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Bill Ford outlines “Blueprint for Mobility”, calls for automotive and telecommunications industries to collaborate to address coming personal mobility crisis

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Public and personal transportation will be fully integrated to save time, conserve resources and lower emissions. Bill Ford began talking about the future of personal mobility in the context of ever-increasing congestion last year at the TED2011 conference in Long Beach. Click to enlarge. Long-Term (2025+).

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Ford confirms construction of Rouge EV center to be home of electric F-150; production by mid-2022

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The electric F-150, which is undergoing tens of thousands of hours of torture testing and targeting millions of simulated, laboratory and real world test miles, will be more powerful than any F-150 available today and deliver commercial and personal customers the lowest expected lifetime total cost of operation among F-Series trucks.

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Electra raises $85M to advance Low-Temperature Iron process; electrochemical refining at 60?C

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Electra has raised $85 million to produce Low-Temperature Iron (LTI) from commercial and low-grade ores using zero-carbon intermittent electricity. Electra’s process emits zero carbon dioxide emissions and carries zero green premium, meaning it will cost the same or less than existing production methods powered by fossil fuels.

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HyPoint, Piasecki Aircraft partner to deliver next-generation hydrogen fuel cell systems for eVTOLs

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In December 2020, HyPoint was named a winner of NASA’s iTech Initiative, in which breakthrough technologies were ranked based on criteria that included technical viability, benefits to humanity, and commercialization potential. Other players include major aircraft companies such as Airbus and Boeing.

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IDTechEX sees battery swapping as winner in 2- and 3-wheeler markets of Asia-Pacific

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Personal cars and taxi fleets in China are now adopting this technology as well with ambitious targets set by companies for rolling out their own swap station networks. IDTechEx research suggests that on average, decoupling the cost of the battery from the electric vehicle can reduce the purchase price of EVs by 20%. Commercial fleets.

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Ford and Verisk collaborate to offer telematics data to insurers; usage-based insurance programs

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Usage-based insurance (UBI) programs typically offer personalized safe driving discounts that can help consumers save money and promote road safety. The Verisk Data Exchange is a leading Internet of Things (IoT) and telematics platform, helping personal and commercial lines insurers to harness the power of data from the connected world.

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Pike forecasts electric vehicle charging station installations to reach 7.7M worldwide by 2017; price drops of 37%

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The EVSE market is divided between residential (intended for use by a single person or family) and three categories of commercial equipment: workplace, public, and private. In regions where fewer PEV owners have a residential charger, the ratio of commercial EVSE to vehicles will be higher because of the need to share infrastructure.

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