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Detroit Smart Parking Lab opens in September for real-world automated and EV charging testing

Green Car Congress

With the Detroit Smart Parking Lab, we have a cross section of collaborators—from government leaders to mobility and tech companies—that that will empower us to bring innovation to market through collaboration. Finding parking in urban environments can account for as much as 30% of vehicle traffic and emissions.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

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Much of the motivation behind building new rockets or developing colonies on Mars is wrapped up in the rhetoric of our warming planet being something to escape from. Albeit slowly, entrepreneurs who helped build out the products and services over the tech boom of the past 20 years are now searching for technologies to address the crisis.

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Tesla’s ‘preferential treatment’ justified by Brandenburg Environmental Minister

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The cells, a groundbreaking step in developing Tesla’s EV tech, will provide more range and power to Tesla’s eco-friendly vehicles. Brandenburg’s environment minister defends preferential treatment for Tesla. Although Tesla vehicles have saved over 17.9 ” #GigaBerlin.

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Crash Avoidance Systems Underwhelm in Latest IIHS Study

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The Ford Escape, Hyundai Tucson and Jeep Compass earn marginal ratings, while the Chevrolet Equinox, Mazda CX-5, Mitsubishi Outlander and Volkswagen Taos are all rated poor. Meanwhile, having as many high-tech safety nets in place as possible is assumed by some to gradually lead to an accident-free society.

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Q&A: Why the Metaverse Needs to Be Open

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This so-called metaverse has captured the tech zeitgeist and is attracting billions in investments. The name comes from author Neal Stephenson's dystopian sci-fi classic Snow Crash , which envisaged a gigantic 3D playground where millions of people escaped the drudgery of the real world. The foundation is real-time 3D media.

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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Selected projects are: Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The project will provide a powerful new modeling tool to optimize future hydrate production-related testing and to provide a higher understanding of how hydrate systems react to induced or natural changes in their environment. ?DOE DOE Investment: approximately $390,000. ?

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Q&A: Why the Metaverse Needs to Be Open

Cars That Think

This so-called metaverse has captured the tech zeitgeist and is attracting billions in investments. The name comes from author Neal Stephenson's dystopian sci-fi classic Snow Crash , which envisaged a gigantic 3D playground where millions of people escaped the drudgery of the real world. The foundation is real-time 3D media.