging the feature brought up a graphic of HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey to show that Sentry Mode was active. Elon Musk said as much in the past.

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Honda Prelude two-door coupe set to return as an electric sportscar

EV Central

Then, by 2001, it was gone. The company that gave us the (original) NSX, the S2000, Integra Type R and history’s finest F1 engines needs more sporting flavour in its showroom than a too-expensive Civic Type R. Now, thanks to electrification, the Prelude looks like coming back after a too-long hiatus of over two decades.

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