Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2021

When ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft show up in urban areas, vehicle registrations per capita increase by 0.7% on average, increasing even more in car-dependent cities, according to a new study led by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Sloan Foundation, the US Department of Energy, and Carnegie Mellon University.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2019

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco. Erhardt et al. Science Advances Vol.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

These commands include following the operator, halting, avoiding obstacles, and stopping immediately if a person or object comes in close proximity to the vehicle. Fitted with LiDAR, ultrasonic sensors and high-accuracy GPS, the truck can safely perform remotely transmitted commands by detecting people or objects in its vicinity.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 1, 2024

Entitled “Ford University,” the program has been under development for roughly a year and looks to be composed of instructional videos that can be accessed over the internet. & We're rolling out Ford University to Ford dealers across the United States starting May 1, with plans to expand further. .&

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2016

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) ( earlier post ) is making a $22-million investment in research focused on artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous driving at the University of Michigan (U-M). We will also focus on expanding the benefit of mobility technology to in-home support of older persons and those with special needs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

Working with a company like Kitty Hawk brings us closer to our goal of safely advancing the future of mobility. The company gets its name from the beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where the Wright Brothers took flight for the first time in 1903. Kitty Hawk Corp., The agreement with Kitty Hawk Corp.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2022

bp ventures has invested $6 million in all-electric ride-hailing business Freebee , a Miami-based company that provides free, on-demand transportation to local communities through their mobile app Ride Freebee. Freebee owns a fleet of more than 150 electric vehicles and employs more than 230 drivers on a full-time basis.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Ford Motor Company is researching new smartphone-based communications technology that could potentially help warn drivers of pedestrians, bicyclists and more—even those approaching a vehicle’s path but blocked from a driver’s view. BLE connectivity technology creates wireless personal area networks using radio waves in the 2.4-gigahertz

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Major ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. But the cars and SUVs used in these situations drive more miles each year than a typical personal vehicle, contributing a higher proportion of greenhouse gases to the environment.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2020

Volkswagen of America and Faurecia are collaborating to manufacture Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) items needed on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis response. The company has since been able to significantly ramp up production capacities and is now able to make an estimated 250K masks and 50K gowns per week.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

At its core, the project is designed to be “future-proofed” and to evolve to meet transportation goals, beginning with connected buses and shared mobility vehicles such as vans and shuttles, and expanding to additional types of CAVs such as freight and personal vehicles.

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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

In a March 10 meeting, the Nevada System of Higher Education’s (NSHE) Board of Regents gave the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) permission to finalize the sale of a parcel of land to The Boring Company (TBC). Vegas Loop fare is estimated to cost between $6-12 per person. The purchase involves 1.3

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

The companies expect to expand an ecosystem of innovation around the Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, which provides a functional-safety certified Linux operating system foundation intended for the ongoing evolution of GM’s Ultifi software platform ( earlier post ). General Motors and Red Hat Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

is investing $1 million in a partnership with Trent University Biomaterials Research Laboratories, based in Peterborough, Ontario. In addition, the Ontario Soybean Growers organization will work with Elevance and Trent University on a major industrial research project. Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. Based in Bolingbrook, Ill.,

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Cars That Think

APRIL 29, 2024

Last year, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab released a study of a proprietary Chinese keyboard system owned by the Shenzhen-based tech giant Tencent. student at Princeton University and co-author of the report. All in order for a Chinese-speaking person to be able to type.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

The introduction of electric vehicles on a large scale in the UK can only have a beneficial effect on CO 2 emissions if low-carbon electricity, universal broadband provision and smart grids are in place to support the transition, according to a new report published by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. Dr Chris Brace, Bath University.

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Electrek

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Brown University researchers find a way to strengthen a key weak point in perovskite solar cells. Ørsted and Polish energy company PGE to build 2.5 UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2020

It brings together citizen scientists who volunteer to run simulations of protein dynamics on their personal computers. In addition to this initiative, Petrobras will mobilize its high performance computational resources for research projects of Brazilian universities in fighting coronavirus.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Experts in the field, including government researchers, university specialists, and industry leaders, will provide instruction in this two-day course covering various aspects of biomass conversion including sessions on technology, economics, operations, and policy issues. Stacy Bonos – Rutgers University. Register online at : [link].

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

That memorable event occurred in May, when Sharma and a delegation from his employer, Renesas Electronics , met with Narendra Modi to discuss how the semiconductor company could support the prime minister’s India Semiconductor Mission and Digital India initiative. Tushar Sharma Employer Renesas Electronics, San Diego. Sharma earned a Ph.D.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 3, 2024

He recently left Samsung to continue his work in the field at Korea University , in Seoul, leading the school’s speech and language processing laboratory. His contributions enabled the company to release its first Google Home product, a smart speaker, in 2016. He is the youngest person to be an executive vice president at the company.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

While this anode is an independent technology, the Company will seek synergies with the Super Cathode technology it has been developing. Dr. Sung-Jin Cho, Assistant Professor in the Nanoengineering Department at the university, is the lead investigator of the newly initiated sponsored research program. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

JUNE 15, 2023

All the app’s personalized features require permission from users to share their information. The app provides the name of the event, its duration, and location, as well as whether the meeting is in person, virtual, or a combination of in person and online. The app lets users schedule, manage, and join meetups virtually.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2017

Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Columbia University surveyed more than 1,200 people in Austin, Texas, to examine how their habits changed after Uber and Lyft pulled drivers out of the city due to a local law change. —a 68% drop.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2013

Rental car company Avis Budget Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire car-sharing company Zipcar for $12.25 The Boards of Directors of both companies unanimously approved the transaction, and Zipcar shareholders representing approximately 32% of the outstanding common stock have agreed to vote their shares in support of the transaction.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Reminiscent of the TV show “ Shark Tank ,” on which business leaders often advise entrepreneurs, the students presented their projects to IEEE Pre-University Education Coordinating Committee volunteers, who provided feedback and guidance. They also toured the San Diego headquarters of Qualcomm , a wireless-technology company.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2023

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) ( earlier post ) announced results of its third-party Qualified Person (QP)-audited Inferred Resource Report that details the analysis of its lithium deposit at its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project in Nevada. The inferred resources report concludes that Tonopah Flats may hold an estimated 15.8

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Which seems plenty attractive to a range of companies and researchers. But we do actually need that energy to be generated,” says Alper Bozkurt, who with Veena Misra codirects the Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at North Carolina State University. milliwatts.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Bekerytė moved from her native Lithuania to Norway in 2010 to take advantage of the country’s free university tuition, but first she had to find a way to support herself. She took the cleaning job, and scrimped and saved to pay for Norwegian reading and writing classes, a requirement to attend a university.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

SiFAB, a scalable proprietary silicon anode battery technology demonstrated in a number of applications, including electric vehicles, power tools, smartphones, personal computers, medical devices and aviation, can deliver up to a 20% increase in gravimetric energy density in lithium-ion batteries versus cells using a graphite anode.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

While the need for auto insurance is universal, the specific coverage required can vary significantly from one driver to another. There are many trusted insurance companies, one of which is Canada’s Wawanesa auto insurance company. This saves money and ensures one gets the most value from the insurance policy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2019

Researchers at the University of Waterloo examined data from 28 million trips for possible links between four bad driving behaviors—speeding, hard braking, hard acceleration and hard cornering—and the likelihood of crashes. A paper on the study is published in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 27, 2023

Davidson, are the subjects of Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation by Rayvon Fouché (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003). Now a professor of communication studies with a dual appointment in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Ill., You can say, ‘Oh, that person did that.’

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Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

He will lead the ambitious growth plans of Automotive Lighting & Sensing , the largest part of our business, where great opportunities are evolving around vehicle personality.” After more than eighteen years, Sylvain Dubois will leave the company. and Mexico. Frank holds an Executive MBA from Harvard Business School, U.S.,

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Cars That Think

MARCH 15, 2024

My group collaborated with the modern dance company Pilobolus to stage the first theatrical performance featuring a mix of humans and drones back in 2012, with a robot called Seraph. We absolutely must have diversity in our university labs and research centers, but we may be able to do more to shape the young people who study with us.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 22, 2023

Singh grew up on a 10-hectare farm his family has owned for more than six centuries in Shahpur Charki, a 560-person village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. I personally know how important [farming] is,” he says. They also emit less greenhouse gasses, which is both a company goal and increasingly mandated by governments.

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Teslarati

MAY 17, 2023

And with Tesla now producing over a million vehicles per year, the company needs to attract as many customers as possible, including those that are completely unaware of the advantages of electric cars. His ability to use the media to amplify his brand and his company’s brands is an art form,” Jacobson said.

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