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Genovation’s GXE breaks street-legal all-electric land speed record: 205.6 mph

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Genovation broke the land speed record for a street-legal all-electric vehicle with the Genovation Extreme Electric car (GXE). The record was certified by the International Mile Racing Association (IMRA). The GXE reached 205.6 mph (330.88 The previous record, which also was held by Genovation, stood at 186.8 mph (300.63

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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 The 2016 Sonata PHEV features a 9.8 kWh Li poly pack.

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Electric Saab Emily GT May Get Second Life Under New Investors

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After the company went defunct in 2016, its assets were eventually picked up by a company called New Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS). A Chinese company purchased the new entity and faced bankruptcy before a group of investors stepped in to save it, which& could revive plans & for a new 600-mile EV.

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Study finds ride-sharing companies biggest contributors to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco

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Using data scraped from the application programming interfaces of Uber and Lyft, combined with observed travel time data, the researchers found that between 2010 and 2016, weekday vehicle hours of delay increased by 62% compared to 22% in a counterfactual 2016 scenario without TNCs. Erhardt et al.

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Riversimple introduces Rasa prototype two-seater fuel cell vehicle; 300 miles on 1.5kg H2; production version in 2018

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unveiled the Rasa, a road-legal engineering prototype of its first two-seater hydrogen fuel cell road car, built for full European type approval. The result is a range of up to 300 miles (483 kg) on 1.5kg of hydrogen and a top speed of 60 mph. Riversimple Movement Ltd. Earlier post.) Supported by a £2-million (US$2.9-million)

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Elon Musk shares details about the Tesla crash that ramped Autopilot’s first release

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Tesla’s Autopilot remains polarizing for many, but there is no doubt that the driver-assist system had saved numerous lives since its introduction back in 2016. The judge fortunately did not agree, and the driver’s legal action proved unsuccessful. million miles driven in which drivers had Autopilot engaged.

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Bosch beginning autonomous driving testing in Japan; 3rd engineering location after Germany and the US

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The teams have now completed more than 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) of test drives without an accident, Hoheisel said. Legal framework. If automated driving is to become reality in production vehicles, and not just in prototypes, the legal conditions for this have to be created.

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