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Mercedes-Benz receives world’s first internationally valid system approval for Level 3 conditionally automated driving

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DRIVE PILOT builds on the surround sensors of the Driving Assistance Package and comprises additional sensors that Mercedes-Benz considers indispensable for safe conditionally automated driving. The map data is stored in back-end data centers and updated constantly. LiDAR sensor and supplemental systems.

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Karma Automotive’s flagship store now accepts Bitcoin as form of payment

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Karma Automotive, the Southern California-based creator of luxury electric vehicles and high-tech incubator, is using its flagship company-owned store in Newport Beach, Calif., The 15,000-square foot building includes enough floor space to showcase close to 20 new Revero GTs and certified pre-owned Reveros.

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H2Carrier and Anori developing PtX project in Greenland; production of green ammonia on floating platform P2XFloater

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Green ammonia will be stored in tanks onboard the vessel, then exported to smaller shipping vessels and carried to the international market for ammonia. H2Carrier has developed a proprietary design for a vessel which will produce, store and export green ammonia, the P2XFloater. Earlier post.)

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EV charging network builder Volta announces $125M in Series D funding

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Volta builds and operates an EV charging network with the highest utilization in the United States. Volta’s business model centers around evolving spending habits caused by the move to electric vehicles by building charging infrastructure that reinforces the desired behavior at each location.

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Zeem launches first commercial electric vehicle Transportation-As-A-Service depot

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Fleet electrification provider Zeem Solutions has opened its first commercial EV transportation-as-a-service depot in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The LA-area depot is the first in a series that Zeem plans to build across the United States to enable medium- and heavy-duty fleet owners to electrify.

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Yu Yuan on Building A Persistent Virtual World

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For example, they can permanently change the virtual world by destroying a wall or building a new house. In most of today’s video games, users can destroy a building, only for it to be restored the next time the user logs in to the game. Along with that upgrade the buildings that users created before will have to be maintained.

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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

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From 2022, new homes and buildings, such as supermarkets and workplaces, as well as buildings undergoing major renovations, will be required to install electric power under new legislation announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 22 November Car charging pile. Other buildings will also start installing charging piles.