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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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Data Driven Insurance, London. Using Georgia Tech-owned golf carts to prove out the technology, a person sitting in a remote location can access real-time video streamed over LTE to drive the carts. City Driving On-Demand, London. Dynamic Social Shuttle, New York and London. Painless Parking, London.

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Nickel expert calls on Musk, Farley, others to demand Nickel sourcing in North America

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Surging prices of nickel, a potentially major influence in the future of the global electric vehicle market, have encouraged one mining expert in the field to call on automotive CEOs to demand more attention toward sourcing the metal in North America. “We used to refer to LFP cells as ‘golf cart batteries,'” he said.