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TomTom: Global traffic congestion up; Bengaluru world’s most traffic-congested city

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Overall, traffic congestion has increased globally during the last decade, and the 239 cities (57%) TomTom included in the new Traffic Index report had increased congestion levels between 2018 and 2019, with only 63 cities showing measurable decreases. And drivers have a role to play too.

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Velodyne introduces new low-cost fixed-laser solid-state LiDAR for autonomous driving and ADAS applications

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The company has scheduled customer demonstration of the core technology for the summer of 2017, with engineering sample units available by the end of 2017 ahead of production in 2018. It will be produced in scale at the company’s new Megafactory in San Jose.

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Ford acquiring SF-based crowd-sourced shuttle service, launching Ford GoBike

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Ford and Motivate, a global leader in bike share, are working with city officials to add new stations and increase the number of bikes to 7,000 in the Bay Area by the end of 2018. This could include real-time data, such as weather conditions, usage patterns and bike availability, to optimize commutes.

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California ARB receives VW’s 1st $200M, 30-month ZEV investment plan

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One of these—Appendix C—requires VW to invest $800 million in California over a 10-year period to support the increased use and availability of ZEVs. Electrify America has identified 5 metropolitan areas for the cycle 1 investment (Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento).

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Elon Musk wants Tesla Service to fix two-thirds of cars in the same day

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Quality control (QC) service requests, when combined with normal service load, mean that Tesla service centers’ availability is often impaired. This lack of availability is compounded by Tesla’s lack of service centers as a whole, some states having only single-digit numbers of service centers available.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

I would add value to the EAA by contributing my social equity perspective potential for EVs and where possible, avail myself as a mentor for chapters seeking to startup. He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018). Alan has 30+ years in business development and marketing.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

I would add value to the EAA by contributing my social equity perspective potential for EVs and where possible, avail myself as a mentor for chapters seeking to startup. He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018). Alan has 30+ years in business development and marketing.