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A Waymo robotaxi hit a cyclist in San Francisco – here’s what happened

Baua Electric

Electrek’s Take We don’t have particulars yet about why the vehicle didn’t register the cyclist, who presumably was legally traversing the intersection and minding their business before getting creepily rammed by a driverless car. It also is looking to expand to Austin. So it’s looking like an uphill battle for Waymo these days.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. The dot-com boom of 1995 to 2000 further increased demand for personal computing gear.

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

Green Car Congress

In connection with its work, Jones Day is being provided with operational support by the audit firm Deloitte. Initially, it proved impossible to have the EA 189 engine meet by legal means the stricter nitrogen oxide requirements in the United States within the required timeframe and budget. —Hans Dieter Pötsch. Earlier post.)

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Mumbai - Kalaburagi - Mumbai : 1200 km trip in the MG ZS EV

Plug In India

This time, the MG’s MapMyIndia inbuilt maps could alert me whenever there was an upcoming speed camera in a 1km range, giving me enough time to have ‘barely legal’* speeds. As soon as I connected the gun to the car, the Delta Fortum charger started asking for an OTP / RFID validation or validation via the app.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We connect high-power communication lines into the DC charging system of the car. If batteries are not surviving the life of the vehicle, I personally find that an obscene position to be in as we drive forward with our environmentally-focused revolution. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington.