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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

Green Car Congress

Data Driven Insurance, London. 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. City Driving On-Demand, London. Dynamic Social Shuttle, New York and London. Painless Parking, London.

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Nickel expert calls on Musk, Farley, others to demand Nickel sourcing in North America

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Nickel has been a significant talking point of many automotive CEOs for about two years as its wide availability could alleviate battery manufacturing bottlenecks for cells containing either controversial or hard-to-obtain rare earth metals. “We used to refer to LFP cells as ‘golf cart batteries,'” he said.