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Chip-enabled raised pavement markers support autonomous driving in tough conditions, remote areas

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This saves electric vehicle battery power, extending driving range to promote wider EV adoption. Compared with a leading camera and LiDAR-based autonomous driving technology, the chip-enabled pavement markers can reduce navigational power consumption by up to 90%, the authors reported. —Zachary Asher Resources S.

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Wegmans’ Warehouse Operations Launches 50 Fuel-Cell Powered Pallet Trucks

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The GenDrive systems can be quickly refueled in less than five minutes, completely eliminating the need to change, store, charge and maintain multiple lead acid batteries per lift truck. To this point, Wegmans’ material handling equipment was all powered with lead acid batteries. Dave Allar, Wegmans’ RSC maintenance manager.

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United Natural Foods Installing Air Products Hydrogen Fueling Technology for 65 Fuel Cell Forklifts

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UNFI will add 29 new hydrogen fuel cell-powered lift trucks to its fleet and 36 existing lift trucks will be retrofitted to hydrogen fuel cell technology. In contrast, traditional battery-powered equipment must be placed temporarily out of operation for battery replacement and required battery recharging approximately every four to six hours.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

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The main reason is access to power. Could it use batteries instead, at least one per sensor node? Pause for a moment to look at the smoke detector in the room where you're sitting and think about the last time you changed its battery. Sensors that mount on buildings can just plug into a wall outlet. Kind of a pain, wasn't it?