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Volvo Trucks had 42% market share of heavy-duty electric trucks in Europe in 2021

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New statistics show that Volvo Trucks was the market leader for heavy all-electric trucks in Europe 2021 with a market share of 42%. Statistics from the market analysis group IHS Markit show that during 2021 a total of 346 electric trucks (?16 An increasing number of heavy all-electric trucks are now running in commercial traffic.

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Sandia project investigating mechanics of materials to improve performance of components and parts

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From the atomic level to full-scale components, the research links variability in materials’ atomic configurations and microstructures with how actual parts perform. PPM, which launched in 2010, aims to identify how material variability affects performance margins for an engineering component or machine part.

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Tesla publishes astonishing FSD safety statistics

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Tesla’s FSD safety findings were reported as part of the company’s 2022 Impact Report, which among other things, reports the company’s effect on the environment and the world more generally annually. The post Tesla publishes astonishing FSD safety statistics appeared first on TESLARATI. times every million miles.

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UK researchers report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid are major unreported source of VOCs emissions from cars, including EVs

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Scaling of industry sales statistics enabled the discrepancy to be attributed to the use of ancillary solvent products such as screenwash and deicer which are not included in internationally applied vehicle emission methodologies. —Cliff et al. the products used for “car care,” such as windshield washer fluid.

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PEUGEOT Cycles introducing new range of connected electric bikes designed and manufactured by startup Beweel

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These, through a new dedicated smartphone application, offer users at launch, among other things, adaptive electrical assistance, an anti-theft system, an alarm, bike geolocation, real-time navigation, destination weather forecasts, and route statistics.

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Daimler Trucks’ Autonomous Technology Group adding testing center in New Mexico

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September 2020 marks one year of Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics partnering as a team after the US based automated driving technology company became part of Daimler Trucks’ Autonomous Technology Group. Earlier post.). This number is expected to nearly double in the next two and a half decades.

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NREL: Untapped potential exists for blending hydropower, floating PV

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For comparison, global final electricity consumption was just over 22,300 terawatt-hours in 2018, the most recent year for which statistics are available, according to the International Energy Agency. Those figures do not include the amount generated from hydropower. This is really optimistic.

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