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Juneau Capital Transit puts first all-electric bus in service

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Capital Transit unveiled the bus, manufactured in California by Proterra, during an event on Monday. The new bus will be servicing the Mendenhall Express route, which travels via Glacier Highway between the Downtown Transit Center and the Mendenhall Mall, which is the location of Capital Transit’s future transfer site.

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Tesla’s child-saving wave sensor granted, FSD driver monitoring takes new focus

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Tesla’s request for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve a millimeter-wave sensor for child protection and anti-theft measures has been granted. The document also granted Vayyar Imaging Ltd., Google was granted the use of a device “under the same technical parameters” by the FCC in 2018.

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Starship, Starlink gear up for most ambitious SpaceX crossover event in history

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Even if the FCC moves extremely quickly and grants the STA within a few days to a week of SpaceX’s April 9th request, it’s unlikely that the company would delay Starship SN15 test or launch plans by almost ten days to wait for permission to use the rocket’s new Starlink antenna.

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Drive Electric Week event organizers reminisce

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Thanks to local volunteers, we’ve provided thousands of EV test drives since 2011, held events in all 50 states, and created a global community with events reaching 8 countries. Here’s to the volunteers who carried us into a future of clean transportation, in their own words. What is your favorite moment from an EV event?

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Successful first flight of the world?s largest all-electric aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan 208B

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The successful flight of the eCaravan, enabled by a 750-horsepower (560 kW) magni500 propulsion system, took place at the AeroTEC Flight Test Center at the Grant County International Airport (KMWH) in Moses Lake, Washington on Thursday. —Roei Ganzarski, CEO of magniX. air density.

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FIA grants homologation to nine manufacturers for 2018/19 Formula E season The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) released

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FIA grants homologation to nine manufacturers for 2018/19 Formula E season. The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) released the names of the nine manufacturers that have been granted homologation from the 2018/19 season of the all-electric FIA Formula E Championship. —FIA President Jean Todt.

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NEVS and DiDi partner up for future mobility; EV optimized for DiDi services

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One of the common goals is to develop an electric vehicle, fully optimized for the mobility services that DiDi is offering, and also initiating a path towards a self-driving and on-demand mobility future. The first vehicle used in this cooperation will be the NEVS 9-3.

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