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Event: City of Los Angeles Taking Green To the Streets

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The route to electrification is now going through the City of Los Angeles. “Los Angeles is a laboratory for innovation and new technology–a place that is always guiding the future,” LA Mayor Eric Garcetti said at the opening. Additionally, it has a maximum speed of 65 mph. Charging on Sunshine.

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Power Of One Solar Car Reaches Los Angeles After Breaking World Distance Record, Heading to Washington, DC

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Marcelo da Luz and his Power of One solar car ( earlier post ), recently arrived in Los Angeles after traveling more than 12,500 miles. Marcelo, a former flight attendant for Air Canada, is preparing to leave Los Angeles en route to Washington DC. The three-wheel vehicle (two-front, one-rear) is 5.0

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Lucid Motors opening 20 sales and service locations in N America through 2021

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Los Angeles Studios: Located at 9022 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, CA, and at Westfield Century City in Century City, CA. Los Angeles Service Center: Located at 9022 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, CA. DC Metro Studio: Located at Tysons Corner Center in Tysons, VA. Lucid Studios.

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Ford unveils all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV

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In Los Angeles, Ford unveiled the all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV. of torque, with the standard all-wheel-drive variation targeting quicker times to 60 mph than the base Porsche Macan series. The GT is targeting 0-60 mph in under 4 seconds, making it faster off the line than a Porsche Macan Turbo.

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The Boring Company’s updated projects page no longer lists D.C.-Baltimore tunnel

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Baltimore tunnel and the Dugout Loop in Los Angeles. Elon Musk, for his part, noted on Twitter that The Boring Company has received verbal government approval for an “underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop” that would allow travel from N.Y. estimate, the Hyperloop pods would have to travel about 450 mph. .

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Elon Musk unveils Hyperloop preliminary design study

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Linear accelerator concept for capsule acceleration and deceleration between 300 and 760 mph (480 and 1,220 km/h). San Francisco and Los Angeles) that are less than about 1500 km or 900 miles apart. For the study, the Hyperloop design team used a system servicing San Fransicso and Los Angeles. Click to enlarge.

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VW ID. SPACE VIZZION electric concept makes global debut in LA

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SPACE VIZZION electric concept—the seventh concept built off of the MEB platform—at a special event in Los Angeles. SPACE VIZZION exhibited in Los Angeles is powered by a 275 hp rear- mounted electric motor. The on-board electronics are supplied with 12 volts via a DC/DC converter. Aerodynamics.

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