The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Beyond loading one of their nifty new 2024 GX 550 Overtrail models with a raft of burly accessories, the crew at Lexus has also dusted off a couple of older trucks for this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas. As proof this machine is ready to Do Leisure, someone installed stand-up paddleboard and surfboard mounts on the roof rack.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Tesla will build Nevada’s largest Supercharging Station at the Primm Valley Resort just south of the Las Vegas Strip, according to Clark County permits. Tesla has several large-scale Supercharger locations in Nevada, especially in Las Vegas. It will be the largest Supercharger station in Nevada. Credit: Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Electrify America will invest in metro-based direct current fast charging (DCFC) stations in 18 metro areas, including these new metro areas in Cycle 2: Atlanta, Baltimore, Honolulu, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Metro DCFC stations will be placed in retail locations and are intended to serve EV drivers in their daily fueling needs.

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OCTOBER 2, 2022

NDEW event in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, to the southwest… EV rally NDEW 2022 - Las Vega s was hosted by the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association (LVEVA) in conjunction with Tesla Owners Las Vegas. NDEW event in Denver.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

The UL—Certified charger was recently displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV and is compliant with CHAdeMO standards, meeting all requirements for both small and large-scale installations. The new model will be available for sale in North America in February 2013.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The Fisker Ocean all-electric luxury SUV ( earlier post ) will make its public debut at Consumer Electronics Show 2020 in Las Vegas. Electrify America expects to install, or have under development, approximately 800 total charging station sites with about 3,500 chargers by December 2021.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

450-kilometre corridor between Los Angeles and Las Vegas The new charging corridor with more than 100 chargers and modern amenities alongside Interstate I-15 aims to accelerate the rollout of carbon-neutral freight transportation with three initial charging locations in Colton, Barstow and Baker, California.

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Teslarati

MAY 3, 2021

George or Las Vegas. George/Vegas and it was HORRIBLE. Well, Tesla just expanded that number to *32* 250W stalls installed in a couple days cause pre-fab! Fortunately, Tesla has come up with a novel solution that allowed it to ramp its Supercharger installations at a rate that’s never been seen before. .

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Continental will premier its new Contact Sensor System (CoSSy) at CES 2020 next month in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Contact Sensor System (CoSSy) solution will typically include two to twelve sensors installed at relevant locations on the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2016

AECOM has been selected to construct the $1-billion, 3-million square foot electric car manufacturing plant for Faraday Future (FF) in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

Chinese automaker Zeekr will be the first automaker to use Intel’s AI system on a chip to create “an enhanced living room experience” in vehicles, including AI voice assistants and video conferencing, Intel’s automotive business chief Jack Weast said ahead of the CES technology show in Las Vegas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

By early summer most of the intersections in Düsseldorf, approximately 450 out of a total of some 600 installations, will be networked. Audi Traffic Light Information premiered in 2016 in Las Vegas. Audi Traffic Light Information consists of two functions: Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory (GLOSA) and Time-to-Green.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Kia just launched the new Platform Beyond Vehicles (PBV) at CES in Las Vegas, all built on a flexible vehicle architecture with bodies that you can swap out, Duplo-like, depending on your need. Plus, it’s free to use and you won’t get sales calls until you select an installer and share your phone number with them.

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Teslarati

JULY 29, 2021

The Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop is now fully operational, but while the underground transport service is already servicing passengers on a regular basis, very little is known about the Teslas that are currently used in the system. Fortunately, some details about the LVCC Loop’s fleet of electric cars have emerged recently.

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Blink Charging

MAY 12, 2022

When installing EV charging infrastructure, the building owners will have to consider the building’s parking configuration and its electrical capabilities. Installing EV chargers means delving into the energy management of a building or complex. Especially since 80% of EV charging is done at home, usually overnight.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It’s also going to feature a “selfie camera” installed in the cabin. Some drivers seem fine with having cameras, controlled by a multinational corporation, installed into the dashboard. We’ll gain a better understanding of the interface when CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) kicks off in Las Vegas next month.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

With a design resembling the rest of the IONIQ lineup ( earlier post ), the vehicle is one of the few self-driving cars in development to have a LiDAR system hidden in its front bumper instead of installed on the roof, enabling it to look like any other car on the road and not a high school science project.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

SEE below for December 2008 contents from Las Vegas EVA Watts Happening -- space that was reserved for Stan & Marianne, Bill and Amanda, Bill, Lloyd, Daniel, John, Michelle, et Las Vegas EVA'rs al for webblogging plus posting pixs of the "Spirit of DC" shining & showing on the 2nd level of the Texas Station Casino parking garage.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2015

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, the BMW Group will present a Vision Car to demonstrate what the interior and the user interface of the future might look like, including AirTouch. This enables simple movements of a finger to carry out actions such as adjusting the loudness or accepting phone calls.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In Las Vegas, Clean Energy is expanding Republic Services’ largest natural gas truck yard in the country, adding 92 time-fill fueling spots. Noble Environmental in Pennsylvania has purchased a CNG mobile unit, along with monthly services, to fuel its CNG refuse trucks until Clean Energy completes construction of a permanent station.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2013

Hyundai will debut a number of new vehicle technologies for connectivity and driver assistance at the the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), 8-11 January in Las Vegas. The MHL ecosystem is continuing to grow with an installed base of more than 220 million products.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2018

At CES in Las Vegas, Toyota Motor introduced the autonomous electric e-Palette Concept Vehicle, which is designed to meet the demands of future multi-mode transportation and business applications. There are three sizes of e-Palette Concept, with different lengths (from 4m to 7m, depending on the purpose-built specification).

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 9, 2021

GM will unveil the Silverado EV at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January. Earlier this week, GM announced that it would invest $51 million in its Bedford, Indiana die-casting foundry to install new equipment responsible for producing drive unit castings of the Silverado EV.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

At CES 2024, the world’s leading electronics trade fair underway from January 9-12 in Las Vegas, Volkswagen is having the world premiere of the first vehicles in which the artificial-intelligence-based chatbot ChatGPT is integrated into its IDA voice assistant.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW announced the BMW i ChargeForward Program—a pilot study to be undertaken by the BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E).

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Similar to the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop in Sin City, Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas Loop will use Teslas to transport passengers through the system. TBC offered to build the initial tunnel system of the Las Olas Loop at its own expense, guaranteeing a solid maximum price.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

Brightline West, a future electric high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, broke ground today in Nevada. Florida-based Brightline Holdings is expected to model the Las Vegas-LA rail line on its high-speed route between Miami and Orlando – the US’s only privately owned and operated intercity passenger railroad.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2013

in Las Vegas. The Performance Sonic RS concept features engine performance, suspension/brakes and appearance upgrades developed by Chevrolet Performance engineers and designed to be installed by Chevrolet dealers. The cars will debut at the SEMA Show, 5-8 Nov. Earlier post.) Others are being evaluated for production.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2015

To aid the safe implementation of automated driving, Toyota is developing a high-precision map generation system that will use data from on-board cameras and GPS devices installed in production vehicles. The new system will go on display at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2016 in Las Vegas next month.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Ricardo will introduce TorqStor—the latest generation of Ricardo’s high speed flywheel energy storage technology—at the CONEXPO 2014 show in Las Vegas as a pre-production prototype for OEM product integration. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2019

The first Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle from the EQ brand made its US premiere at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. The high-safety design begins with the installation position of the high-voltage battery beneath the vehicle floor. The EQC crossover SUV ( earlier post ) marks the beginning of a new mobility era at Daimler.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2015

At the 2015 CES in Las Vegas this week, Seeing Machines is demonstrating its Driver Monitor System (DMS) in a Jaguar F-Type prototype developed jointly with Intel at Jaguar Land Rover’s new R&D facility in Portland, Oregon. —Nick Langdale-Smith, Vice President, Seeing Machines.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2010

Half of consumers (51%) would be less likely to consider purchasing an electric vehicle if they would have to install special charging equipment for the batteries. This new CES TechZone will feature major automotive companies, including Audi, in the Las Vegas Convention Center's North Hall.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2009

In the US, the Rampart Casino / Resort in Las Vegas installed a Coulomb networked charging station for electric vehicles. The objective of the Clean Mobility Center is to create awareness with municipalities and corporations by demonstrating the solution and offering expertise.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

High Temperature Superconductor Transmission Cable System for Installation in the Long Island Power Grid (LIPA 2) (Westborough, MA) - $7,584,120. University of Nevada – Las Vegas. Dramatic Residential Demand Reduction in the Desert Southwest (Las Vegas, NV) - $5,724,709. American Superconductor Corporation.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 3, 2023

I’m traveling today to Las Vegas for the in-person CES 2023. Who hasn’t wished they could install their flatscreen without worrying about cables, mounts, or electrical outlets? I’ll be joining with an expected 100,000 or so other retailers, journalists, and members of the consumer electronics industry.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 23, 2023

The system is expected to be installed in several vehicle models in the near future, he says. The sensors can be installed in different locations in the vehicle, including behind the rearview mirror, behind the instrument panel, and between the driver and passenger seats.

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