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Rivian CEO says buying an ICE vehicle is like ‘building a horse barn,’ R2 will help pull buyers

Electrek

However, the company is looking toward the future with its next generation of products. In a recent interview, CEO RJ Scaringe compared buying an ICE vehicle in this day’s age to “building a horse barn in 1910.” He said Rivian’s R2 products would help pull indecisive buyers.

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Buying An ICE Vehicle Is “Like Building A Horse Barn In 1910”: Rivian CEO

InsideEVs

RJ Scaringe says traditional gas stations will slowly disappear in the future, so buying a combustion car doesn’t make much sense.

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Tesla’s biggest gamble ever: Musk bets the future of electric vehicle giant on “Cybercab” and truly autonomous cars | Opinion

EV Central

You might think some of Tesla’s past moves – cutting prices, actually building the Cybertruck, Ludicrous Mode – were out there, but truly, you won’t believe where the brand is going next, as Elon Musk prepares to gamble the future of the company on EVs that really, genuinely can drive themselves, and something called “Cybercab”.

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Ashok Leyland builds in-house software team for future M&HCVs, plans major ramp up – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Ashok Leyland has devised a medium and long-term roadmap to have a “much better control” of what happens in its vehicles of the future. Instead of going to the market and hiring entire teams, which can be “super expensive”, Ashok Leyland is taking a mutli-level approach to build software engineering capabilities “step by step”.

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Yara and Linde Engineering to build a 24 MW green hydrogen plant in Norway

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The 24MW system from ITM Power supplying 10,368 kg/day of hydrogen will account for approximately 5% of the plant’s consumption and serve as a feasibility study for future upscaling. The company’s products are delivered all over the world, the biggest market being Asia, which buys more than 25% of NPK (complex fertilizer) capacity each year.

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SafeAI builds first-ever electric, autonomous Caterpillar haul truck conversion

Baua Electric

to build a first-of-its-kind, self-driving battery electric haul truck, paving the way for other companies to upgrade their existing equipment assets to reach their sustainability goals. And they can do so, the companies claim, in a way that’s more affordable and environmentally friendly than buying new electric equipment.

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United to buy 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom; option for 35 more; optimized for 100% SAF

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Among the many future potential routes for United are Newark to London in just three and a half hours, Newark to Frankfurt in four hours and San Francisco to Tokyo in just six hours. Capable of flying at speeds of Mach 1.7—twice Boom is working with Rolls-Royce on propulsion.