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New Open Fuel Standard Act would set minimum requirement for non-petroleum fuel capability in new automobiles

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2493 ) which would require 30% of new automobiles in 2016, 50% in 2017, and 50% in each subsequent year, to operate on non-petroleum fuels in addition to or instead of petroleum based fuels. Steve Israel (D-NY-03), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA-13), Tom Cole (R-OK-04), Collin Peterson (D-MN-07) and Del. Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam).

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Gentex takes stake in Israeli thermal digital camera corporate

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provider of high-tech rearview mirrors, dimmable glass and automobile electronics, is making an investment in and taking part with an Israeli corporate that has created a tiny thermal digital camera. Adasky used to be based in Israel in 2016. The Gentex and Adasky groups will perform engineering paintings in Israel.

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US House members introduce Open Fuel Standard Act

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A bipartisan group of House members led by Congressmen John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19) and including Eliot Engel (D, New York-17), Steve Israel (D, New York-2) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-Maryland-6) introduced the technology-neutral Open Fuel Standard (OFS) Act (HR 1687).

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Toyota Research Institute launches Toyota AI Ventures with $100M investment

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Toyota has a history of disruptive innovation in the service of mankind, moving from textile machinery to automobiles in the late 30s, to the broad electrification of the automobile with Prius in the 90s, to autonomous mobility and human-assist robots. TRI participated in Nauto’s $12M Series A financing in August 2016.

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Audi displays new AI project at NIPS: mono camera with semantic segmenting and depth estimates creates precise 3D model of environment

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The network includes companies in the hotspots of Silicon Valley, in Europe and in Israel. In 2016, Audi became the first automobile manufacturer to participate at NIPS with its own exhibition booth. In developing autonomous driving cars, Audi is benefiting from a large network in the artificial intelligence field of technology.

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How do Chinese language EV makers roll out unutilized merchandise so temporarily?

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The corporate delivered its 100,000th automobile on April nineteenth, and as of June, their cumulative deliveries in China reached 120,581 EVs, in keeping with CarNewsChina knowledge. Lynk&Co was once based in 2016, and manufacturing of the primary automobile, Lynk&Co 01, began in 2017. Lynk&Co Any other Geely model.

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