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Next generation electric Volvo flagship SUV to come standard with Luminar LiDAR and NVIDIA DRIVE Orin

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Volvo Cars’ forthcoming fully electric flagship SUV will have industry-leading safety technology as standard. By having this hardware as standard, we can continuously improve safety features over the air and introduce advanced autonomous drive systems, reinforcing our leadership in safety. —Håkan Samuelsson, chief executive.

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Blackstone Battery production capacity to increase tenfold

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In the future, the old installation space standards—battery troughs—will be used less and less in vehicle design. These new adapted battery formats that Blackstone Technology will provide through its proprietary production process will help vehicle designers optimise the space used and remove the need for battery troughs.

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Porsche presents 3D-printing technology for bucket seats

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That’s why personalized seat shells customised for the driver have been standard in race cars for a long time now. In addition to an ergonomic fit similar to that found in motor sports, this seat also delivers a unique design, lower weight, improved comfort and passive climate control. Close-up of the 3D lattice structure.

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UK Govt to provide 5M to Mayor of London to help improve air quality to meet EU standards

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The funding is for a program of localized measures designed to improve London’s air quality and help compliance with legally binding European targets. The EU’s Ambient Air Quality Directive 2008 requires Member States to ensure that levels of various pollutants in ambient air comply with certain standards.

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Why Countries Like India Desperately Need EV Battery Standardization

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Despite the rapid adoption of electric vehicles, there has been little discussion about standardizing battery types. The question of whether governments should mandate increased battery standards is not new. So let us weigh some facts on the battery standardization movement. Standardization: Being Nice To the Environment.

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Mercedes-Benz unveils EQS electric luxury sedan

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The aerodynamicists, in close cooperation with the designers, were able to achieve a new Cd best value of 0.20. A new feature of the EQS is a visualiZation in the infotainment system (MBUX Mercedes-Benz User Experience) showing whether the available battery capacity is sufficient to return to the starting point without charging.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XIII)

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As we learned in our last installment , the Cadillac lineup was revised visually for 1957, and would be revised again in 1958 once quad headlamps became legal. But styling and lineup changes weren’t the only new features in 1957: Cadillac was also eager to tout its Standard of the World engineering, safety, and engine advancements!

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