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Germany’s Vay launches remote-driven car service in Las Vegas – ET Auto

Baua Electric

German remote-driving startup Vay said on Wednesday it had launched its first commercial service in Las Vegas where a “teledriver”, or remote driver, delivers electric short-term rental cars to customers then collects them after the rental. roads with remote drivers and no one behind the wheel.

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Rent a car in Las Vegas with remote driver, courtesy German engineering

Baua Electric

A Vay remotely-driven vehicle seen in operation in Las Vegas United States. The service is currently available around the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the city’s arts district renting out cars by the minute. These vehicles are autonomous in nature but are not self-driven.

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Tesla added 20 new Supercharging stations with 79 new chargers in China in April

Teslarati

China has been one of Tesla’s hotspots in terms of production and sales, as Gigafactory Shanghai accounted for a majority of the company’s deliveries last year: 51.7 Tesla is building a giant Supercharger midway between LA and Las Vegas. percent, to be exact.

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Partner Update and Announcement

Plug In Partners

For general and exhibitor information, call Christine at Platia Productions (310) 390-2930 or email platia@earthlink.net. 5351 ), would extend a variety of tax credits beyond 2008 and create new ones, including a credit for cellulosic ethanol production and an incentive for plug-in hybrid vehicles. The bill (H.R.

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Volvo to adopt “Tesla style” megacasts for its next-gen electric vehicles

Teslarati

First up seems to be Volvo, which recently noted that its Torslanda factory in Sweden, one of the company’s oldest and largest plants, would be shifting to the use of megacasts within the coming years. . By this time, the factory would likely also be ready to start the full production of the company’s next-generation EVs.

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Pike Research ranks ChargePoint, DBT as top EV charging equipment supply companies

Green Car Congress

ChargePoint and DBT USA will showcase a joint EV charging station innovation at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show next week in Las Vegas). Pike’s top 11-20 countries are: Austria, Australia, Belgium, India, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland. Contenders.

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