Remove 2019 Remove Building Remove Chicago Remove Connect
article thumbnail

Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

Green Car Congress

Electrify America has released its National Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Plan for Cycle 2; Cycle 2 is a 30-month investment period that begins in July 2019. Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC.

America 290
article thumbnail

Electrify America to install 2,800 charging stations at workplaces and multi-unit dwellings across US

Green Car Congress

Electrify America LLC announced it will install more than 2,800 workplace and residential charging stations by June 2019 in 17 of the biggest metropolitan areas in the United States. Joining Electrify America in this initiative are SemaConnect, EV Connect and Greenlots. Earlier post.).

article thumbnail

MIT, QCRI use AI to enrich digital maps to improve GPS navigation; RoadTagger

Green Car Congress

Roads can be occluded by, for example, trees and buildings, making it a challenging task, however. Qatar, where QCRI is based, is “not a priority for the large companies building digital maps,” Madden says. Yet, it’s constantly building new roads and improving old ones, especially in preparation for hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

MIT 273
article thumbnail

Ford adding hybrid F-150 & Mustang, PHEV Transit, new BEV SUV by 2020; $700M for Flat Rock for EV production; cancels $1.6B Mexico plant

Green Car Congress

The automaker also announced plans to invest $700 million to expand its Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan into a factory that will build high-tech autonomous and electric vehicles along with the Mustang and Lincoln Continental. The moves are part of a $4.5 billion investment in electrified vehicles by 2020.

F-150 199
article thumbnail

Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

Cars That Think

Twenty-one years later, in 2015, the IEEE member founded Psyonic , which designs and builds advanced, affordable artificial limbs. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. I loved everything about engineering, programming, and building things," he says. "I Pierre , 2018–2019 U.S.

Ecuador 144
article thumbnail

Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Automakers have entered this market with mixed results, building substantial membership levels in only a few years, but they are also challenged with the new MaaS business model. Uber’s also in the process of adding transit connection information to its app as it strives to become a one-stop mobility information service.

Cars 98
article thumbnail

Subspace Rebuilt the Internet for Real-Time Applications

Cars That Think

In December 2019 the videoconferencing company Zoom had 10 million daily participants, and by April of the following year it had 300 million. More than 20 percent of Internet-connected devices experienced performance issues at any given time, and 80 percent had major disruptions several times a day.

Connect 94