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Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The Zoox vehicles will also drive in light rain and at night, the company said, critical for gathering additional data. Zoox said it will free up its specially designed vehicles to drive at speeds up to 45 miles per hour (72 kph), from 35 mph.

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HeatReCar project demonstrates technical feasibility of thermoelectric generator for waste heat recovery; economic case more difficult

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A recently completed European project coordinated by Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF) demonstrated the technical feasibility of a Bi 2 Te 3 -based thermoelectric generator (TEG) for waste heat recovery for application to a diesel light-duty truck (LDT). mph) average city speed to 10 g CO 2 /km on the motorway at 130 km/h (81 mph).

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Study of In-use Vehicle Activity and Emissions in Tianjin, China Yields Fleet and Emissions Profiles, Policy Implications

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Light-duty vehicles together contributed to 82% of all distance traveled (passenger cars, 64%; taxis, 18 %), buses and trucks contributed to 11% and 8% of total distance traveled respectively. Most of the light-duty vehicles were equipped with multi-point fuel injection systems and three-way catalytic converters.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

The Space-Hub was developed under the theme of “augmenting people’s daily lives” with a spacious cabin using Honda’s “Thin, Light, and Wise” development approach. The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi. The PV5 should be the first to be released.

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Oerlikon Graziano Highlights Move Into Electric Drive Transmissions

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Oerlikon Graziano is highlighting its and Vocis Driveline Control’s (in which Oerlikon Graziano holds a majority share) development of the gearbox for the battery electric e-Vito Taxi ( earlier post ). The gearbox ratio was developed to permit a maxim vehicle speed of 120 km/h (75 mph) at a maximum motor speed of 8,000 rpm.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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The upper level will be for pedestrians and light weight vehicles like bicycles, Segways and electric bicycles. The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m The top speed will be limited to 40 km/h (25 mph) but Dr. Guala points out that “ the longest trip will not take more than 5-6 minutes ” due to the city’s small size.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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The e-Golf reaches a speed of 60 km/h (37 mph) within 4.2 seconds, and 100 km/h (62 mph) in 10.4 seconds, with top speed limited to 140 km/h (87 mph. The speedometer, which goes up to 160 km/h (99 mph), remains on the right. Levels “D2”, “D3” and “B” decelerate the car sufficiently that the brake lights come on.

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