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Elon Musk unveils Hyperloop preliminary design study

Green Car Congress

Linear accelerator concept for capsule acceleration and deceleration between 300 and 760 mph (480 and 1,220 km/h). San Francisco and Los Angeles) that are less than about 1500 km or 900 miles apart. San Francisco and Los Angeles) that are less than about 1500 km or 900 miles apart. Hyperloop concept sketch.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

Cars That Think

One way teachers are trying to help students grasp difficult concepts is through virtual-reality technology. The San Francisco–based company helps educators teach math to preuniversity students. Black, Native American, and low-income students had particularly low math scores on the federal standardized test.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

Green Car Congress

—Cliff Fietzek, Manager Connected eMobility at BMW of North America. The concept announced at EVS29 is the first market-ready home storage system using a second-life automotive BMW i3 high-voltage battery integrated by BECK Automation (Würzburg, Germany).

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

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The MEB will be the foundation for an entirely new generation of battery-electric vehicles designed not only to be electric and feature extended range, but to be connected, autonomous, open and priced for the volume market as required by Volkswagen’s positioning. The first production MEB vehicle, a version of the I.D.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

This isn’t the connection utility that lets you run some phone apps through the car’s screen; Android software actually powers the interfaces for phone, navigation, and other functions—including truly excellent voice recognition. Those are Los Angeles, New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area. Android above all else.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

Cars That Think

The ARPANET Is Born Kahn wasn’t the only one thinking about connecting disparate computers in the 1960s. In 1965, Larry Roberts, then at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , connected one computer in Massachusetts to another in California over a telephone line. You were just trying to figure out how to enable conversations.”

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Audi e-tron premium electric SUV debuts; starting at $74,800 in US; delivery Q2 2019; reservations open

Green Car Congress

Audi unveiled its all-electric Audi e-tron mid-size SUV—its first fully electric production model—in an event in San Francisco. Their sophisticated cooling concept is designed to keep the temperature level low. The battery operates with a nominal voltage of 396 volts and stores 95 kWh of energy.

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