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Ford supports launch of mobility-focused startup business accelerator program in Detroit: Techstars Mobility

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and Verizon Telematics, are supporting the launch of “Techstars Mobility, driven by Detroit”—a startup business accelerator program sited in downtown Detroit. The company has since expanded to Boston, Seattle, New York, San Antonio, Austin, Chicago and London. Ford, Magna International Inc. —Bill Ford.

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Canada’s Unifor pledge talks with Detroit 3 will goal pensions, wages and EVs

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Pensions, wages, transition plans to electrical car manufacturing and fresh funding emerged as Unifor’s bargaining priorities in next negotiations with the Detroit 3 automakers. Unifor’s Particular Auto Council – constituted of lively and retired participants from Normal Motors, Ford and Stellantis – met in London, Ont.,

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New Mazda Skyactiv Engines, Nissan e-NV200 Electric London Taxi, Detroit Auto Show Preview: Today's Car News

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Today on Green Car Reports: Mazda is planning its next-generation Skyactiv engines, the Nissan e-NV200 electric London taxi debuts, and we preview the green production cars and concepts set to debut at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Volkswagen and PowerCo SE will build largest cell factory to date in Canada; 90 GWh in final phase

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Its strategic location about 30 km south of London, Ontario, is at the heart of the Great Lakes Automotive Corridor and near major cities such as Toronto and Detroit. The entire industrial and supplier park amounts to 1,500 acres (600 hectares).

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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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—Janelle London, co-author of the report. Louisiana, Wyoming, and Mississippi are the states with the highest concentration of superusers, while Houston, Detroit, St. It’s more equitable as well as more efficient to give these drivers the biggest incentives to switch to EVs.

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Woven Planet to acquire CARMERA; boost to Woven alpha's automated mapping platform (AMP) initiative

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CARMERA will join Woven Planet Group as a wholly-owned subsidiary, expanding the company’s footprint beyond its Tokyo headquarters by adding New York and Seattle offices to its planned offices in Silicon Valley and London. Lane-level object detection in downtown Detroit, part of an earlier CARMERA and TRI-AD mapping initiative.

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Is curbside charging the solution for the Plight of the Drivewayless? – Charged EVs

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Curbside EV chargers are already common sights on the streets of Oslo, London and Amsterdam, and the US is slowly beginning to get into the game. The DOE has funded curbside electric vehicle charging projects in Detroit and other US cities. The company has a project going in Detroit, and five pilot studies underway in New York City.