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Stora Enso to build biomass-to-sugars demo plant in Louisiana

Green Car Congress

These sugars will be converted and upgraded for applications in, for example, food and personal care. The Raceland demonstration plant is scheduled to start production early 2017. It will be used to produce high purity five-carbon sugars and in particular xylose.

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Volvo Cars demos self-driving cars in Beijing

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars’ Drive Me project, which will feature 100 autonomous cars, will start rolling on selected roads around Gothenburg by 2017. Smart vehicles are a key part of the solution, but a broad societal approach is vital to offer sustainable personal mobility in the future.

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Honda introduces “Cooperative Mobility Ecosystem” at CES 2017; Honda Riding Assist, NeuV concept w/ AI emotion engine

Green Car Congress

Honda unveiled its Cooperative Mobility Ecosystem concept at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, connecting artificial intelligence, robotics and big data to transform the mobility experience of the future. These demonstrations will be the first conducted with infrastructure partners Gilbarco Veeder-Root (fuel pumps) and IPS Group (smart parking meters).

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Neuralink continues hiring ramp following co-founder Max Hodak’s departure

Teslarati

Some personal news: I am no longer at Neuralink (as of a few weeks ago). Hodak was the President of Neuralink from 2017 until his departure. The video revealed the tremendous progress Neuralink has made since the company’s live demo event last year. . He did not reveal any details about his departure. Onward to new things.

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Nissan’s Intelligent Mobility vision builds on electrification, autonomous drive and vehicle intelligence

Green Car Congress

An on-road demo event in Europe in 2016, will showcase the maturity of Nissan’s autonomous drive technology. In 2017, the Nissan Qashqai will become the first Piloted Drive vehicle available in Europe. Ubiquitous connectivity is an expectation of car consumers as an extension of their work and personal devices.

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The Tesla MCU1 conundrum: How early FSD adopters were left behind in limbo

Teslarati

It was then no surprise that when the company debuted its first FSD demo in 2016 , numerous Model S and Model X owners were all too willing to support Tesla. . “I bought my Model S in 2017 based on their advertising claiming that it had the necessary hardware for self-driving. “I have a December 2017 Model S 75D.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

About Joe: Joe has driven electric since 2017 with two BMWs: i3 REX and X5 40e. Personally meeting Sandy Munro to exchange ideas of the future of BEVs. For over 40 years I have organized demos and exhibited EVs, especially light EVs, at in-person EVents to thousands of people. What type of leadership makes you thrive?