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Ohio State takes first place in DOE/GM EcoCAR 3 competition

Green Car Congress

Teams spent the last four years (2014-2018) harnessing those ideas into the ultimate energy-efficient, high performance vehicle. For the second leg of competition, teams headed to southern California for track events, including autocross, acceleration, and consumer appeal at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana.

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Freudenberg invests in fuel cell and battery technologies

Green Car Congress

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, one of the world’s leading specialists in sealing technologies for the auto industry, has strengthened its position in the energy and electric mobility sectors with an acquisition and a strategic investment. Elcore was founded eight years ago as a highly innovation-driven startup.

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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut

Charged EVs

The startup carmaker Rivian was founded a decade ago by RJ Scaringe, but it didn’t go public with its electric pickup truck and SUV until the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. If you want to attract attention, keeping a company in stealth mode for several years is a good way to do it. The next Tesla? Stay tuned.

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At Last, a Self-Driving Car That Can Explain Itself

Cars That Think

As we drive down a street in downtown Los Angeles, our system’s synthesized voice provides navigation instructions. And indeed, the auto industry is beginning to embrace technology that works in the manner of a virtual assistant. We call the system scene-aware interaction , and we plan to include it in cars.

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