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CARB approves updated regulations requiring most new small off-road engines be zero emission by 2024

Green Car Congress

Californians can continue to operate their current CARB-compliant gasoline-powered SORE equipment; there will be no ban on using older models or used equipment purchased in the future. Older models on store shelves can also be purchased even if they are gasoline-powered. Despite their small size, these engines are highly polluting.

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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

Clean Fleet Report

Now, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is showing off North America’s first electric fire engine from Austria-based Rosenbauer Group. The Future of Electric Emergency Vehicles. That’s the point California and other states are mandating all new light-duty vehicles for sale must produce zero tailpipe emissions (ZEVs).

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Subaru debuts Solterra EV collab with Toyota, U.S. unveiling later this month

Teslarati

The automaker has confirmed that the joint project vehicle with Toyota will also be unveiled at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 17th. Subaru will use the Solterra to launch its expansion of EVs throughout its product line, calling it “the cornerstone of Subaru’s future BEVs.” ” Credit: Subaru.

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Video Friday: Robot Arms for the ISS

Cars That Think

IEEE CASE 2022 : 20–24 August 2022, MEXICO CITY CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, AZORES, PORTUGAL ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals : 4–5 November 2022, LOS ANGELES CoRL 2022 : 14–18 December 2022, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Enjoy today’s videos! Unlike Sox, our robot dogs are real and for sale! Please send us your events for inclusion.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

Cars That Think

Not all these companies will succeed, and Los Angeles–based Second Sight provides a cautionary tale for bold entrepreneurs interested in brain tech. Now, as the company fades away, the future of high-tech vision implants seems blurrier than ever. The past, he added in an email, is “simply not relevant to the new future.”.

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A Brief Look at Today's Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and the Companies That Are Revolutionizing an Old Industry - Yahoo! Finance

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Print LOS ANGELES, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 20, 2009 -- Floyd Associates, a privately heldconsulting firm with operations in strategic development,investmentbanking, and mergers & acquisitions, has published a researchreport briefly analyzing plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles thatare currentlyin development or being produced.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

Cars That Think

In principle, Amazon could mandate that sellers had to accept amazons instead of dollars for sales in the Amazon marketplace. who said to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg: “I think you of all people can appreciate using a person’s past behavior in decisions about future behavior.