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Volvo Car Corporation intends to lead in field of autonomous driving technology; targeting the next-generation of consumers

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Volvo Car Corporation intends to gain leadership in the field of autonomous driving as the next major step forward in vehicle safety. Autonomous driving—the self-driving car—gives the human driver the ability safely to do something else besides drive, such as sending text messages or reading a book while the car drives itself.

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Nico Rosberg collects the first production Rimac Nevera

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The 2016 F1 champion and ‘sustainability entrepreneur’ Nico Rosberg has collected the first production Rimac Nevera EV , prior to it being sent to his Monaco home. ” A car needing little introduction, the Croatian electric hypercar boasts a power figure of 1427kW, 2360Nm of torque and a sub two-second 0-100km/h time.

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ZF electric driveline to premiere in Formula E with Venturi

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For the fifth season of the championship, ZF has developed an electric driveline for Venturi that includes an electric motor as well as newly developed transmission and power electronics. The Gen2 car will celebrate its debut on the track with double the battery energy storage capacity of its predecessor, the Gen1 car.

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Formula E’s new car is all-wheel drive and accelerates faster than F1

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Formula E unveiled its new “Gen3 EVO” car, an update to the Gen3 car which debuted last season , ahead of the Monaco ePrix this weekend. The new car will be used for next season, and is basically a mid-cycle update of the Gen3 car which has been in service for last and this season.

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Audi unveils e-tron Sportback electric SUV Coupé; market intro spring 2020

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The Audi e-tron Sportback is a battery-electric SUV coupé offering up to 300 kW of power and a range of up to 446 kilometers (277.1 Combined electric power consumption is 26.3 - 21.6 Each axle is fitted with an asynchronous electric motor that is fed with three-phase current by the power electronics. kWh/100 km (NEDC).

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Nissan and SDG&E Form EV Partnership

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The announcement coincides with the first stop on a coast-to-coast tour of Nissan’s EV Prototype, a vehicle that’s powered by Nissan’s lithium-ion battery pack and zero-emission electric motor.

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Nissan, Pima Association of Governments and ECOtality to Partner on EVs and EV Charging Infrastructure for Tucson Area

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Earlier this week, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) contracted Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc., —Jonathan Read, president and CEO, ECOtality. Earlier post.). In 2007, ECOtality acquired Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec).

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