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Startup using AI to improve traffic management at intersections; edge computing

Green Car Congress

Israel-based NoTraffic has developed a turnkey traffic management platform powered by V2I communication & real-time optimization of signalized intersections. Deploying AI at the edge, NoTraffic’s system reduces the cost of installation and maintenance, and gives intersections the ability to prepare for vehicles rather than just react to them.

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

Baua Electric

Reasons for the falling prices include increased airplane capacity — the number of seats on a given route — and a drop in the cost of jet fuel. For example, it could improve automatic rebooking onto new flights when customers miss connections or weather snarls runways. On the ground, A.I. Finally, A.I. Looking for a luxury experience?

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GE and Better Place Partner to Accelerate EV Infrastructure Deployment; Integrating GE WattStation with Better Place Services

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This partnership will allow consumers that manage charging costs under Better Place’s network to charge their vehicles using GE’s WattStation. The goal is to convert corporate fleet owners to electric fleets, so owners reap both the economic benefits of lower cost of ownership as well as reducing harmful carbon emissions.

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AC Transit Board greenlights a $108M, 9.5-mile infrastructure project for first Bus Rapid Transit line; diesel-hybrid buses

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The BRT will make direct connections to 46 bus lines, five BART stations, and the Oakland Airport (via transfers with Line 73 – Eastmont Transit Center/Oakland Airport). Bus Rapid Transit offers the benefits of a light rail train system without the exorbitant cost of building light rail. million people who call Curitiba home.

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

Cars That Think

Greico, Stimson Center Back in 1981, Israel sent modest contraptions sporting surveillance cameras in its war against Syria, to some effect. The marginal cost of a shot would be low—once you’ve amortized the expense of developing, making, and deploying such weapons systems. These things are all out there, on the open market.

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ENFICA-FC Fuel Cell Inter-City Aircraft Ready for Flight Testing

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…the objective is that of building an aeroplane that works on hydrogen, taking advantage of the fuel cell technology at present available to create a demonstrator aircraft that is able to connect cities through flights while totally eliminating the environmental impact. The overall cost of the project is €4.5 million (US$6.6

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

Revenge of the Electric Car

Once the capital costs of setting up the facility are recouped, about ten years in this case, all they have are maintenance and operational costs since the energy source is essentially free forever. A second well is drilled close by and the steam is released into ten turbines that generate electricity. of Palo Alto, Calif.,

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