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Rivian Loses Its Shine as Investors Fret About Production Delays

The company also did not tell investors that its chief operating officer, Rod Copes, a Harley-Davidson veteran, left the company last year. Public companies and those in the process of listing their shares generally disclose the departures of top executives. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. A Critical Year for Electric… Continue reading Rivian Loses Its Shine as Investors Fret About Production Delays

VW’s futuristic electric bus is real and coming soon (finally)

More than five years ago, Volkswagen showed off its vision for its next generation of vehicles — a cheerful two-tone lime yellow and white microbus concept that gave a nod to its T1 van life past and embraced an electric and connected future. That electric microbus future has finally arrived. At least, for Europe. Volkswagen… Continue reading VW’s futuristic electric bus is real and coming soon (finally)

Expanding the Waymo Open Dataset with new labels and challenges

We launched the Waymo Open Dataset back in 2019 as one of the largest and most diverse autonomous driving datasets ever released for research. At the time, it consisted of multimodal sensor data from 1,000 driving segments. As a result of the overwhelmingly positive reception and high engagement, we have continuously evolved the dataset beyond… Continue reading Expanding the Waymo Open Dataset with new labels and challenges

Micromobility, a possible option for almost half of Spaniards

9 March, 2022 Posted by: Jorge Platero Category: Faconauto News According to the Cetelem Observatory, 42% of Spaniards have considered changing from private combustion transport to the use of some form of urban mobility transport. If you could ride a bike, moped or scooter to work, would you? Micromobility continues to gain ground in a… Continue reading Micromobility, a possible option for almost half of Spaniards

German Handelsblatt: Official presentation: VW shows the production version of the ID.Buzz – the electric Bulli in detail003923

The start of sales for the new all-electric minibus is getting closer: Volkswagen presented its new ID.Buzz for the first time on Wednesday evening. In May, VW will start advance sales in Europe and Germany, and the first vehicles will be delivered to customers in the fall. For Volkswagen, the ID.Buzz is the most important… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Official presentation: VW shows the production version of the ID.Buzz – the electric Bulli in detail003923

Rocsys to supply autonomous charging solutions for electric yard tractors at Port of Oakland

Rocsys, a maker of autonomous conductive charging solutions, has signed an agreement with marine terminal operator SSA Marine to supply ROC-1 autonomous charging systems, which will autonomously charge part of SSA Marine’s electric yard tractor fleet at the International Container Terminal at the Port of Oakland. Autonomous charging is designed to enable reliable and fast… Continue reading Rocsys to supply autonomous charging solutions for electric yard tractors at Port of Oakland

Duke Energy’s EV Make Ready Credit program will lower installation costs for charging station owners

The North Carolina Utility Commission has approved Duke Energy’s EV Make Ready Credit (MRC) program, one of several pro-EV initiatives that the utility has in the pipeline. As the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) explains, make-ready programs reduce the cost of deploying EV charging infrastructure for charging station owners by giving utilities the responsibility… Continue reading Duke Energy’s EV Make Ready Credit program will lower installation costs for charging station owners