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PEUGEOT Cycles introducing new range of connected electric bikes designed and manufactured by startup Beweel

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These, through a new dedicated smartphone application, offer users at launch, among other things, adaptive electrical assistance, an anti-theft system, an alarm, bike geolocation, real-time navigation, destination weather forecasts, and route statistics.

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EV Registrations Sit around 7 Percent in March

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With that& statistic & in mind, we could have gone the clickbait route and used a headline shouting that “93 Percent of Americans Chose Not to Buy an EV” which would have been technically true but also rather bombastic and would have been an insult to our informed readers. Of course, statistics can be a funny thing.

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NREL study finds most depot charging could accomodate short-haul heavy-duty electric trucks without upgrades

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The team also developed synthetic depot charging load profiles for heavy-duty trucks from real-world operating schedules, and found that charging requirements are met at common light-duty EV charging rates (?100?kW This study shows that charging requirements could be met at power levels in line with current light-duty charging technology (?100

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MIT researchers developing algorithms to predict more accurately which cars are likeliest to run red lights

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whether or not an oncoming car is likely to run a red light—and validating them using real traffic data. Half of the people killed in such accidents are not the drivers who ran the light, but other drivers, passengers and pedestrians, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). —Jonathan How.

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Tesla’s 5-year lead against rivals validated by auto parts giant

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Tesla may be shunning numerous conventions when it builds its electric cars, but it appears that the company does know what it’s doing. which referenced Tesla in a positive light during a recent earnings call. . Tuopu also supplies parts for European companies such as Porsche, Audi, BMW, and Volkswagen, among others. .

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Pfizer’s Edge in the COVID-19 Vaccine Race: Data Science

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Pfizer dominated news headlines and family dinner conversations last December when it became the first company to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. Led by Frank DePierro , this group of researchers crunched and chronicled all of the clinical trial data that led to a green light from the U.S. We also use R for statistical analysis.

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Ford captures multiple awards from Altair for work in electric vehicles, sustainability

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Ford Motor Company captured multiple honors from Altair in its 10th Annual Enlighten Awards. Although the recycled ocean plastic wiring clips are not currently used across Ford’s entire lineup, the company has looked at nearly every way to make its vehicles more sustainable from start to finish. Credit: Ford).

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