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New bipartisan bill in US Congress to expand EV and hydrogen fuel cell tax credits

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The legislation is also co-sponsored by US Representatives Don Beyer (VA-08), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Stephanie Murphy (FL-07), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Terri Sewell (AL-07), and Tom Suozzi (NY-03). The Driving America Forward Act is supported by 60 organizations, including ABB Inc., ITC Holdings Corp.,

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IHS teardown of Tesla Model S finds more commonality with smartphones and tablets than autos in user-facing electronics

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the infotainment and instrumentation system—have more in common with a tablet or smartphone than they do with a conventional automobile. Considering there is also an NVIDIA Tegra 3 in the Premium Media Control Unit, this is a notable array of computing horsepower in a single automobile. Virtual instrument cluster.

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Transportation sector stakeholders launch Veloz in California to accelerate adoption of EVs

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Veloz members include: Automakers, including GM, BMW Group, Honda, Nissan, Kia, Subaru, Daimler, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Ford. Nonprofit organizations, including the Sierra Club, CALSTART, NextGen Policy Center, The Greenlining Institute and World Resources Institute. Local government: Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

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1st major utility proposal for EV charging infrastructure presented to CPUC

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The proposed settlement was negotiated and signed by SDG&E, the Natural Resources Defense Council, The Greenlining Institute, California Coalition of Utility Employees, Plug In America, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Sierra Club, the Center for Sustainable Energy, the Green Power Institute, ChargePoint Inc.,

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GM Eliminates Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Aftermarket Kits

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Notably, its not available at all on the GMC Sierra EV since it has no work truck equivalent to the Chevy Silverado EV WT. But the trend has since become popular with cellular phones, automobiles, and other products so that manufacturers can exert higher levels of control of the goods they sell while also profiting off user data.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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Fuel produced from the pilot plant has been fleet-tested in a blend formulation in several standard configuration automobiles. Cool Planet has already built a 200,000 gallon per year pilot plant using this process and demonstrated in laboratory studies that biochar generated using this process can exhibit excellent soil amendment properties.

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Suzuki reports fuel economy testing irregularities in Japan but says no need to amend values

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Suzuki announcement that it has found “some discrepancies” between the automobile emission and fuel efficiency testing methodology it has used in Japan and the requirements from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). Jimny Sierra(Running change in 2010). Baleno(Launched on 9 March 2016).

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