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Tesla formally wins final environmental approval to open Gigafactory Berlin

Teslarati

“As a high-performing state administration, you have always focused on the technical requirements, the high level of protection of the environment, the protection of the general public and the neighborhood from dangers, even under the pressure of great public interest and unreasonable harassment as well as the legal certainty of the procedure.

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

Green Car Congress

ReachNow is building on its premium experience by offering members greater versatility through a suite of convenient and easy-to-use transportation solutions, available in a single app for the first time. The ReachNow Ride scheduling feature will be widely available to members in early 2017.

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Why AI Should Move Slow and Fix Things

Cars That Think

In the talk, Buolamwini, who is Black, showed that standard facial detection systems didn’t recognize her face unless she put on a white mask. She reminds engineers that default settings are not neutral, that convenient datasets may be rife with ethical and legal problems , and that benchmarks aren’t always assessing the right things.

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Scooter Helmets: Everything you need to know

Green Authority

Depending on your country, there will be different legal requirements for whether or not you need to wear a helmet and, if so, what kind of standards your helmet has to meet. And if you ride at or below 12 mph (20 km/h), then using a standard bike helmet is fine. Do I need a helmet to ride my electric scooter?

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

Green Car Congress

The high-voltage system is designed to cope with accidents beyond the legal requirements, with the high-voltage battery including features that ensure its safe reaction even in situations such as this. It fully meets the BMW quality standard and weighs 30% less than a seat made from conventional fiberglass matting. Range extender.

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Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 4: Chinese-Assembled Vehicles Will Not Be Eligible for Tax Credit

EV Adoption

Because there are only a few Chinese-made EVs available now and likely in the near term in the US, there will be very little actual impact on automakers and overall sales of electric vehicles in the US. Kandi also offers the two EVs as NEVs (neighborhood electric vehicles) and those could end up being Kandi’s near-term focus instead.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits. If you do that, you can keep your vehicle at work all day long, so you’re increasing the revenue availability of your vehicle. It’s in the pavement at a bus stop in the middle of a residential neighborhood. We’re OCPP 1.6