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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Professor Robert Cervero, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California-Berkeley. Professor Sebastian Thrun, Stanford University. Masdar is a multi-billion dollar project to create a mile-square city in a desert environment where “ nothing grows ” today. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica. Earlier post.)].

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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

Green Car Congress

Three of the Midland’s leading universities play a major role in the scheme: Coventry University on the selection of drivers; Aston University in the analysis of vehicle usage; and the University of Birmingham in the use of hydrogen fueling station – theirs is currently one of the very few of its kind in UK.

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

. “Our streets have been all car, all the time and for us, the New York of the future is not slightly more efficient cars all the time, it’s a better balance with more cycling, more on street space dedicated to moving public transportation, and making our walking environments safe,&# Norvell said. His main concern is mass transit.

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Humanoid Robots Are Getting to Work

Cars That Think

The DARPA Grand and Urban Challenges for autonomous vehicles, in 2005 and 2007, formed the foundation for today’s autonomous taxis. One of the robots that made an appearance at the DRC Finals in 2015 was called ATRIAS , developed by Jonathan Hurst at the Oregon State University Dynamic Robotics Laboratory.

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