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Hino Trucks announces Project Z for Class 4-8 zero emission trucks; fuel-cell and battery-electric

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In a live virtual event, Hino showcased the line-up of zero emissions trucks, partnering with technology leaders in advanced electrification drive systems. For customers ready to move in that direction now, the SEA Electric SEA-Drive 120a paired with a Hino M Series chassis is commercially available today.

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Toyota and CARMERA team up to build high definition maps for automated vehicles using camera data

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In addition, by placing commercially available dashcam drive recorders in Toyota test vehicles, the project will demonstrate automated map generation from a broader range of sources that do not have TSS. The cameras installed in the test vehicles use Toyota Safety Sense (TSS) components that Toyota installs on its vehicles globally.

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Scientists: Dump hydrogen-powered Toyota as official car of Olympics

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The letter urged Olympics organizers to replace the Mirai with a battery-electric vehicle as the official car because EVs “represent the most effective way to decarbonize passenger transport” and that promotion of fuel-cell vehicles “ultimately risks distracting and delaying from the real solutions we have available today.”

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GM reveals new Ultium batteries and flexible global platform for rapid growth of EV lineup

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At an event in the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan, General Motors unveiled the core of its new strategy to grow the company’s EV sales quickly, efficiently and profitably. The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries.

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REE closes $15M share offering, links with Airbus, and showcases demo EV at Work Truck Week

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Commercial operators have taken notice of REE and the potential of its modular technology, filling its order books with tens of millions of dollars. million and will be used for working capital toward product development and commercialization, in addition to “general corporate purposes.”

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Altair ProductDesign selects Parker Hannifins series hydraulic hybrid drive system for advanced transit bus demonstrator

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We decided to use hydraulic hybrid technology for the bus since it recovers more than three times the brake energy and an overall 30 percent lower cost of ownership than any electric hybrid technology available today.

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Maersk and IBM launch TradeLens blockchain shipping solution; 154+ million shipping events already captured on platform

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More than 154 million shipping events have been captured on the platform, including data such as arrival times of vessels and container “gate-in”, and documents such as customs releases, commercial invoices and bills of lading. This data is growing at a rate of close to one million events per day.