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BMW M presents Concept XM PHEV

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At Art Basel’s 2021 Miami Beach show, BMW M GmbH presented the new BMW Concept XM; the concept car looks ahead to the most powerful BMW M car ever to go into series production, which is set to begin at the end of 2022. ALl-electric range is estimated to be up to 80 km (WLTP) or up to 30 miles (EPA).

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Parker’s hydraulic hybrid systems approaching 1M miles of operation

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Parker Hannifin Corporation announced that its fleet of Autocar E3 refuse trucks equipped with Parker’s hydraulic hybrid RunWise Advanced Series Hybrid Drive System ( earlier post ) is approaching one million miles of operation. We are very pleased with the progress we have made and excited for the future of hydraulic hybrid vehicles.

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Chrysler/DOE Ram PHEV project exploring battery life modeling

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The program is slated to rack of 9 million miles of data, with 1.4 million miles in sub-freezing temperatures and 1.1 This then brings attention to the AT-PZEV battery warranty requirements of 10 years, 150,000 miles. Battery packs in use in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Miami had the lowest estimated calendar lives, at 11.8,

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Waymo kicks off initial tests in Japan with launch event

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It will help ensure mobility service in the future of Japan, with the growing aging population and labor shortage.” The Alphabet-owned company is also aiming to launch services in Atlanta, Georgia and Miami, Florida this year, alongside its early tests in Tokyo. Even more so for mapping.

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The Boring Company to connect Brightline to Fort Lauderdale Beach in 3 mins

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The Boring Company’s (TBC) unsolicited proposal to Fort Lauderdale for a Las Olas Loop was recently made public, revealing some more details about the Miami tunnel project. As per The Next Miami (TNM) , TBC proposed a tunnel system that would bring passengers from Fort Lauderdale to the beach in 3 minutes.

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Teslas are becoming a favorite among Uber drivers

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As noted by Uber in a recent press release , drivers in 30+ cities such as Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, and Miami are able to rent a Tesla through its partnership with Hertz. If I’m putting thousands of miles into the world, I figured a green car would be a better move because it’s helping the environment.

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New Study Shows that Sea Level Rise Resulting From Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Would be Non-Uniform; Some Regions to See Levels Much Higher Than Previously Predicted

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Recent projections of sea-level rise after a future collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (for example, the Fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report) assume that meltwater will spread uniformly (eustatically) across the oceans once marine-based sectors of the West Antarctic are filled.

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