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JUNE 14, 2021

Straubel, has opened up a new manufacturing facility in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Park, just miles from Tesla’s Giga Nevada production facility. Redwood’s new facility is just miles from Tesla Giga Nevada, where the automaker has a joint venture with Panasonic to produce electric vehicle batteries.

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JANUARY 11, 2016

Chrysler unveiled the all-new 2017 Pacifica minivan in both conventional and plug-in hybrid versions at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The Pacifica Hybrid will deliver an estimated all-electric range of 30 miles from a 16-kWh lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery. The PHEV is the minivan segment’s first.

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JUNE 27, 2013

10,000 hours, the equivalent of 300,000 driven miles, is the point at which hydrogen fuel cell endurance is comparable to the best light-weight diesel engines under such test conditions. ACAL Energy’s approach is also significantly cheaper than conventional fuel cell technology. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Fuel Cells Hydrogen'

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

A team led by Southwest Research Institute has applied connectivity and automation to achieve a 20% improvement in efficiency on a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. For example, if a stoplight is red a few blocks ahead, the app will tell the driver to speed up or slow down by a few miles per hour to avoid stopping. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 17, 2017

million zero emission fuel-cell-car miles in California, eliminating more than 2.3 The number of fuel cell cars on California roads increased during 2016 and is expected to more than quadruple during 2017. Fuel from True Zero ’s hydrogen-fueling stations during 2016 powered more than 3.7

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

SAE International is engaged with the Idaho National Lab and US Department of Energy (DOE) in bench-testing of WPT 3 (11 kW) levels in 2017, said Jesse Schneider, chair of the SAE J2954 task force, in his presentation at the SAE 2017 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium last week in San Diego. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 1, 2018

The ProGen-powered electric delivery van is one of the first of its kind to operate in a standard commercial environment and is deployed on a standard delivery route for FedEx. Workhorse currently offers the range-extended EGEN with a 647 cc two-cylinder BMW range-extending engine; total range on that vehicle is 120 miles. Source: DOE.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The newly cleaned water is then returned to the environment, while the algae are further concentrated to maximize the potential for energy and nutrient recovery. 2017) in the book Algal Biofuels. HTL uses heat and pressure—250–380 °C and 5–28 MPa—to convert a variety of feedstocks to biocrude. Figure from Tian et al.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

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. The vehicle has two seats, a storage area in back, and an electric skateboard for last mile transit. Open Innovation and Collaboration.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Assembly Bill 630 (2017, Cooper) established the CC4A program. miles per gallon. Air districts, which administer the individual programs under CC4A, report that despite the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn, total participation rates have continued to rise. As of 30 September 2020, $82.5

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MARCH 13, 2019

With a range of up to 300 miles (483 km), the bus can be refueled in 6-20 minutes depending on the model and operating conditions, and requires no overnight plug-in electrical re-charging. It introduced its next-generation battery-electric bus, the Xcelsior CHARGE in 2017. The only tailpipe output is clean water vapor.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Toyota intends to deploy these new powertrain units in a rapidly broadening range of vehicle models, starting in 2017. Further enhancing the system for PHVs is a large-capacity lithium-ion battery that largely increases the EV-mode cruising range to 60 kilometers (37 miles) or more in the JC08 test cycle.

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

Germany has taken a pioneering role in this with the opening of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) for Level 3 systems in 2017. With the opening of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) for Level 3 systems in 2017, Germany was the first country to create a legal basis for the intended use of these systems.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

From day one, we prioritized building an aircraft that not only has an extremely low noise profile, but blends seamlessly into the natural environment. Joby has released several videos showcasing the quiet nature of the company’s aircraft during take-off, hover, and overhead flight.

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JULY 14, 2017

Traditionally, a public transit buses life expectancy is measured in terms of the number of miles on its diesel engine. A diesel engine’s life expectancy is 6 years or 250,000 miles before overhaul. The highest-mileage bus that has not had a reline has surpassed 160,000 miles. The FCEBs benefit from regenerative braking.

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JUNE 5, 2017

V2I connects the Cadillac development vehicles to its surrounding infrastructure, allowing the vehicle to alert the driver of safety, mobility or environment-related conditions ahead. V2V is included as a standard feature on the 2017 CTS sedan in the US and Canada and complements a robust suite of available active safety features.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The study, published recently in Atmospheric Environment , investigated commuter exposure to PM 2.5 , black carbon (BC), and ultrafine particles (UFP) in six common transport microenvironments in Sacramento, California. Train commutes experienced the largest exposure per mile of all of the combustion-derived transportation commute modes.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

will be deployed beginning in January 2017 starting in Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and, possibly in other states as well. The improvements in these new package cars came from real-world experience in our alternative fuel Rolling Laboratory, which earlier this year hit a 1 billion miles driven milestone.

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APRIL 16, 2018

From cycle rickshaws to shuttles and last-mile transport, three-wheelers continue to be a dominant form of daily transit for many people across India. Ola launched its first electric vehicle project in Nagpur on 26 May 2017. —Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-Founder and CEO of Ola.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

With the VLS-128 LiDAR, there are billions of data points to analyze a dynamic, changing environment to determine safety —Marta Hall, Velodyne’s President and Chief Business Development Officer. The first autonomous cars that successfully drove cross-country and another million miles were equipped with the HDL-64.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Polestar launched in 2017 with the Polestar 1—a low-volume Electric Performance Hybrid GT with 600 hp, 1,000 N·m and an electric-only range of 150 km (93 miles). For the first 12 months of production, guide price of the launch edition is €59,900 (US$68,184). —Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

The first phase of this expanded collaboration between the nearly decade-long partners focuses on NVIDIA DRIVE PX, which uses trained AI neural networks to understand the surrounding environment, and to determine a safe path forward. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 25, 2013

The environment committee of the European Parliament approved a draft law setting out a new CO 2 target for cars of 95g CO 2 /km (153 g/mile) by 2020, down from 130 gCO 2 /km (209 g/mile) in 2015. The draft also sets indicative targets for post-2020 CO 2 emissions in the range of 68-78 g/km (109-126 g/mile) from 2025.

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MAY 2, 2017

Each FCEV produces electricity which continuously charges its batteries, thereby providing additional power and an extended range of 125 miles. where UPS will validate its design and core performance requirements by testing it on the street starting the third quarter of 2017.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

A B-Class F-CELL fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) ( earlier post ) from Mercedes-Benz’ current FCEV fleet has achieved a continuous running record of more than 300,000 kilometers (186,411 miles) under normal everyday conditions. million miles). Daimler is planning for sereis production of F-Cell vehicles from 2017 onwards.

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JANUARY 19, 2019

minutes—at an average speed of almost 115 mph—and was set in 2017 by Britain’s Peter Dumbreck in a NIO EP9. The current record for fully-electric vehicles stands at 6:45.90

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APRIL 23, 2019

The new generation zero-emission truck expands on the capabilities of Toyota’s first two Project Portal Proof-of-Concept trucks through enhanced capability, packaging, and performance while offering an estimated range of more than 300 miles per fill, twice that of a typical drayage trucks average daily duty cycle.

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MAY 23, 2019

These new capabilities are important when moving through complex, human-oriented environments, for tasks such as curb-to-doorstep delivery. Launched in mid 2017, Cassie is a highly capable, rugged, bipedal research platform in use by numerous customers. Jonathan Hurst, CTO and co-founder of Agility.

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MAY 3, 2018

The first demonstration vehicle will be on the road this summer and will give the bus more than 200 miles of all-electric range. We hope that, upon approval, this partnership with Lightning Systems will blow the market open for repowering old buses around the country, reduce emissions in local environments, and stabilize costs for the future.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The final standards are projected result in an average industry fleet-wide level of 163 grams/mile of CO 2 in model year 2025, which is equivalent to 54.5 As part of the rulemaking establishing the model year 2017-2025 light-duty vehicle GHG standards, EPA committed to conduct a Midterm Evaluation of standards for model years 2022-2025.

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AUGUST 6, 2016

As a result of the continued patronizing of Toyota’s vehicles for use as taxis—where an annual 100,000 km (621,000 miles) have been covered in some areas—Toyota has been able to continue to enhance the reliability and durability of its vehicles, so as to provide customers with a safe and pleasant ride.

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MARCH 9, 2016

The revised CEVS is applicable until 30 June 2017, after which it will be subject to further review. Wh/km (38 kWh/100 miles) for the Model S 90.). The calculation for “Tailpipe & upstream GHG” is found under the “Energy and Environment” tab for individual vehicles. Singapore revised CEVS bands. Carbon Emission(CO 2 g/km).

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AUGUST 23, 2022

At the same time, the three-wheeler (auto-rickshaw) industry is considered a major source of pollution in last mile connectivity services. Tork Motors has also been working with electric 3-wheeler OEMs since 2017 and is already manufacturing and supplying powertrains to multiple companies.

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JANUARY 6, 2016

As promised, GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra unveiled the production 2017 Bolt battery-electric vehicle at CES 2016. The Bolt EV, which will go into production by the end of 2016, will offer more than 200 miles of range on a full charge. Other connectivity and infotainment features include: 10.2" MyLink color touch-screen display.

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APRIL 25, 2013

Proposed Lease Sale 233, scheduled to take place in New Orleans in August, will be the third offshore auction under the Administration’s Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017 (Five Year Program). billion in high bids and a 20-million-acre sale held last November that netted nearly $134 million.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

A new national poll of likely voters conducted by the Mellman Group found that 74% of likely voters favor having “ the federal government require the auto industry to increase average fuel efficiency…to 60 miles per gallon by the year 2025.” The standards will cover model years 2017 to 2025.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Magna unveiled MAX4, a fully integrated, customizable and scalable autonomous driving sensing and compute platform that can enable up to Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities in both urban and highway environments. Magna has been developing and manufacturing autonomous technology features for automakers since the 2000s.

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