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Car modifications in India: What is legal and what’s not

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In fact, performing some weird modifications to your car may lead you to legal trouble. If you are planning to modify your car, here is a comprehensive guide with a list of legal and illegal modifications in India. Colour change: Changing a car’s colour is completely legal in India, but is subject to RTO’s approval.

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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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DeMoBat project developing robot-assisted dismantling for EV batteries and motors

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photo: Irina Westermann, KIT). The traction battery in particular represents a central cost factor of electromobility and also causes considerable environmental impacts in production; the most efficient and long-term use of the cells is a crucial element in the sustainability of e-mobility.

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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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Researchers propose using AC and ventilation systems for decentralized production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels

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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. In addition, they expect carbon efficiency—i.e. kilograms per hour.

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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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Taking your electric car abroad: everything you need to know

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There are a few essentials you need to drive abroad legally. Legal requirements and key considerations. Check any relevant legal requirements such as speed limits, local laws and laws regarding child restraints. What do I need to drive abroad? First up, the obvious – your driving licence (not provisional).