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Here’s how Ride1Up developed its fast and affordable ‘Cafe Cruiser’ 2-passenger e-bike

January 11, 2022
Last month, San Diego-based electric bicycle company Ride1Up unveiled its Cafe Cruiser electric bicycle. While many new electric bicycle models these days feature similar mashups of common features, the new Class 3 e-bike offered a retro-inspired design and seating for two passengers in a form factor we rarely see. It also marked a stark departure for the commuter-oriented electric bicycle company…
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City cancels order of 50 hydrogen buses after realizing electric buses make so much more sense

January 11, 2022
The City of Montpellier confirmed that it canceled an order for 50 hydrogen fuel cell buses after realizing that it would be cheaper and more efficient to order battery-electric buses instead. Hydrogen fuel cell passenger cars are pretty much dead already. Virtually every vehicle program from the Toyota Mirai to the Hyundai NEXO Fuel Cell has failed to get any traction as battery-electric vehicles…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Language I/O aims to strengthen its AI-powered customer service localization service

January 11, 2022
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more As enterprises embrace digital transformation, many are expanding customer bases beyond the confines of their pre-pandemic demographics. For example, the cross-border ecommerce market is growing at double the rate of domestic ecommerce — driven by…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Synthetic data platform Mostly AI lands $25M

January 11, 2022
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more Austria-based Mostly AI, a startup that simulates synthetic data for AI model training and testing, today announced it has…
MobileNews

After poor work conditions report, Foxconn iPhone plant in India set to reopen this Wednesday

January 11, 2022
Late last year, 9to5Mac reported that Apple had ordered Foxconn in India to suspend iPhone production at a plant while placing the company on probation until it resolved problems with living conditions in Foxconn’s dormitories. Now, it appears the iPhone plant will reopen. In December, Reuters had interviewed workers of the Foxconn iPhone plant in India. The publication reported “crowded…
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