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Failed SONDORS Metacycle motorcycle was never street legal, reveals employee

Baua Electric

The closure occurred shortly after Electrek exposed the first images of warehouses full of thousands of SONDORS Metacycles sitting unpaid at the Chinese factory that had been contracted to build the bikes. And during homologation, major issues were overlooked that would render the bike non-street legal.

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General Motors to Move from Long-Running Detroit HQ Into a New Location Across Town

The Truth About Cars

General Motors recently announced a move from the Renaissance Center (RenCen), the building it purchased in 1996, to a new location at the Hudson’s Detroit building further north. The automaker will reside on the building’s top two floors, with around 100,000 open square feet across them.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

Cars That Think

2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. Identifying cars as legal for travel in high-occupancy vehicle lanes. Update 14 Oct. His list of possibilities includes: Paying for tolls and parking.

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Mercedes-Benz begins sales of DRIVE PILOT Level 3 conditionally automated driving in Germany

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz’s system for conditionally automated driving (SAE-Level 3) builds on the vehicle sensing technology of the Driving Assistance Package and includes additional sensors that the manufacturer considers indispensable for safe operation. optical, ultrasonic, radio waves), thereby enabling safe transfer. 157 for a Level 3 system.

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

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz is the first automotive company to meet the demanding legal requirements of UN-R157 for a Level 3 system for conditionally automated driving. The German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has granted system approval for this on the basis of the technical approval regulation UN-R157 (UN Regulation No.

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Lordstown Motors should face rival’s trade-secret robbery trial in spite of chapter

Baua Electric

Karma filed the lawsuit in 2020, accusing Lordstown of poaching key staff and lifting commerce secrets and techniques to hurry up its building of the Continuity. The chapter is Lordstown Motors Corp., Karma seeks $913.2 million in damages, plus charges, prices and spare consequences. 23-10831, U.S.

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Lordstown Motors continues cash flow woes, sells Ohio plant to iPhone manufacturer Foxconn

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Lordstown Motors, an electric vehicle startup based in Ohio, has announced that it has agreed in principle to work jointly on electric vehicle programs with iPhone manufacturer Hon Hai Technology Group, more commonly known as Foxconn. Foxconn appears to be Lordstown’s choice. where he served as Director.

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