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J.D. Power study: EV consideration in US increasing, but slowly; availability of public chargers a friction point

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Influencing the modest year-over-year increases are a combination of positive and negative market factors: lower gas prices, inflation, rising interest rates, greater model availability and charging availability. Charging availability has been the top reason for rejection since the inception of the study in 2021. Across all J.D.

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More than 300 customers have ordered 10,000 Ford E-Transit electric vans

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Customers range from one-person van operations to municipalities including the City of Orlando to some of the nation’s largest service providers and retailers such as Walmart, which alone ordered more than 1,100 vans. The high-roof, extended wheelbase configuration, referred to as the “jumbo” model, is the most popular.

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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

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These messages could include references to images found on public websites. In our tests, the describers used text-based messaging and, crucially, could include links to any publicly available image on the internet. Was it not the same person because the friend's jaw was more angular?

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TRB releases new report identifying deficiencies impacting e-scooter rider safety

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The report also calls on State Highway Safety Offices (SHSO) to monitor all available data and determine how best to incorporate e-scooters into their behavioral safety plans. Personal ownership of e-scooters is also growing and projected to increase throughout this decade.

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Luminar and Volvo Cars release of comprehensive lidar dataset; 250m range

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All images have gone through an anonymization process blurring faces and license plates to eliminate personally identifiable information. This is reflected in the dataset, which also includes uniform lidar data and corresponding camera images, and annotations for reference.

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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

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The report highlights the importance of near-term action to ensure the long-term sustainability of personal mobility. Understanding the future of personal mobility requires an integrated analysis of technology, infrastructure, consumer choice, and government policy. —MITEI Director Robert C. From Insights into Future Mobility.

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New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

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Our tool provides a simple method to integrate disparate climate and population data sources and develop preliminary per capita water availability projections at a global scale. Although just a first step, the toolkit, which has been made freely available, may be further developed for more involved analysis. —Esther Parish.

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