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Tesla wins as Texas calls for state-backed charging stations to incorporate its plug

Baua Electric

“It’ll effectively make an NACS the new charging standard,” Cox stated. Others states like California, Iowa and Michigan are reviewing the moving charging marketplace. Section of Transportation previous this while stated that charging firms will have to lend the CCS to be eligible for as much as $7.5 Tesla stocks rose 1.2

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Nissan says it will have first commercially-viable autonomous drive vehicles by 2020; across the range in 2 vehicle generations

Green Car Congress

Nissan is demonstrating the breadth of the capability of its autonomous drive technology for the first time at Nissan 360, a test drive and stakeholder interaction event being held in Southern California. It can also be integrated with a standard in-car navigation system so the vehicle knows which turns to take to reach its destination.

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The Automotive Research Center at the University of Michigan’s Annual Program Review: The Driving Force Behind Autonomous Vehicles

Green Car Congress

Professionals representing each of the three aforementioned domains (academia, government, industry) comprised the event’s nearly 300 attendees. 2 ] The University of Michigan, The University of Iowa, Wayne State University, Clemson University, Oakland University, and Virginia Tech. [ Click to enlarge. Automotive Research Center.”

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

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Two motor options are available for RWD: Standard Range’s 111 kilowatt (kW)/149 horsepower (hp) and 259 foot-pounds (ft.-lb.) The Standard Range has a driving range of 240 miles, while the RWD gets either 305 and 361 miles depending if shod with 20-inch or 18-inch tires. of torque or the Long Range’s 168 kW with 225 hp and 258 ft.-lb.

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New efficient hybrid optimization control method for diesel engine emissions and performance

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Iowa State have developed a new hybrid optimization control method to improve diesel engine emissions and performance. The hybrid method was also able to locate the improvements using similar dynamometer time, indicating that the hybrid method is more efficient and more effective, the researchers said.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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Georg also enlisted the help of University of Iowa computer programmer/engineer Karen Pease. in planning overnight charging locations and events. Note: Recharging from a standard 110 VAC, 12-Amp source would take 27 to 30 hours to replenish the battery pack and significantly slow the progress of the roadtrip.