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Volkswagen launches “Electric for All” campaign, demos rolling chassis of MEB

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Volkswagen is launching its “Electric for All” campaign—a strategic effort to put attractive electric vehicles at affordable prices on the road, paving the way for the breakthrough of electric vehicles. This Wallbox is an affordable home system that makes charging the ID. family easy and convenient.

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California ARB awards $7M for ultra-low NOx heavy-duty diesel truck demo project with Achates opposed-piston engines

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The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. At least 35% of these investments are made in disadvantaged and low-income communities.

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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

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From 2022, new homes and buildings, such as supermarkets and workplaces, as well as buildings undergoing major renovations, will be required to install electric power under new legislation announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 22 November Car charging pile. Other buildings will also start installing charging piles.

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

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The technology will be installed on mainstream, mass-market cars at affordable prices and the first model will come to Japan this year. An on-road demo event in Europe in 2016, will showcase the maturity of Nissan’s autonomous drive technology.

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Indian startups compete in race for affordable autonomous driving – ET Auto

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FlowPilot’s demos on X and Discord show cars staying in their lane in heavy traffic. “We Singh also installed Panda, a universal car interface built by Comma AI that allows devices to issue commands and instructions to cars while in motion. We are currently preparing a Mahindra Thar for the next demo,” Sharma said.

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NY Judge Pauses Ford’s EV Dealer Requirements

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The former required an investment of roughly $900,000 for the installation of two DC fast chargers and some tweaks to ensure customers see them and can tell the location is able to sell EVs. It also requires an additional investment of $300,000 to have a third charger installed by 2026.

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Clearpath Announces TurtleBot 4

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Built on top of iRobot’s Create 3 in close partnership with Open Robotics, the TurtleBot 4 is “the next-generation of the world’s most popular open-source robotics platform for education and research, offering superior computing power, more payload capacity, improved sensors, and a world class user experience at an affordable price.”