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Rivian introduces two quad-motor, AWD “Electric Adventure Vehicles”

Green Car Congress

From the inside out, Rivian has developed its vehicles with adventurers at the core of every design and engineering decision. The battery is designed for fast charging with charging rates of up to 160kW. Rivian’s safety systems and body-structure design will deliver IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus and NHTSA 5-Star ratings.

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Volkswagen committing $7.1B to boost product line-up, R&D, manufacturing in North America; targeting 55% BEV sales by 2030

Green Car Congress

Beyond assembly, Volkswagen aims to localize all major design and engineering responsibilities for the “vehicle hat” (body and interior) of products destined for the domestic markets by 2030. The Group is currently assessing governance and finance models, and aims to finalize decisions through 2022. Assembly of Volkswagen’s ID.4

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Vision-oriented AI company Recogni raises $25M; investors include Toyota AI Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Faurecia

Green Car Congress

the designers of a vision-oriented artificial intelligence platform for autonomous vehicles, announced $25 million in Series A financing led by GreatPoint Ventures with participation from Toyota AI Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Faurecia, Fluxunit (VC arm of lighting and photonics company OSRAM), and DNS Capital. Recogni Inc. ,

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

By 2014, BART’s Warm Springs extension is scheduled to bring mass transit into the heart of the city, close to NUMMI and a nearby section of town that Moore said has been designated as a “priority development area.&#

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. The announcement, which follows Google's request for proposals from companies with electric car technologies, came Tuesday during the Plug-In 2008 conference in San Jose, Calif. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif., ActaCell of Austin, Tex.,

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

But behind the layers of finance and paperwork, Guidestar GPS was developed. & The first Guidestar test models in late 1994 were implemented in the San Jose, California area, distributed once again through Avis rental outlets. And the first time the public got to see it was in 1994 in a very exciting debut.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

We’ve now got some Mo going with: California solar loan financing that will eliminate the big up front cost of solar. SOLAR FINANCING – WHO GETS IT AND WHO DOESN’T. The loans are financed through the sale of assessment district bonds. It’s a slam dunk.

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