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Ford EV “skunkworks” team is led by a Tesla alumni

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Considering his long tenure at the Elon Musk-led electric vehicle maker, Clarke definitely seems to be a good fit to lead Ford’s EV skunkworks team. Paryani’s LinkedIn page indicates that he worked for Tesla as a Senior Engineer for over five years, from September 2007 to March 2013.

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Fuel Cell Equinox tops 100,000 miles in real-world driving

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The specially equipped 2007 Chevrolet Equinox was part of GM’s 119-vehicle Project Driveway program, launched in 2007. In July, GM and Honda announced a long-term, definitive master agreement to co-develop a next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies, aiming for the 2020 time frame. Earlier post.)

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Ford goes “Landfill-Free” in Canada

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By Ford’s definition this means that those facilities do not send any operational waste to a landfill. Ford has already reduced global per vehicle waste to landfill by 40 per cent from 2007 to 2011. The Essex Engine Plant received landfill-free status in 2012 and Windsor Engine Plant in 2013. million square feet on 487 acres.

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Tesla to offer Dojo neural network training as a service in the future: Elon Musk

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Tesla’s AI Day promised to be a tour de force of the company’s FSD strategies and most ambitious projects, and it definitely did not disappoint. One of these was former ARK Invest analyst and now Amun Head of Tokens James Wang , who dubbed AI Day as “probably the greatest technology presentation since 2007.”

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GM exploring Mobileye advanced mapping with OnStar Data; production deployment later this year

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General Motors is exploring a new mapping technology from Mobileye that could use crowd-sourced real-time data (swarm intelligence) collected by OnStar for precise localization and high-definition lane data that supports fully autonomous driving. GM, which sold about 3.3

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Nissan to sell AESC automotive Li-ion battery business to GSR Capital

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Nissan Motor has entered into a definitive sale and purchase agreement with GSR Capital (GSR), a private investment fund, for the sale of Nissan’s automotive electric battery operations and production facilities to GSR.

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DUH says testing indicates use of defeat device in BMW 320d diesel

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The European Type Approval Regulation 715/2007 explicitly includes in its definition of “defeat devices” the engine speed (RPM) as a parameter for reducing the effectiveness of the emission control system during normal vehicle operation. General activation of defeat devices is inadmissible under this regulation.

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