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Elon Musk on Optimus humanoid robot production and price: “less than a car”

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Elon Musk revealed the production timeline and estimated price of Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus when he recently appeared on TED. Anderson referred to Tesla’s humanoid robot as a personal butler of sorts. Optimus’s Price. Optimus Production and Applications. Tesla should make catgirl robots?

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Machine learning PODA model projects the impact of COVID-19 on US motor gasoline demand

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They found that under the reference infection scenario, US gasoline demand grows slowly after a quick rebound in May, and is unlikely to recover to a non-pandemic level prior to October 2020. In the PODA model, the potential induced travel demand due to the lower oil prices under the COVID-19 pandemic is not explicitly considered.

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Stellantis announces first employee share purchase plan

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No minimum subscription in France, and from one share subscribed in Italy 20% discount on the reference share price A contribution of 100% of the employee’s personal contribution, up to €1,000 gross Stellantis has already executed the incentive program among 85,000 employees in France and Italy. in France and Italy.

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BYD expected to unveil 1st model of F brand in Jun

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The first model of BYD 's F-brand, codenamed SF, will target the RMB 400,000 to 600,000 market. | BYDDY.US | BYD HK BYD's yet-to-be-announced new brand, codenamed F brand, is expected to officially unveil its first model, codenamed SF, in June to target a market priced between RMB 400,000 ($58,380) and RMB 600,000, CnEVPost has learned.

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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

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The report highlights the importance of near-term action to ensure the long-term sustainability of personal mobility. Understanding the future of personal mobility requires an integrated analysis of technology, infrastructure, consumer choice, and government policy. —MITEI Director Robert C.

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EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase

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For the Transportation sector, EIA projects that energy consumption will decline between 2019 and 2037 (in the Reference case) because increases in fuel economy more than offset growth in vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Light-duty vehicle miles traveled increases by 20% in the Reference case, growing from 2.9 trillion miles in 2018 to 3.5

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On inexperienced hydrogen, the very best may well be the enemy of the nice

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On this procedure, herbal fuel reacts with steam below power to construct what’s referred to as grey hydrogen. It’s reasonably affordable, with manufacturing prices soaring round $2.08 Changed steam-methane reforming with carbon seize produces what’s referred to as blue hydrogen. consistent with kilogram to $2.27