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Autonomous Boats Seem More Solvable Than Autonomous Cars

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Where autonomous vehicles have had the most success is in environments with a lot of predictability and structure, which is why I really like the idea of autonomous urban boats designed for cities with canals. The public demo in Amsterdam kicks off tomorrow, and by the end of 2021, the hope is to have two boats in the water.

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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

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And while hybrid technology has taken off, drivers have been hesitant to accept fully battery-powered tech for a variety of reasons, including a lack of charging stations. Plus, battery costs are rapidly decreasing and the public is warming up to the idea of electric cars. Should All AVs Be Battery-Powered?

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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The VTO FOA is open to any and all ideas which significantly advance the mission of the VTO. competitive waste heat recovery technologies. based systems for waste?heat Incubator programs allow DOE to assess new technologies for potential to be on-ramped to future MYPPs. miles in passenger vehicles and 435,000 miles for heavy?duty

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Mercedes-Benz Vans reveals SUSTAINEER electric van technology demonstrator for sustainable urban mobility

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Instead of using the sustainably generated electricity for extending the vehicle’s range, it can also be used for the pre-entry climate control or to operate energy-intensive systems such as the air-conditioning and load compartment cooling systems, or for charging battery-powered tools, smartphones and laptops.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. So almost everyone who joined PARC in its formative years had a different idea of what the center’s charter was. This had its advantages. Nine came from the Berkeley Computer Corp.,

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

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The growth potential of EVs is high and I would like to be a part of it by contributing my ideas and effort. Moreover, I’m concerned about the environment and eco-friendly transportation. It coordinates communication between different systems, including the motor, battery, power electronics, and charging system.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

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After moving to Octopus Energy we moved to the then Beta version of Octopus Go and this is the killer app for solar and battery power. . With Octopus Go we receive low cost power between 00:30 and 04:30 every day. This extra storage increases the length of time that we can run on the battery packs rather than the grid. .

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