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Renault-Nissan and Daimler Announce Strategic Cooperation; Equity Exchanges, Common Small Vehicle Platform, Powertrains and Light Commercial Vehicles

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The new partners have agreed upon, and will implement with immediate effect, specific projects in the areas of a new common architecture for small vehicles; engines; and light commercial vehicles. Daimler will provide gasoline and diesel engines out of its current portfolio to Infiniti. Collaboration on light commercial vehicles.

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Daimler/Renault-Nissan collaboration expanding

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Earlier this year, the two partners also signed a three-way agreement with Ford for the joint development of a common fuel cell system to speed up availability of zero-emission technology and significantly reduce investment costs. The cooperation is continuing also in the field of commercial vehicles. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Years Later, Alphabet’s Everyday Robots Have Made Some Progress

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It might be effective when constrained to a research environment, but fundamentally, "platform" typically means "getting it to do (commercially?) Everyday Robots 0:26 — Saying that the robot is low cost is meaningless without telling us how much it costs. But people keep on trying it anyway. 2:10 — Yeah, okay.

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Nissan Forecasts US$2.9B Loss for Fiscal Year; Cuts Planned Production by 20%

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FY2009 labor costs in high-cost countries will be reduced by 20% from ¥875 billion to ¥700 billion. The focus is on future investments in products, technology, support functions and purchasing cost reductions. A detailed review is ongoing to identify deeper synergy opportunities within the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

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Power Electric Scooter Buyers Guide | 2022

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Chetak Premium - costs ₹1,49,350 which is Ex Showroom Pune including FAME 2. They have a large automotive experience with dealerships of Mahindra Trucks, Commercial vehicles and more. Bounce Infinity e1 ​They are betting on battery swapping. The Chetak scooter has a huge emphasis on build quality.

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Nissan unveils Ambition 2030 vision for e-mobility and beyond; cobalt-free batteries, EV with ASSB in 2028

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Based on customer demands for a diverse range of exciting vehicles, Nissan will introduce 23 new electrified models, including 15 new EVs by fiscal year 2030 aiming for an electrification mix of more than 50% globally across the Nissan and INFINITI brands. million Nissan and INFINITI vehicles by fiscal year 2026.

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Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem

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After a bit of experimentation (and in a discovery that led us to collaborate), Southen found that it was in fact easy to generate many plagiaristic outputs, with brief prompts related to commercial films (prompts are shown). Given the scale of what we have uncovered here, the potential costs are considerable.

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