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Robotic Research closes $228M Series A to scale its autonomous technology commercially

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The company’s vehicle-agnostic autonomy kit, AutoDrive , has already been integrated in a variety of vehicles including North America’s first automated heavy-duty transit bus, Class 8 trucks, and yard trucks. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP acted as legal advisor, and Covington & Burling LLP acted as special counsel to Robotic Research.

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Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) research project gets green light; tying in renewables

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Integrating as many electric vehicles as possible into the power grid in this way calls for innovations in terms of vehicle technology, charging hardware, charging management, communication interfaces with energy sector stakeholders and legal parameters. The legal and regulatory parameters are being evaluated, too.

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Used Car Purchase Warning

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These modifications can include custom paint jobs, aftermarket wheels and body kits that enhance the car’s aesthetic appeal. Legal Compliance: Ensure that the modifications on the car comply with local and state regulations. The post Used Car Purchase Warning first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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Opel bringing Ampera with special nav system and Meriva EVs to iZEUS project on intelligent electric driving and recharging

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Opel has presented a specially-equipped Ampera extended range electric vehicle to the Technical Institute Karlsruhe (KIT), marking the beginning of a field trial in the research project iZEUS (intelligent Zero Emission Urban System) in Stuttgart. iZEUS Ampera. Click to enlarge.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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Fleet insights, US. The data is gathered by devices plugged into the HP fleet vehicles. A fleet of Ford Focus Electric vehicles and Ford Fiestas with EcoBoost powertrains is located across London. Car Swap is an experiment using Ford-owned fleet vehicles. Data Driven Insurance, London. Car Swap, Dearborn.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The kit is designed so the batteries can be upgraded to lithium-phosphate.)

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Volkswagen, Mobileye and Champion Motors to commercialize mobility-as-a-service with self-driving EVs in Israel

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Mobileye will provide its level-4 AV Kit—a turn-key, driverless solution comprising hardware, driving policy, safety software and map data. Champion Motors will run the fleet operations and control center.