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The Boring Company’s LVCC Loop demo runs are seeds of an upcoming disruption

Teslarati

The first rides of The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Convention Center Loop have been shared online. One such video shared by Las Vegas-based @themelissavegas showed a demo run in a Tesla Model Y. What is quite noticeable in the LVCC demos is that the transport tunnels have so much space to improve.

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BMW i ChargeForward Program to demo contribution of intelligent EV charging to grid efficiency

Green Car Congress

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW announced the BMW i ChargeForward Program—a pilot study to be undertaken by the BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). This makes it possible to take advantage of flexible electricity pricing that varies depending on the time of day.

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Clean Energy Fuels delivered 143M gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas in 2019, up 30% year-on-year

Green Car Congress

The trucks were purchased through Clean Energy’s Zero Now program which brings the price of a natural gas truck at parity with a diesel truck while offering a guaranteed fuel discount for the duration of the agreement. The company has added three new CNG trucks to its 8-truck fleet, which will fuel at Clean Energy’s station in Commerce, CA.

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Continental presenting Intelligent Glass Control for car windows; targeted shading can reduce CO2 emissions or increase EV range

Green Car Congress

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 6–9, 2016, automotive supplier Continental is presenting a demo vehicle in which all windows can be darkened at the touch of a button. Controlled incremental darkening of car windows prevents heat entry and lowers CO 2 emissions.

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XPeng AeroHT’s ‘modular flying car’ will enter mass production, pre-orders begin in Q4

Baua Electric

During a press event held during CES in Las Vegas, XPeng’s electric aviation business arm AeroHT shared new details regarding two of its “flying cars.” That vehicle has come to be known as the “Land Aircraft Carrier,” and according to news from XPeng and AeroHT in Vegas today, will enter mass production in 2025.

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Jet Fighter With a Steering Wheel: Inside the Augmented-Reality Car HUD

Cars That Think

But CES 2022 in Las Vegas saw Panasonic unveil a more-affordable HUD that it says should reach a production car by 2024. For a demo on the Las Vegas strip, using a Lincoln Aviator as test mule, Panasonic used its SkipGen infotainment system and a Qualcomm Snapdragon SA8155 processor. But AR HUD 2.0

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