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Ford kicks off new automated driving research projects with MIT and Stanford University

Green Car Congress

Building on the capabilities of the automated Ford Fusion Hybrid research vehicle unveiled last month ( earlier post ), Ford is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University to research and to develop solutions to some of the technical challenges surrounding automated driving. —Greg Stevens.

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How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

Blink Charging

As one MIT report found, on average, “a fully electric vehicle emits about 25 percent less carbon than a comparable hybrid car.” Blink is now engaged with more than 4,000 automotive dealers in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific to purchase, install, and manage EV charging equipment and services.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

IBM lowered the PCjr's price, added functions, and tried to persuade dealers to promote it, to no avail. This article is based on excerpts from IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon (MIT Press, 2019). Salesmen ignored it, not wanting to make a bad recommendation to customers. I knew what questions to ask.

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Jeep teased its upcoming compact SUV 4×4

Electric Vehicles India

Also read related article: EVs Success Story-MITS students invented hybrid electric jeep. If you are an EV manufacturer or EV Dealer or EV Supporter who want to share news related to electric vehicles on our website, please send an email to crm@electricvehicles.in. It gets a ‘Trail-Rated’ badge which makes it an offroader.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

Interestingly, a 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study predicted that as EVs became more widespread, battery prices would climb because the demand for lithium and other battery metals would rise sharply. Volvo CEO Jim Rowan , disagrees with both of them, however, seeing ICE-EV price parity coming by 2025-2026.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). The potential [of plug-in hybrids] is terrific." ( MIT Technology Review ) 11/30/06 "We want it as much as anybody else, but there are limits right now in terms of technology. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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