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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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The detailed GPS data was collected by state agencies in Texas, Georgia, and California, using special data loggers installed in cars to assess statewide driving patterns. The team found that the vast majority of cars on the road consume no more energy in a day than the battery energy capacity in affordable EVs available today.

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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

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Laurie Garrow, Georgia Tech And somehow, the cost would be no greater, either. Garrow , a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, agrees. These would be like mini airports where the eVTOLs would take off and land, be recharged, and take on and discharge passengers. You can’t do that with a pilot in the seat.”

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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Using Georgia Tech-owned golf carts to prove out the technology, a person sitting in a remote location can access real-time video streamed over LTE to drive the carts. The outcome could be a more affordable and effective way to share or park vehicles using a remote “valet.”. Rapid Recharge & Share, Dearborn.

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Lucid Gravity drive, Acura ZDX review, Jeep plug-in hybrid pickup: The Week in Reverse

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2025 Lexus UX 300h Hyundai last week confirmed that its Metaplant in Georgia, once due to be a dedicated EV plant, will also get U.S. The 2025 Lexus UX 300h has gone hybrid-only , and the most popular AWD version of this model gets a noteworthy gas-mileage boost. The UX 300h AWD now gets 43 mpg combined, and it starts around $40,000.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

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The first several months’ worth of EV9s will be built in South Korea, but US production will start sometime during 2024 in West Point, Georgia. Like the larger XC40 Recharge, it’s relatively slab-sided and upright, and its 7.0-inch For that reason, the EX30 stands alone—and that makes it an important, and affordable, EV for this year.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

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The first several months’ worth of EV9s will be built in South Korea, but US production will start sometime during 2024 in West Point, Georgia. Like the larger XC40 Recharge, it’s relatively slab-sided and upright, and its 7.0-inch For that reason, the EX30 stands alone—and that makes it an important, and affordable, EV for this year.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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thermoelectric energy converters to recharge the hot and. transportable like fuels, 100% renewable, rechargeable like a. Georgia Tech Research. Georgia Institute of. affordably and dynamically control power flow will open up. Georgia Tech/NEETRAC, Carnegie Mellon. electrical battery is being charged.

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