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Switzerland Moves Ahead With Underground Autonomous Cargo Delivery

Cars That Think

billion concept for underground cargo tubes full of automated delivery carts whisking goods between cities and logistics centers across Switzerland at 30 kilometers per hour. Gallen and Thurgau are suggesting that an underground CST connection is “ technically and economically realistic ” and have begun determining possible hub locations.

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UNECE Adopts Type Approval for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles’ Electric Safety Requirements; Applies in 41 Countries

Green Car Congress

The new version of the regulation offers car manufacturers the legal instrument to put into the market passenger and commercial vehicles with greener standards, reducing the costs and delays associated with multiple approvals in various countries. The list of Contracting Parties that apply UNECE Regulation No.

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Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX covers more than 621 miles on single charge

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The first leg from Sindelfingen to the north-eastern border of Switzerland runs along Autobahn 81. This world-beating figure for a road-legal vehicle results from the intelligent interaction of many individual measures. At times, the VISION EQXX sliced through the wind at speeds of up to 140 km/h (87 mph).

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