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Electric Day Cruiser To Be Launched In December By Blue Innovation Group

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With all the bickering and arguing on social media about electric vehicles vs. gas and diesel-powered internal combustion engine cars, trucks, and SUVs, a person might get the idea that electrification of transportation is only for vehicles with wheels.

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Panasonic cools on idea for third US plant for Tesla batteries

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Panasonic Group CEO Yuki Kusumi told Reuters that the company is holding off on building a third plant as “demand for electric vehicles cools.” Panasonic, whose main US customer is Tesla, produces some 10% of the batteries found in electric vehicles around the world. Get started here. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Pete Buttigieg Slams EV Luddites

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Some need more time to get used to the idea, while others jump in quickly and eagerly, perhaps even well before a “normal person” even hears about the new tech. On the path of new tech adoption, different types of people adopt the new tech at different times.

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Boeing and Kitty Hawk form strategic partnership on electric urban air mobility

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Cora is an electric, autonomous fully fledged air taxi that takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane. We have a shared vision of how people, goods and ideas will be transported in the future, as well as the safety and regulatory ecosystem that will underpin that transportation. Kitty Hawk Corp.,

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Daimler Trucks’ FUSO introduces eCanter SensorCollect concept refuse truck

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The FUSO eCanter SensorCollect is a concept garbage collection truck based on the all-electric eCanter. These commands include following the operator, halting, avoiding obstacles, and stopping immediately if a person or object comes in close proximity to the vehicle.

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Personal: Range Anxiety Be Damned!

Clean Fleet Report

But the nav system doesn’t know this and thought that going about 170 miles with only 180-mile range wasn’t a very smart idea, so it planned the stop. Road Trip: 2021 Volkswagen ID4 The post Personal: Range Anxiety Be Damned! It’s so bad that I pretty much ignore it and just use 2.5 times percentage charge.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country.

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