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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country. —Jessika Trancik.

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Daimler joining MIT CSAIL Alliance Program for AI work; cognitive vehicles

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Daimler is becoming a new member of the MIT CSAIL Alliance Program. MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ( CSAIL ) is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one of the world’s most important centers of information technology research. The new cooperation with the MIT ideally complements this.

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Video Friday: Welcome to 2022

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John Deere ] I appreciate the idea that this robot seems to have some conception of personal space and will react when that space is rudely violated. MIT ] What has NASA's Perseverance rover accomplished since landing on the surface of Mars in February 2021? Xiaomi ] Thanks, Yangwei!

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Video Friday: Welcome to 2022

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John Deere ] I appreciate the idea that this robot seems to have some conception of personal space and will react when that space is rudely violated. MIT ] What has NASA’s Perseverance rover accomplished since landing on the surface of Mars in February 2021? Xiaomi ] Thanks, Yangwei!

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) sponsors a broad program of connected vehicle research ; the research is a multimodal program that involves using wireless communication between vehicles, infrastructure, and personal communications devices to improve safety, mobility, and environmental sustainability. MIT and smart intersections.

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The New Supersonic Boom

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Piloting the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed the speed of sound while in horizontal flight. The key concept is a phenomenon known as Mach cutoff , the physics of which is straightforward. Everett Collection/Alamy. Bell X-1 , a bullet-shaped experimental rocket-plane.