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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

Blink Charging

Let’s look at these two annual events and what they mean for current and future electric vehicle (EV) drivers. Now, there are events across the entire country, along with online events, that people can participate in. Now, there are events across the entire country, along with online events, that people can participate in.

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DOT issues discussion document on principles for a connected vehicle environment; safety as top priority

Green Car Congress

The principles reflect the positions of the FHWA (Federal Highway Administration), NHTSA, and RITA at this time of adoption related to research, demonstration and implementation of a connected vehicle environment. Transportation Safety is the DOT’s top stated priority for the connected vehicle environment. Technical Functionality.

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Fiat purchasing US Treasury interest and rights in Chrysler for $575M

Green Car Congress

will pay US$500 million to purchase the UST’s 6% ownership interest in Chrysler. Following the consummation of the purchase of the interest held by UST and the. occurrence of the final Performance Event expected later this year, Fiat will hold 57% of. the outstanding equity in Chrysler. and Chrysler Group LLC.

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Media Release: Plug’n Drive welcomes proposed discount electricity rate for EV chargers in Ontario

Plug N Drive

“Making public charging more economical in rural and remote locations means more public charging stations will be built and EV driving will become more accessible to more Ontarians, benefiting both the environment and the local economy.” For more information about Plug’n Drive’s programs, services, and events, visit plugndrive.ca

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Tesla Semi fleet now almost 100 units, confirms exec

Teslarati

The episode was focused on the Cybertruck, which the automotive legend purchased for himself. It’s been a year since Tesla held the Semi’s inaugural delivery event, and since then, the company has adopted a pretty conservative approach with the vehicle’s ramp.

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Mercedes-Benz receives world’s first internationally valid system approval for Level 3 conditionally automated driving

Green Car Congress

—Markus Schäfer, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG, Chief Technology Officer responsible for Development and Purchasing. The route profile, events occurring on the route and traffic signs are correspondingly taken into consideration. accidents or roadworks) from a digital HD map.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part V)

The Truth About Cars

It was a timely turn of events for General Motors after the Orlando area TravTek experiment of 1992 proved either too costly to scale, or alternatively not valuable enough in the eyes of consumers. In 1984 GM completed a deal to purchase a company called Electronic Data Systems, or EDS. GM paid part of the $5.2B

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