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Next phase of THEA’s connected vehicle pilot brings together auto manufacturers and road operators

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Since September 2015, the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) has been working with the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) as a Connected Vehicle Pilot site. The next step in the Connected Vehicle space is to begin working with the auto industry manufacturers. One new app will be added as well.

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Juice Technology to Produce Juice Booster Custom Edition for BMW Group Production Lines

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The Swiss charging station manufacturer is supplying the JUICE BOOSTER 2 portable charging station to retrofit BMW Group production lines. TAMPA, Fla.,

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Audi receives first autonomous driving permit issued by the State of California

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ERL engineers are working on a wide range of automated driving issues, including human-machine interface prompts that indicate when the human or the vehicle are handling driving functions. California has allowed limited use of its roads for automated vehicle testing in past years. But the state legislature, led by Sen.

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Audi to demonstrate automated driving technology in Florida

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Audi will be the first to test its automated driving technology on the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway in Tampa, Florida—which recently was designated as an automated driving and connected car test bed—using an Audi A7 equipped to handle piloted driving functions on freeway conditions up to 40 mph (64 km/h).

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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A recent study published in the Journal of Transport Geography has alleged that “car harm” cannot be undone by the world pivoting to all-electric vehicles.& The complaint is that all vehicles are problematic and the paper recommends sweeping policy changes pertaining to how roads are managed to deal with the matter.&

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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manufacturing process that, if successful, has the potential to. Electric Vehicles, University of Delaware). Advanced Electric Vehicle Motors with Low or No Rare Earth. generations of advanced electric vehicles. electric vehicle motors use expensive, imported rare earth. and electric vehicles. Arlington).

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