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Aurora releases Aurora Driver Beta 2.0

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Aurora’s Common Core of Technology enables the intelligence and learnings from its trucks to easily adapt to its minivans. This lane is the middle leg between Atlanta to Los Angeles, one of the busiest commercial thoroughfares in the US. These updates are shared across Aurora’s fleet of trucks and minivans.

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Tesla Model S 60, LAPD BMW i3, 2017 Chrysler Pacifica driven: Today's Car News

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Today, Tesla adds two new 60-kilowatt-hour Model S variants, the Los Angeles Police Department purchases 100 BMW i3 electric cars, and we drive the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Navigant forecasts annual plug-in electric vehicle sales in N America to exceed 1.1M by 2024

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Navigant expects metro areas in California to show the largest PEV population growth, as the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego areas are all within the top 10 metro markets for PEV sales. Other ZEV Program participating states are expected to see similar growth.

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

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The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. The show, based at the Los Angeles Convention Center will host more than 30 significant world and North American debuts and feature more than 900 vehicles from sports cars and sedans to crossovers and minivans.

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2010 Toyota Prius Plug-In Arrives Early Next Year, For Fleets Only

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While Toyota's press conference today at the Los Angeles Auto Show covered the new 2011 Toyota Sienna minivan, a very special Prius hybrid on the show floor signaled the company's first tentative step into the world of plug-in vehicles. Toyota will deliver the first of 150 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrids early next year.

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US Department of Transportation proposes ‘distraction’ guidelines for automakers for in-vehicle electronic devices

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The hearings will take place in March and will be held in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C. The most recent data available—2010 data—show that 17% of all police-reported crashes (fatal, injury-only and property-damage-only) in the US involve reports of distracted driving.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

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Chrysler used this for their EPIC Minivan and could charge at a rate of about one mile per minute. I like to use the example of someone driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. You could leave Los Angeles and drive to Baker, stop and have a meal while the car recharges, and have plenty of juice to make it to your hotel in Vegas.