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New Zealand government backs Hiringa’s nationwide hydrogen fueling network

Green Car Congress

The Infrastructure Reference Group has provisionally approved $20 million for Hiringa Energy to establish New Zealand’s first nationwide network of hydrogen fuelling stations. This is an exciting development that can kick start the use of hydrogen as a low-emissions transport fuel for New Zealand’s energy future.

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Details on SpaceX’s Starlink Referral Program

Teslarati

In January 2022, SpaceX sent a similar email to customers in Australia and New Zealand, informing them of the Starlink referral program. At the time, SpaceX upped the ante and offered existing customers the chance to earn one full year of free high-speed internet service from Starlink if they successfully referred 12 new customers.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Drive Electric supports the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) and encourages New Zealand to be ambitious. Given New Zealand’s reliance on personal light vehicles, accelerating the uptake of e-mobility is an essential part of reducing emissions from transport. Executive Summary. Introduction .

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Tesla China cancels three hiring events in June, hints which areas are overstaffed

Teslarati

The cancellations hint at which areas Elon Musk referred to as overstaffed. Tesla China wants to produce an additional 450,000 vehicles per year with the new factory. . Tesla has already started taking Model Y orders in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and Singapore, hinting that Tesla China’s production is back up and running. .

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Here’s what we discovered. WHAT EV MYTHS HAVE WE COVERED?

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How the French Army has been testing electric bikes

Baua Electric

The first model, an LMX 56, is a type of e-bike commonly referred to as a speed pedelec in France, similar to class 3 e-bikes in the US that can reach 28 mph (45 km/h). Patrol duties on e-bikes were also evaluated by the New Zealand Defense Forces in 2020 when they began trialing UBCO’s electric utility bikes.

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Video Friday: Little Robot, Big Stairs

Cars That Think

CoRL 2022 : 14–18 December 2022, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Enjoy today's videos! Imitation learning provides an alternative solution by assuming access to decent expert references. Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics.