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EV-maker Eli launches its $11,900 electric micro ‘car’ in the US

Baua Electric

Microcars, often referred to as quadricycles in Europe and Low-Speed Vehicles (LSVs) or Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) in the US, are a niche category designed largely for urban travel. Eli Electric, the manufacturer of the popular Eli ZERO electric microcar, announced this morning the opening of reservations in the US.

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CA’s solar tax supporters are trying to run a “wealthy vs disadvantaged” narrative: It doesn’t have to be

Teslarati

Tesla launches efforts to stop CA’s solar tax, which Musk dubs as “anti-environment” As critics of the initiative, such as Tesla and other renewable companies and organizations in the state, launched efforts to combat the NEM 3.0 Governor @GavinNewsom please don’t let new California net metering rules derail rooftop solar.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. During the 1990s, as the size of files and software increased, computer companies searched for alternatives. MB of data.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

He said he’d try to get his boat, a 42-footer with three people on board, back to Atwood’s , a lobster company on Spruce Head Island, Maine. Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference. A 2020 U.S.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

Cars That Think

Where everyone had access to preventative health care that was both personalized and less invasive? Nonprofits are already using cheap sensors to pinpoint heat islands in cities, or neighborhoods where air pollution disproportionately affects communities of color. What about reducing pollution in urban and poor communities?

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Is it the Right Time to Buy an Electric Car?

Get Electric Vehicle

We have been telling you the benefits and advantages of electric vehicles and the positive impact they are going to make on our economy and environment. Facts such as The Tesla stock being the ‘HOT’ one in the market right now, Elon Musk rises to the richest person in the world, Governments providing incentives for electric vehicles , etc.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

Green Car Congress

announced its second Electric Vehicle Testing Program, this one with Saitama Prefecture for its next-generation personal mobility products, including electric vehicles (EVs); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); electric scooters; and electric carts. Study the low noise impact of electric vehicles in residential neighborhoods.

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