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China is testing more driverless cars than any other country – ET Auto

Baua Electric

A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. The company that operates them, tech giant Baidu, said last month that it would add another 1,000 of the so-called robot taxis in Wuhan. Baidu also has a joint venture with Zhejiang Geely, called Jiyue, to make robot taxis.

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Where to locate public chargers?

Electric Auto Association

Electricity is ubiquitous, EVs refuelable by wind, hydro, geothermal, solar, or traditional energy sources. It is a fact not obvious to non-electric vehicle (EV) owners that every electrical outlet (110v, 220v, or DC fast 480v) is a potential refueling spot for EVs. Access both in and out should be easy, including for medium-duty EVs.

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2010 Aptera 2e First Drive and Video on Inside Line

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The initial funding has come from serious investors, including Idealab, the business incubator of entrepreneur Bill Gross, as well as google.org, the green-investments arm of Google. Ride quality is about halfway between what youd expect from a decent small car and the bounce and jounce youd expect when taxiing a small plane on a dirt runway.

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Extreme E – Greenland Glacier – Legacy Programme

My Energi

Let’s put things into perspective, the term ‘melting ice caps’ gets an average of 2400 google searches a month whilst ‘Greenland ice caps’ gets 90 searches per month. As part of the project, myenergi will install a ground-mounted solar array, battery storage system and eddi micro-generation diversion device.