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US DOE launches Vehicles Data Challenge

Green Car Congress

As part of the Energy Datapalooza event in Washington, DC, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a challenge to to foster new technologies that can. The event includes demonstrations of mobile apps and web-based services that are available to families and businesses today, as well as previews of future inventions.

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks launches series-production model of eActros electric heavy-duty truck

Green Car Congress

In comparison to the concepts with a central motor, this variant offers a number of advantages. The eActros can be charged with up to 160 kW: When connected to a regular 400A DC charging station, the three battery packs need a little longer than 1 hour to charge from 20 to 80 percent.

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IBM patents cognitive system to manage self-driving vehicles

Green Car Congress

IBM scientists have been granted a patent around a machine learning system that can dynamically shift control of an autonomous vehicle between a human driver and a vehicle control processor in the event of a potential emergency, providing a safety measure that can contribute to accident prevention. Self-socializing. Self-driving.

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You Just Got Beat by a Civic

The Truth About Cars

Nevertheless, measures of a car’s sporting prowess are often arbitrary – look at the quarter mile, for instance, and even the ubiquitous horsepower unit itself is rooted in a very random series of events. Some of the times may be for minorly different track lengths thanks to variations over the years but still make for a fun comparison.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

I covered the local thriving EV scene here in the South Bay of Los Angeles connecting with the superstar pioneers like Kitty Adams, Dency Nelson, Jim Montgomery, Paul Scott, Linda Nichols, Zan Dubin Scott and so many others. But I was still stoked to exhibit the car at every LA area EV Expo, Earth Day Event and Plug-In spectacular.

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An Undersea Cable Could Fill In the Gaps on Fiber-Optic Maps

Cars That Think

Earlier this year, a volcanic eruption in Tonga severed the cable that served the island country, forcing rescue parties to rely on poor-quality satellite connections. For comparison, Google’s Durant , from Virginia to France, has a record-holding capacity of 250 terabits per second.) Meta’s plans are even more ambitious.

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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

Eastern Nebraska Electric Vehicle Association (EVNEBRASKA) member Dr. Donald Cox likes to draw a comparison between electric vehicles (EVs) and the wireless phone technology he worked on at Bell Labs in the early 1970’s. “I Because of the success, Cox and Senator Haar repeated the event annually until Haar was term limited out 3 years later.