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Government of Canada releases framework for ending fossil fuel subsidies

Green Car Congress

Subsidies will be considered inefficient unless they meet one or more of the following six criteria: Enable significant net greenhouse gas emissions reductions in Canada or internationally in alignment with article 6 of the Paris Agreement. This refers to financing beyond the scope of the fossil fuel subsidies commitment.

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5 Ways to Strengthen the AI Acquisition Process

Cars That Think

In our last article, A How-To Guide on Acquiring AI Systems , we explained why the IEEE P3119 Standard for the Procurement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Systems (ADS) is needed. This reference contract language can be indispensable to agencies negotiating with AI vendors. Likewise, the U.K.

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NIO supplier Innovusion partners with Fuyao to put LiDAR behind windshield

CN EV Post

Mounting LiDAR behind the front windshield, which does not affect the vehicle's exterior design and makes LiDAR less susceptible to the external environment, becomes one of the best options, Innovusion said. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

Green Car Congress

An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that a dispensed cost of about $7/kg must be achieved to make FCEVs competitive with gasoline internal combustion engine vehicles in early FCEV markets. 2019.10.005.

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Build a Passive Radar With Software-Defined Radio

Cars That Think

A reference antenna picks up a signal from, say, a cell tower, while a surveillance antenna is tuned to the same frequency. The reference and surveillance signals are compared. The second reason is that pointing a directional antenna away from the reference source means that it’s less likely to be swamped by the reference signal.

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Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

Plug In India

​In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this narrative with facts and sources. Cobalt FUD Yes, Cobalt Mining is bad for the environment and bad for the people who live near these mines. [1] The environment impact by the OIL industry is incomparable compared to any battery manufacturing.

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Autonomous electric car technology: Why should a self-driving vehicle be all-electric?

Get Electric Vehicle

A self-driving car is capable of driving itself sensing the environment with no help of a driver. Ability to analyze the environment and react according to the conditions is not an easy process. A self-driving car is supposed to analyze the environment and react based on the circumstances.