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Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

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At an Investor Day event in Seoul, Hyundai Motor said that it will accelerate its transition toward becoming a smart mobility solution provider by securing a large-scale investment of KRW 109.4 The company aims for 2 million units in annual EV sales by 2030. The company aims for 2 million units in annual EV sales by 2030.

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Video Friday: $2.6 Billion

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Boston Dynamics ] Modular self-reconfigurable robotic systems are more adaptive than conventional systems. WeRobotics ] In case you’d forgotten, Amazon has a lot of robots.

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Video Friday: Dark Side Spot

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. I honestly could not tell you whether this goes against Boston Dynamics' terms of sale or not. What if there was a better way to communicate with learning robots so they can help us?

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MIT Professor’s IoT Sensors Make Roads Safer

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Back in 2005, before smartphones were generally available, MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan was so fed up with commuting delays in Boston that he built a mobile system to monitor road conditions. Their research won several awards, and the system was covered by The Boston Globe. We showed that it could work at scale. “I

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

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Like many of the residents that come to our EV Ride & Drive events or email me for advice on what EV to buy, I appreciate the many advantages EVs have over internal combustion engine-powered ones. We routinely drive to see our daughter in Washington, DC and have driven to Cleveland, Boston, New York and Charleston, SC without concern.

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Optimus: The Tesla Bot Here’s What We Know…Or, At Least Been Shown

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Last year He teased the Tesla robot at the same event by calling an actor in a suit to come on stage, but this time the real robot walked onto stage by itself, unconnected to any power source or stabilizer for the first time. Tesla hopes to start sales within three years, and most likely before five years. When Will It Hit The Market?

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Toyota RAV4 EV key for meeting California ZEV requirements; Tesla powertrain uses Model S components

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Toyota held its first media briefing and drive for the RAV4 EV ( earlier post ), due to go on sale later this year in California. Depending upon consumer response and demand, Toyota could consider contracting with Tesla for additional units, perhaps to be rolled out in cities such as Boston and New York, or in other California ZEV states.

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