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

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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.

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

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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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Nissan Announces Dates for US LEAF EV Tour

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The Nissan LEAF Zero Emission Tour will make stops in 22 cities, in 11 states, the District of Columbia, and Vancouver, Canada, offering the opportunity for interested drivers, media, civic partners, businesses and university students to learn more about the Nissan LEAF and the benefits of zero-emission driving. San Diego: Nov.

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US DOE Awards More than $47M in Recovery Act Funding to Advance Smart Grid Development; New Smart Grid Report and Smart Grid Clearinghouse

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The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was selected as the winner of the $1.3 The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was selected as the winner of the $1.3 University of Hawaii at Manoa-Hawaii Natural Energy Institute. University of Nevada – Las Vegas.

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INRIX analysis identifies top 10 US cities for highly autonomous vehicles; prioritizing corridors for deployment

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To demonstrate a city’s readiness for highly autonomous vehicles, INRIX ran an analysis and constructed heat maps to score and visualize results for Austin, Texas; New York; and San Francisco. INRIX HAV City Score. New Orleans. Albuquerque. Heat maps for City of Austin (left) and Downtown Austin (right).

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A - Untitled Article

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Tesla Roadster Visits Las Vegas July 27th-28th during Renew America Roadtrip by Stan Hanel, Editor of "Watts Happening" Newsletter for LVEVA Michael Craner and Madushini “Maddy” Gunawardana are 21 st century trailblazers. They created the Renew America Roadtrip that traveled from New York to San Francisco from July 15th – 31 st.

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Funding boost for Smart Grid proposals

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Zenergy Power Inc: The company, based in San Francisco, California, designs, tests and demonstrates an advanced technology for a fault current limiter for use on the transmission system. It picks up $8,081,973.

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