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According to this article in the Daily Mail, urban alterna-taxi service and annoying fashion-shoot-looking-website Uber will be purchasing 2500 of Google's new self-driving cars, the GX3200. This data comes by way of a TechCrunch story about the first-of-its-kind fleet. Too bad it didn...
One of the reasons is that the large lithium-ion batteries that would be used to power electric cars generate intense heat. Found in cell phones and laptop computers, lithium-ion batteries pack a lot of power into a very small battery. Their high-energy density makes them susceptible to ...
The new car models reflect an accelerating momentum toward electrification and autonomous driving. According to Shenzhen Economic Daily, there are about 800 Shenzhen companies developing autonomous driving technologies, such as Huawei, ZTE, Tencent, BYD and DJI, accounting for 20 percent in the country...
(2015). Changing minds about electric cars: An empirically grounded agent-based modeling approach. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 94, 269–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2014.10.010 (Open in a new window)Web of Science ®(Open in a new window)Google Scholar...
Looking for Automakers? Find out information about Automakers. The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia . It might be outdated or ideologically biased. The automotive industry got its start at the end... Explanation of Automakers
Japan imported about 70 million tons of petroleum in 1965 and 237 million tons in 1977. In early 1977 the country’s petroleum refineries had a capacity of 277.6 million tons. The installed capacity of electric power plants increased more than fivefold between 1955 and 1977, reaching 81.5 milli...
(2017a). California's advanced clean cars midterm review, appendix G: Plug-in electric vehicle in-use and charging data analysis. Retrieved May 1, 2019, from https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/2017-midterm-review-report(open in a new window), (Open in a new window)Google ...
About 20 years after Otto first ran his engine, Rudolf Diesel successfully demonstrated an entirely different method of igniting fuel. Air is compressed to a pressure high enough for the adiabatic temperature to reach or exceed the ignition temperature of the fuel. Because this temperature is 1000...
July 3, 2014 – PedestrianKyle Canabush, 29, was crossing Central Avenue at about 8:50 PM, near Kraft Avenue, Colonie when a motor vehicle struck him. He died later from his injuries. 2015 February 2, 2015 – A pedestrian, 4-year-oldAshiqur Rahmanwas struck and killed by a waste tru...