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Pisa, Deutsche Telekom and Kiunsys launch smart city pilot project to optimize inner city parking as part of ITS; POSSE

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The solution is also integrated in Pisa’s existing Tap&Park app which drivers can choose to download to take them directly to a free parking space and even pay for it via the app. As a result, Pisa has already been collecting traffic-related data over the past few years which will now be analyzed as part of the pilot project.

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Toyota and Lexus partner with WattTime to offer lower emissions EV charging program

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By using this data to make more informed decisions on charging times, customers are empowered to do their part to help reduce power plant emissions. As part of its agreement, Toyota will be the exclusive automotive manufacturer to also provide customers with WattTime data related to human health.

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US DOE launches Vehicles Data Challenge

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As part of the Energy Datapalooza event in Washington, DC, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a challenge to to foster new technologies that can. It builds on previous commitments under the Green Button Initiative to help consumers download their own energy data to their desktops.

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Tesla ships new feature that eliminates the worst part of cabin heat

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Tesla has shipped a new feature in its most recent software update that eliminates the worst part of cabin heat: the cold air that comes out before the vehicle has sufficiently warmed up. The post Tesla ships new feature that eliminates the worst part of cabin heat appeared first on TESLARATI. In Tesla’s 2023.6.9

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Project ASLAN launches open-source self-driving software platform

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At www.project-aslan.org , engineers can freely download an open-source resource enriched by software contributed by the founders and augmented with data from 22 autonomous vehicles currently deployed in a variety of trial use-cases in locations ranging from Hong Kong to the UK.

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DOE releases new database of cost and performance estimates for electric generation, advanced vehicle, and renewable fuel technologies

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The TCDB is part of DOE’s Open Energy Information platform (Open EI). The roadmaps used in part to generate the TCDB provide detailed engineering-based estimates of steps to reduce cost and improve performance. TCDB plot of projected total cost of fuel-cell vehicles to manufacturers. Click to enlarge.

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DOE labs using exascale computing to advance additive manufacturing

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In AM, a geometric description of the part is processed into 2D slices. A feedstock material is melted, and the part is built layer by layer. melting, solidifying) and how they perform—critical information for designing new parts as well as gauging their reliability and functionality. Turner et al. Turner et al.