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Biffa launching largest Electric Waste Vehicle Fleet in Manchester
Biffa launching largest Electric Waste Vehicle Fleet in Manchester The country’s largest fleet of electric refuse vehicles (eRCV) will start taking to the streets of Manchester today as Biffa, the UK’s leading sustainable waste management business, launches 27 brand-new zero emissions vehicles which...
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Commercial micromobility Conference set for 1 April in the Middle East
Commercial micromobility Conference set for 1 April in the Middle East With their constant appetite for innovation, GCC cities should arguably be the most dynamic playgrounds for new transportation and mobility solutions. With the raise in app based operators, the market is seeing an increase in sha...
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DJI reinvents the Drone Flying Experience with DJI FPV
DJI reinvents the Drone Flying Experience with DJI FPV DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, today launched an entirely new type of drone with an intuitive, immersive flight experience never available until now. The DJI FPV combines the first-person view and high-...
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Trimble announces rugged, lightweight Field Data Controller for Surveying
Trimble announces rugged, lightweight Field Data Controller for Surveying Trimble has introduced the Trimble® TSC5 Controller, a new rugged-yet-lightweight field solution that continues Trimble’s legacy of creating high-quality controllers for land and civil construction surveyors. Built for p...
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British drivers facing major Car Tax changes for 2021
British drivers facing major Car Tax changes for 2021 British drivers could be facing major changes in 2021, with proposals being tabled for a range of new schemes, which could impact driver taxes in an attempt to balance the economy and to lessen the environmental impact of driving in the UK. Natio...
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ExOne developing portable 3D Printing Factory in a shipping Container
ExOne developing portable 3D Printing Factory in a shipping Container The ExOne Company has been awarded a U.S. Department of Defense contract to develop a fully operational, self-contained 3D printing “factory” housed in a shipping container. Now under development, the rugged 3D printing factory po...
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Samsung develops the first high-bandwidth memory with AI processing power
Samsung develops the first high-bandwidth memory with AI processing power Samsung Electronics has announced that it has developed the industry’s first High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) processing power — the HBM-PIM. The new processing-in-memory (PIM) arc...
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Mobileye, Transdev ATS and Lohr Group developing Autonomous Shuttles
Mobileye, Transdev ATS and Lohr Group developing Autonomous Shuttles Mobileye, an Intel Company, Transdev Autonomous Transport System (ATS), part of Transdev Group dedicated to autonomous mobility solutions; and Lohr Group, a mobility solutions manufacturer, today announced a strategic collaboration...
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Paramount Group and Sarcos Robotics bringing Mobile Robots to Middle East and Africa
Paramount Group and Sarcos Robotics bringing Mobile Robots to Middle East and Africa Paramount Group, the global aerospace and technology company, and Sarcos Robotics, a global leader in the development of innovative, highly dexterous mobile robotic systems designed for use in the defence, public sa...
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Fisker and Foxconn to collaborate on Electric Vehicle Project
Fisker and Foxconn to collaborate on Electric Vehicle Project Fisker Inc., designer and manufacturer of the world’s most emotion-stirring, eco-friendly electric vehicles, and advanced mobility solutions – today announced it has entered into a MOU with Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) supporting a...
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Carvana’s colourful new Car Vending Machine delivers with a spin in Las Vegas
Carvana’s colourful new Car Vending Machine delivers with a spin in Las Vegas Today, leading online auto retailer Carvana launched its newest Car Vending Machine in Las Vegas with a special spin, debuting the world’s first slot machine for cars. Offering car buyers The New Way To Buy A Car®, w...
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Joby Aviation Air Taxis will fly above America’s congested cities in the next Decade
Joby Aviation Air Taxis will fly above America’s congested cities in the next Decade Today, Joby Aviation is releasing the first footage of its revolutionary all-electric, vertical take-off and landing aircraft in flight. The company is also celebrating an important milestone on its journey to...
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US Postal Service awards Oshkosh billion dollar contract for 165,000 electric vehicles
US Postal Service awards Oshkosh billion dollar contract for 165,000 electric vehicles The U.S. Postal Service announced yesterday that it has awarded a 10-year contract to Oshkosh, WI, based Oshkosh Defense, to manufacture a new generation of US built postal delivery vehicles that will drive the mo...
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Honeywell expands ultraviolet product line to serve transportation segment
Honeywell expands ultraviolet product line to serve transportation segment Expanding on its popular UV Treatment System for airliners, Honeywell has debuted a new, smaller version of the product that includes a UV wand and portable backpack. Designed to help reduce pathogens found on high-touch surf...
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Michelin promises 100 percent sustainable tyres by 2050
Michelin promises 100 percent sustainable tyres by 2050 Inspired by the VISION concept tyre introduced in 2017, an airless, connected, rechargeable and entirely sustainable solution, the Michelin Group is committed to making its tyres 100% sustainable by 2050. Today, nearly 30%* of the components us...
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MIT researchers develop speedier network analysis graph tool
MIT researchers develop speedier network analysis graph tool Graphs — data structures that show the relationship among objects — are highly versatile. It’s easy to imagine a graph depicting a social media network’s web of connections. But graphs are also used in programs as diverse as content recomm...
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Einride and Electrolux electrify transport with innovation partnership
Einride and Electrolux electrify transport with innovation partnership Tech transport company Einride and one of the global appliance leaders, Electrolux, announces a strategic partnership to electrify transports, with operations starting in Q2 of this year. The partnership will within the first thr...
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Tech Mahindra supporting IT transformation for Telefónica Germany and O2
Tech Mahindra supporting IT transformation for Telefónica Germany and O2 Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services and solutions announced today a strategic partnership with Telefónica Germany / O2, a leading telecommunications provid...
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REE Automotive opens Engineering Centre of Excellence in the UK
REE Automotive opens Engineering Centre of Excellence in the UK REE Automotive, a leader in e-Mobility, which recently announced its merger with 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp., today announces the establishment of a new state-of-the-art Engineering Centre of Excellence. The new Engineering Ce...
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Momentum Dynamics and Eurovia to deliver Wireless Vehicle Charging to the UK
Momentum Dynamics and Eurovia to deliver Wireless Vehicle Charging to the UK Momentum Dynamics Corporation, a leading provider of wireless charging for electric vehicles, and Eurovia UK, the entity responsible for maintaining and improving over 50,000 kilometres of the UK’s highway network, have ann...
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Wittra joins the Mioty standardized wireless IoT connectivity Alliance
Wittra joins the Mioty standardized wireless IoT connectivity Alliance The Mioty technology is the standardized wireless connectivity solution for Massive IoT. Based on Fraunhofer’s patented telegram splitting technology, Mioty delivers a breakthrough in scalability and reliability for large industr...
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Universal Robots launches Virtual Expo on Cobots and Automated Machine Tending
Universal Robots launches Virtual Expo on Cobots and Automated Machine Tending The key to manufacturing success is keeping equipment running. Unfortunately, it can be hard to find and retain workers for tedious and potentially dangerous jobs such as machine tending. It’s not surprising that more tha...
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Jaguar Land Rover to reimagine a vision of modern luxury by design
Jaguar Land Rover to reimagine a vision of modern luxury by design Jaguar Land Rover will reimagine the future of modern luxury by design through its two distinct, British brands. Set against a canvas of true sustainability, Jaguar Land Rover will become a more agile creator of the world’s most desi...
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Ford unleashes the all-new F150 Raptor
Ford unleashes the all-new F150 Raptor Ford, America’s truck leader, created an off-road icon in 2009 when it introduced the desert racing-inspired F-150 Raptor. It was designed to not only speed over rough terrain, but also to jump and catch air. And today, it’s born again with an all-new third-gen...
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Ford and Venari build on expertise to produce Project Siren lightweight Ambulances
Ford and Venari build on expertise to produce Project Siren lightweight Ambulances Ford today announced plans to re-establish its presence in the UK ambulance market, with an innovative new Transit ambulance developed in conjunction with industry experts and front-line medical teams under the code n...
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MobileWorxs introduces affordable Flex 10 Windows 10 and Android 9 rugged tablets
MobileWorxs introduces affordable Flex 10 Windows 10 and Android 9 rugged tablets MobileWorxs introduces the Flex 10B on Windows 10 and Flex 10A with Android 9.0 tablet series designed for users and IT resellers looking for an enterprise-grade out-of-the-box device that delivers light to medium duty...
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Hyundai unveils TIGER Uncrewed Ultimate Mobility Vehicle Concept
Hyundai unveils TIGER Uncrewed Ultimate Mobility Vehicle Concept Hyundai Motor Group has revealed TIGER (Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot), the company’s second Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV) and the first designed to be uncrewed. The transforming intelligent ground excursion robot i...
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SEAT consolidates software development centre and launches a mobility platform
SEAT consolidates software development centre and launches a mobility platform Through its SEAT:CODE software development centre, in 2020 the company demonstrated its ability to continue innovating in mobility despite the uncertainty caused by the global pandemic. For the first time, in addition to...
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Implications of Autonomous Trucks hitting US roads this year
Implications of Autonomous Trucks hitting US roads this year The idea of autonomous vehicles (AVs) has been around for almost a century, but over the past couple of decades we’ve seen vehicle manufacturers make significant headway in developing and implementing new technologies to make this concept...
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Spot gets an upgrade with self-charging, remote operation and an arm
Spot gets an upgrade with self-charging, remote operation and an arm Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics, today announced an expanded product line for its agile mobile robot Spot. The new products include a self-charging Enterprise Spot, web-based remote operations software, Scout,...
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Advantages and disadvantages of self-driving vehicles
Advantages and disadvantages of self-driving vehicles Self-driving vehicles are exactly what the name says. They are vehicles that do not require human drivers to take control to operate the vehicle in a safe manner. We currently live in an age where technology is changing and improving our lives da...
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Ambarella introduces CV5 AI Processor for single 8K and multi-imager AI cameras
Ambarella introduces CV5 AI Processor for single 8K and multi-imager AI cameras Ambarella, an AI vision silicon company, has unveiled CV5, an artificial intelligence (AI) vision processor capable of recording 8K video or four 4K video streams. The new system on chip (SoC) will enable the development...
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GreatStar OLEI launches revolutionary multi-channel 3D LiDAR Solution
GreatStar OLEI launches revolutionary multi-channel 3D LiDAR Solution GreatStar OLEI, a leading global provider of advanced LiDAR and thermal camera sensors, alongside MorpheusTEK, has released a leading-edge 3D LiDAR at a game changing industry price of $1750. This solution and price redefine the a...
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VolvoCE looks at the hype and reality of Autonomous transport
VolvoCE looks at the hype and reality of Autonomous transport Creating autonomous transport systems is hard enough but proving that the system is safe to customers and legislators is proving as great a challenge, says Dr. Luca Delgrossi, Head of Technology at Volvo Autonomous Solutions. “Developing...
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Lidar Sensor makers build on NVIDIA DRIVE
Lidar Sensor makers build on NVIDIA DRIVE When it comes to autonomous vehicle sensor innovation, it’s best to keep an open mind — and an open development platform. That’s why NVIDIA DRIVE is the chosen platform on which the majority of these sensors run. In addition to camera sensors, NVIDIA has lon...
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Drive System Design developing electric motors and electronics for aerospace
Drive System Design developing electric motors and electronics for aerospace British electrified propulsion specialist, Drive System Design (DSD), has been announced as a key partner in the two-year Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and Innovate UK project known as InCEPTion. The consultancy will...
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FLIR introduces AI controlled Traffic Cameras for Predictive Traffic Management
FLIR introduces AI controlled Traffic Cameras for Predictive Traffic Management FLIR Systems has introduced two new intelligent traffic system cameras – the FLIR ThermiCam™ AI with thermal imaging and the FLIR TrafiCam™ AI visible camera. Both camera systems feature artificial in...
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Predicting the biggest trends in Cybersecurity for the 4th Industrial Revolution
Predicting the biggest trends in Cybersecurity for the 4th Industrial Revolution In the Fourth Industrial Revolution unprecedented processing power and access to information has the potential to send human progress into overdrive. It seems that if we imagine it, we can make it happen, realising the...
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Revolutionary battery invention destroys range limitations of Electric Vehicles
Revolutionary battery invention destroys range limitations of Electric Vehicles After five years of quiet invention, innovation and testing, Hughes Tool Company today unveiled a revolutionary solution that eliminates the major challenges associated with battery limitations and battery chemistry for...
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Electric air taxi project in the South West England wins government grant funding
Electric air taxi project in the South West England wins government grant funding A consortium led by Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, and involving Vertical Aerospace and the West of England Combined Authority has been awarded an industrial research grant by the UK Government to look at t...
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China’s Autonomous Delivery Vehicle market
China’s Autonomous Delivery Vehicle market ResearchAndMarkets.com have published their latest report focused on China in their “Autonomous Delivery Vehicle Industry Report, 2020.” Autonomous delivery is split into two sections, indoor autonomous delivery and outdoor autonomous deli...
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Komatsu and Proterra collaborate on excavators electrification concepts
Komatsu and Proterra collaborate on excavators electrification concepts Komatsu has signed a collaboration agreement with Proterra Inc, who are based in the United States, to receive the supply of Proterra’s industry-leading battery systems with the aim of having Komatsu electrify its small and medi...
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New Zealand-based PiP IoT partners with Yotta to enhance smart asset management
New Zealand-based PiP IoT partners with Yotta to enhance smart asset management PiP IoT, the New Zealand-based manufacturer of ultra-rugged IoT sensing devices for Smart City and infrastructure monitoring applications, has signed a collaborative agreement with Yotta, a leading UK-based connected ass...
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Preparing for the shift to electrification
Preparing for the shift to electrification The debate is over. Combustion technology is giving way to electrification but off road vehicles like those used in the construction and mining industries are in fear of being left behind. Emission regulations and engine bans are creating a monumental disru...
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Autodesk Navisworks Simulate – 8 essential tips and shortcuts
Autodesk Navisworks Simulate – 8 essential tips and shortcuts Navisworks is a 3D design review software developed by Autodesk. It is primarily used in the construction industry, where Navisworks is especially useful for navigating and combining 3D models. The software allows managers to review...
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The latest trends shaping the future of robotics and automation
The latest trends shaping the future of robotics and automation Human-robot collaboration Human-robot collaboration remains a prominent trend in robotics. With the advancement of sensors and vision technology, robots can react in real time to changes in their environment, allowing them to work safel...
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Top five predictions for Information and Communications Technology in ASEAN
Top five predictions for Information and Communications Technology in ASEAN Enterprises across the ASEAN are reshuffling their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) priorities in 2020 to urgently address the COVID-19 impact. Against this backdrop, cloud, networking, mobility, communication...
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RetroTek retroreflectometer road marking scanning technology arrives in Australia
RetroTek retroreflectometer road marking scanning technology arrives in Australia Reflective Measurement Systems Ltd has launched the new RetroTek-D vehicle mounted road marking retroreflectometer in Australia and has already secured sales with the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) and appointe...
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Bosch puts its faith in AI and connectivity to protect people and the environment
Bosch puts its faith in AI and connectivity to protect people and the environment To improve people’s health and to protect our planet, Bosch is counting on AIoT, taking advantage of the possibilities offered by data, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things to benefit people and the envi...
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Raythink launches AR HUD for AR Intelligent Driving at CES 2021
Raythink launches AR HUD for AR Intelligent Driving at CES 2021 Raythink, the provider of the overall solution for the monitoring and display of vehicle-assisted driving, participated in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for the first time to showcase its latest wide-angle spatial imaging AR HUD s...
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Silentium Active Road Noise Cancellation technology rolls out
Silentium Active Road Noise Cancellation technology rolls out Silentium, a tech innovation company based in Israel and specialising in creating personal in-car sound environments, is ramping up global rollout of its Active Road Noise Cancellation (ARNC) technology after being selected by global auto...
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ENWAY receives approval for Autonomous Sweepers on public roads in Singapore
ENWAY receives approval for Autonomous Sweepers on public roads in Singapore ENWAY, a Berlin-based software manufacturer for self-driving commercial vehicles and the Swiss sweeper manufacturer Bucher Municipal, along with other partners, been testing an autonomous sweeping solution for street cleani...
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HARMAN TBOT delivers future-ready 5G Vehicle Connectivity
HARMAN TBOT delivers future-ready 5G Vehicle Connectivity HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies and solutions for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, has announced HARMAN Turbo Connect (TBOT), a new intelligent software agent t...
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Geotab launches Geotab Energy to drive Electrification forward
Geotab launches Geotab Energy to drive Electrification forward With a commitment to sustainability, Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, has unveiled Geotab Energy. Focused on the electric utility and electricity demand management market, Geotab Energy helps to bridge sustain...
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RoboSense SOP automotive solid-state LiDAR announced at CES 2021
RoboSense SOP automotive solid-state LiDAR announced at CES 2021 RoboSense officially announced the SOP version of the high-performance, automotive-grade, MEMS solid-state LiDAR RS-LiDAR-M1 at CES 2021. In the past five years of research and development, M1 has gone through dozens of iterations and...
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Raspberry Pi-Top robotics kit debuts at CES 2020
Raspberry Pi-Top robotics kit debuts at CES 2020 The highly versatile yet simple to use pi-top Robotics Kit was launched when the world’s largest tech event went online. Visitors around the globe watched a demo of pi-top’s brand new robotics toolset when they logged on to the ed-tech company’s virtu...
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GM launches BrightDrop to electrify the delivery of goods and services
GM launches BrightDrop to electrify the delivery of goods and services General Motors announced today a new business, BrightDrop, which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently. T...
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Sony unveils Airpeak drone at CES 2021
Sony unveils Airpeak drone at CES 2021 Today Sony launched the Airpeak brand with the goal to further develop today’s drone technology while achieving the utmost in value creation. As the first phase of this project, Sony will launch a new business targeted for professional photography and vid...
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Blickfeld launches new Automotive LiDAR Sensors at CES 2021
Blickfeld launches new Automotive LiDAR Sensors at CES 2021 LiDAR manufacturer Blickfeld will unveil its automotive LiDAR products for the first time at digital CES 2021. After commercially launching the industrial LiDAR “Cube 1” in 2020, the Munich-based company is now presenting its au...
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Velodyne Lidar looks at efficient, sustainable and safe transportation infrastructure
Velodyne Lidar looks at efficient, sustainable and safe transportation infrastructure Velodyne Lidar and University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Center for Applied Research today published a white paper that demonstrates lidar sensors’ ability to make transportation infrastructure more efficient, sustai...
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Tesla stock shot up 740 percent in 2020 and sold almost electric 500K cars
Tesla stock shot up 740 percent in 2020 and sold almost electric 500K cars Tesla has achieved meteoric growth in market value and stock price in 2020. Over the 12-month period, its market cap increased by over $500 billion year-to-date (YTD). According to the research data analysed and published by...
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Panasonic introduces wireless mobile device charging for vehicles at CES
Panasonic introduces wireless mobile device charging for vehicles at CES At CES 2021, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America (Panasonic Automotive) announced two variants of in-vehicle wireless charging technology (moving coil and static coil.) Both of these variants will provide efficient...
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Peterbilt 579EV Electric Truck conquers Pikes Peak
Peterbilt 579EV Electric Truck conquers Pikes Peak Peterbilt Motors Company was excited to announce that the Model 579EV is the first zero-emission, battery-electric, Class 8 truck to successfully reach the summit of Pikes Peak. This significant achievement demonstrates the superior performance of t...
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Mercedes EQS MBUX Hyperscreen driver assistant comes with artificial intelligence
Mercedes EQS MBUX Hyperscreen driver assistant comes with artificial intelligence Visually impressive, radically easy to operate and extremely eager to learn – the MBUX Hyperscreen is one of the highlights in the Mercedes EQS. It represents the emotional intelligence of the all-electric upper-...
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CarproTec introduces vehicle safety with unprecedented simplicity at CES
CarproTec introduces vehicle safety with unprecedented simplicity at CES Cars and trucks represent a high financial value. This is also the reason why millions of them are stolen and broken into every year and has inspired Direct-Smarter Technology (DST) to develop the CarproTec – a new genera...
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NIO and NVIDIA partner to develop new generation of automated electric vehicles
NIO and NVIDIA partner to develop new generation of automated electric vehicles NIO, a pioneer in China’s premium smart electric vehicle market, and NVIDIA announced today that the automaker has selected the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin™ system-on-a-chip (SoC) for its new generation of electric vehicles...
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