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Lucid Motors opening 20 sales and service locations in N America through 2021

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San Jose Studio: Located at Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose, CA. The Air will be capable of more than 400 miles range and 0-60 mph in under 2.5 Los Angeles Studios: Located at 9022 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, CA, and at Westfield Century City in Century City, CA.

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Electrify America opening first California EV fast charging station in Torrance; targeting 9 in California by year-end

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Through its Cycle 1 California ZEV Investment Plan, Electrify America is developing a network of electric vehicle charging stations along highly traveled highways and in six California metropolitan areas which include Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose.

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Electrify America to install 2,800 charging stations at workplaces and multi-unit dwellings across US

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Level 2 charging will provide for a charging speed up to 20-25 miles of driving range per hour, which would allow drivers to fully charge their electric vehicles at their home or workplace. The 2,800 Level 2 charging stations will be located at approximately 500 sites, all with more than one charging station.

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CA Energy Commission awarding Wrightspeed $5.789M grant for retrofit range-extended electric powertrain for medium-duty commercial vehicles

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The Route retrofit drive system includes: Range-extending generator. With its conventional diesel powertrain, the NPR averaged about 12 miles per gallon in testing with a metro drive cycle. While continuing to meet payload, power, and range expectations of fleet operators, the Route offers a 3-5 year return on investment.

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Savari and SAIC Motors partner on V2X technology for China

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Savari has accumulated approximately four hundred thousand hours of public testing of its on-board units (OBU), covering more than 15 million miles traveled. Savari is also an active participant in major public US smart city testbeds, with more than 90% of currently installed road-side-units, covering 130 square miles of public area.

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

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French cars have been junkyard rarities in North America for decades now, which is an ongoing disappointment for those of us who enjoy poring over machinery that ranges from fascinating to baffling in our local Ewe Pullets. Then I learned that three Renault Dauphines had hit the regular inventory at the Pick-n-Pull in San Jose, California.

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Velodyne launches VLS-128, the world’s highest resolution LiDAR for autonomous vehicles; successor to the HDL-64

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Velodyne Labs announced that it has produced a LiDAR with the world’s best resolution, longest range, and widest field of view, the result of which will boost the autonomous vehicle and advanced safety market. The first autonomous cars that successfully drove cross-country and another million miles were equipped with the HDL-64.

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