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Aptera Gamma makes appearance in Switzerland

Teslarati

The Aptera Gamma has appeared in the mountains of Switzerland at an investing conference. Aptera has been working toward production of its launch edition vehicle, and the company has been working to secure additional funding to keep its head above water during this period. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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Tesla pushes Made-in-Germany Model Y test drives in Switzerland

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Potential customers in Switzerland who wish to try out a German-made Tesla Model Y now have the opportunity to take one of the European-made all-electric crossovers for a spin. As per a recent post on LinkedIn, Tesla is offering test drives for its Germany-made Model Y in Cham, Zug, Switzerland. .

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GM expands to new European markets with its luxury $93K Lyriq

Baua Electric

The US automaker, which has been testing the European waters with its luxury Cadillac EVs since late last year, has just launched its Cadillac Lyriq SUV in France this morning, with other markets on the horizon. In Switzerland, the Lyriq starts 82,000 Swiss francs ($93,100), but GM has not yet provided pricing for France.

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Member of Swiss National Councils fills up with sunfire solar diesel to call attention to need for regulatory reform

Green Car Congress

In an event in Bern, Switzerland, Swiss National Council member and president of the Clean Fuel Now initiative Thomas Böhni filled up his Audi A2 with 100% synthetic diesel (Audi e-diesel) produced by sunfire GmbH to draw attention to the need to remove what he terms unjustified Swiss restrictions on synthetic fuels. Earlier post.).

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Video Friday: Beyond the Limit

Cars That Think

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Energy Robotics ] This work presents a camera model for refractive media such as water and its application in underwater visual-inertial odometry. VISTEC ] Thanks Poramate!

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Discovery of mechanism for atmospheric particle formation suggests need for ammonia emission regulations

Green Car Congress

Ammonia is convected upward during events like the Asian monsoon. To analyze this, Wang headed to Switzerland as a member of the CLOUD collaboration to test his experiment at the European Council for Research Nuclear (CERN). The group uncovered that the ammonia is convected upward during events such as the Asian monsoon.

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Insurance company faked a Tesla battery fire to prove batteries catch fire

Teslarati

“For safety reasons, it was not possible to ignite a real battery fire at an event with around 500 people, which is why a fire with pyrotechnics was staged.” Except for water unless the water is contaminated with something flammable. In the rare case of a battery fire, so-called thermal runaways can.”