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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

Cars That Think

2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. Outside of California, the device has been approved for use by commercial fleet vehicles in Michigan, Arizona, and Texas, and 10 additional U.S. Update 14 Oct.

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Tesla goes after Cybertruck owners selling their electric pickup trucks for profit

Baua Electric

The owner shared this screenshot of the conversation: At least, the automaker are not suing him for $50,000. If you represent a business and you need a fleet, you can talk directly with Tesla’s fleet unit. Tesla refunded him the $100 in deposit for each order, but it also told him that it won’t in the future.

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FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

Green Car Congress

FreeWire’s fully-integrated Boost Charger breaks down this barrier by combining battery technology, power conversion technology, and software to enable utilities, retailers, fleets, and site-owners across the US to scale up ultrafast EV charging quickly without requiring expensive and time-consuming utility upgrades.

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Continental, Knorr-Bremse partner on highly automated driving in commercial vehicles; platooning first

Green Car Congress

Knorr-Bremse also has expertise on all the relevant components at the actuation level, i.e. the conversion of the driving decision into actual control processes in the vehicle. The legal framework conditions, such as the minimum distance between vehicles, will play an important role here.

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EU Industry Ministers Call for Harmonized EV Charging and Safety Standards by Mid-2011

Green Car Congress

Stressed the need to focus on research excellence in order to ensure that alternative powertrains receive targeted research financing, including innovative energy storage and conversion technologies, such as batteries, fuel cells and the necessary respective infrastructure.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

Cars That Think

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. We needed to get the conversation started.” The industry now faces serious pressure to pick up the pace.

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Mixed results for carmakers in race to slash emissions

Green Cars News

Progress slowed dramatically at Fiat and Peugeot-Citroën (PSA), who have Europe’s cleanest fleets on average and are close to meeting their EU targets. Conversely Suzuki and Mazda, who have been slow to improve efficiency in the past, and consequently have a long way to go to meet EU targets, made big steps forward in 2008.