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GM to start autonomous vehicle manufacturing and testing in Michigan

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GM also announced it will produce the next generation of its autonomous test vehicles at its Orion Township assembly plant beginning in early 2017. Workers at the Orion Township assembly plant will build test fleet Bolt EVs equipped with fully autonomous technology. The plant currently manufactures the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Sonic.

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Peloton in ARPA-E NEXTCAR project to cut HD truck fuel use by 20% with smart powertrains and platooning

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The Purdue-led NEXTCAR project team also includes Cummins, Peterbilt Motors Company, ZF TRW, the University of Arizona and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Our first truck platooning system is coming to market in 2017. Peloton and its NEXTCAR partners expect to launch the three-year project in March 2017.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

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Val Miftakhov got into the EV game in 2010 when he founded eMotorWerks, which created an innovative smart charging solution and was acquired by the Enel Group in 2017. Charged : You’ve done some pilot programs with battery-electric planes, but your long-term idea is to build fuel cell aircraft, correct? So, that’s a lot of what we do.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs

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And that list only includes crossovers that offer standard or optional all-wheel drive. Hyundai has been selling battery-electric models in the US since the Ioniq Electric was launched alongside hybrid and plug-in hybrid siblings in 2017. kilowatts at capable Level 2 charging stations, higher than the previous EV standards of 6.6

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EV Charging Basics for Property Developers

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Current EV infrastructure building codes require the integration of EV infrastructure into new construction projects. The core requirements of the 2021 IECC model code for new multifamily buildings are as follows: Source: [link]. Most existing buildings are not equipped with EV-ready parking spaces and EV-Capable infrastructure.

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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

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Any whisper of production bottlenecks at Tesla inevitably recalls the Model 3's troubled launch in 2017 and 2018 , the one that had Musk sleeping in his office. The Arizona-built Lucid Air sedan, the work of Musk's former Model S chief engineer, has demonstrated it can travel up to 517 miles , a lofty record for any EV.

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2022 Lucid Air: The makers of the first 500-mile EV should be taken seriously

Charged EVs

A two-year hiatus from 2017 through 2019, while Lucid sought funding to build its Arizona factory and put the Air into production, gave engineers the chance to make several more iterations of the power unit in particular. . Over the break, engineers doubled the battery voltage from the standard 400 volts.

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