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Tesla loses VP of Legal to LiDAR startup Luminar

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Tesla’s longtime Vice President of Legal and Acting General Counsel, Al Prescott, has joined LiDAR startup Luminar. Prescott has worked for years with autonomous cars, acting as a legal expert for companies planning to enter the sector. LiDAR utilizes lasers that target objects to determine ranges.

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Genovation’s GXE breaks street-legal all-electric land speed record: 205.6 mph

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Genovation broke the land speed record for a street-legal all-electric vehicle with the Genovation Extreme Electric car (GXE). The car has a range of 130 miles during normal driving operation with a near 50/50 weight distribution and is optimized for a low center of gravity. The GXE reached 205.6 mph (330.88

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GEM creates first mapping tool for low-speed roads

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LSVs are more than a golf cart—they are street legal on most roads posted 35 mph or less. GEM vehicles often replace full-size cars, trucks, vans and non-street legal golf carts for applications ranging from neighborhood errands to urban shuttles and delivery to utility work.

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Porsche Taycan 4S Shines In 100%–0% Range Test At The Speed Limit

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The Taycan 4S with the Performance Battery Plus proves really convenient to use in this range test performed at legal speed limits.

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New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

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Since that study, which was transparently designed to quantify the worst-case tire emissions under legal driving, Emissions Analytics has been testing and analyzing tire wear emissions in more detail across a wider range of driving conditions, and has performed a detailed chemical analysis of hundreds of new tires.

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Jaguar Land Rover opens new testing facility for electrical and radio interference

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New Range Rover Sport, which launched in May, was the first vehicle to undergo a bespoke testing program at the in-house facility. The Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) laboratory at Gaydon in the UK, will ensure future vehicles meet current and future legislation and quality standards for connectivity and electronics.

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Nations agree on global, legally binding treaty on mercury emissions: Minamata Convention on Mercury

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At the conclusion of the International Negotiating Committee on Mercury ( INC5 ) meeting in Geneva ( earlier post ), nations agreed on a global, legally-binding treaty to prevent mercury emissions and releases. Governments have agreed on a range of mercury containing products whose production, export and import will be banned by 2020.

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