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Mercedes unveils electric all-wheel drive Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 show car; CCS charging up to 350 kW

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Designed as an electric car, the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6, which measures almost six metres in length, features all-wheel drive provided by its four compact permanent magnet synchronous electric motors. Other founders of CharIN are Audi, BMW, Mennekes, Opel, Phoenix Contact, Porsche, TÜV SÜD and Volkswagen. Earlier post.).

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Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

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And they did, and it did a lot of really bad things; it ran red lights. O’Dowd: I was in a [Tesla] car, as a passenger, testing on a country road, and a BMW approached. And Tesla still maintains that FSD will not blow past a school bus with its lights flashing and stop sign extended, and it will not hit a child crossing the road.

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U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

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Furthermore, their results suggest that the incentive is larger for light trucks than for passenger cars, which could increase traffic safety risks. This regulation design could potentially create an incentive for automotive manufacturers to increase the size of their vehicles and diminish the policy’s goal of reduced fuel consumption.

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Blink’s 2023 Year in Review

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Then in June, we announced the final design of our newest 240kW DC Fast Charger , which was teased at CES 2023. In a wave of announcements, legacy automakers including Ford, General Motors, BMW, and Nissan announced their intention to use the NACS connector in future EVs.

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

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The objective of the taskforce is initially to create a guideline for demonstration projects and design verification and later standardize in 2015 with field confirmation. Design validation test and wireless charging verification test. Develop protocol and determine means of communication. Source: J2954. Click to enlarge.