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Panasonic cools on idea for third US plant for Tesla batteries

Baua Electric

The 2024 Model 3 / Source: Tesla Panasonic, makers of batteries for Tesla in the US, is delaying its plan to build a third battery plant in North America, according to Reuters. Panasonic now says that the Kansas plant will take its annual battery capacity to 88 GWh a year, with plans to raise that to 200 GWh by early 2031.

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This Idea Wasn't All Wet: The Sensing Water-Saving Shower Head Debuts

Cars That Think

In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” He imagined a shower head that would sense when the person showering moved out from under the stream of water. So Schneider put his shower head idea on hold.

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Personal: Range Anxiety Be Damned!

Clean Fleet Report

But to both prove my wife’s assessment of my mental acuity and test how thing have changed from that drive to the winery, I decided to do no planning AT ALL and just load up and drive with my only protection being a fully charged battery and faith that I’d done dumber things and survived. To cut to the chase, it all worked out fine.

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Daimler Trucks’ FUSO introduces eCanter SensorCollect concept refuse truck

Green Car Congress

These commands include following the operator, halting, avoiding obstacles, and stopping immediately if a person or object comes in close proximity to the vehicle. Through these events, more than 100 ideas to date have been generated. These functionalities are intended to boost the efficiency of garbage collection workers.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

Green Car Congress

A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country. —Jessika Trancik.

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Boeing and Kitty Hawk form strategic partnership on electric urban air mobility

Green Car Congress

We have a shared vision of how people, goods and ideas will be transported in the future, as well as the safety and regulatory ecosystem that will underpin that transportation. The company’s portfolio of vehicles includes Cora, a two-person air taxi and Flyer, a vehicle for personalized flight.

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Car “charging treasure”: the third option besides charging piles and battery replacement

Setec Powerr

Batteries are a vital part of electric cars and mobile phones, and once they run out of power, they will make it impossible for you to move. What if you do accidentally run out of battery while you’re out and about and can’t find a place to recharge it? That may not seem like an extra time saver, but the idea of ??the