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NIO updates Level 2 advanced driving assistant system NIO Pilot

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and unveiled a new user experience (UX) vehicle interaction and user interface (UI) design. Better UI design, UX interaction, and richer content all provide users a more pleasant digital experience. At the same time, the company announced the NIO OS smart operating system was upgraded to NIO OS 2.0, The NIO OS 2.0

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NextEV issued autonomous vehicle testing permit in California

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NextEV, a China-based designer and developer of high-performance electric vehicles ( earlier post ), has been issued an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit by the California DMV. NextEV now joins the elite group of companies in Silicon Valley permitted to test autonomous vehicle technology.

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NIO unveils production electric SUV for China market; NIO ES8 to launch end of this year

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The ES8 features the “design identity” of every NIO vehicle: the X-bar and signature “Spark Beat” tail lights. NIO is a global start-up; NIO has more than 2,000 employees in San Jose, Shanghai, Munich, London and eight other locations. The NIO ES8 is a full-size 7-seat electric SUV with a 2-3-2 seating arrangement.

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British Airways partners with Velocys on renewable jet fuel from household waste

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British Airways has entered a partnership with Velocys to design a series of waste plants that convert household waste into renewable jet fuel to power its fleet. These changes to the RTFO are designed to promote sustainable aviation. It would be the first plant of this scale.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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Alamouti first noticed the potential for the spread of disinformation on the Internet in 2010, when he began working as group R&D director for Vodafone in London. He then participated in the design of physical and media access layers of cellular digital packet data at MPR Teltech , the research arm of the British Columbia Telephone Co. ,

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NextEV Launches NIO Brand; NIO EP9 fastest electric car on the Nürburgring Nordschliefe

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At a launch event in London, electric car company NextEV unveiled its brand, NIO and its electric supercar, the NIO EP9, which has achieved a new lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschliefe. With an interchangeable battery system, the EP9 is designed to be charged in 45 minutes and has a range of 427 kilometers (265 miles).

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

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We bought a booth at the first RoboNexus trade show held in San Jose in 2004. We were able to get a one-off project to build some little balancing Android Robots for Google, and tour them around to events like Google IO, Google Sandbox, and Google Zeitgeist in London. Balancing Android robots built for Google.