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Diesel demand drops while commercial EV, electric semi markets grow

In this special vacation episode of Quick Charge, we explore the historic dive in global diesel demand, and whether it’s being caused inflation and a slowing economy or the rapid rise in EV sales displacing millions of gallons of oil demand. In this episode, we’ll focus on the rapid growth of the commercial EV market as one of the leading contributors to the global drop in diesel demand…
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The car-free US town that just passed speed limits on electric bikes

Michigan’s Mackinac Island has introduced a new speed limit for electric bicycles, slowing down one of the only motorized forms of transportation in the town. Mackinac Island, located between Michigan’s upper and lower peninsula, is known as one of the few car-free towns in the US. The historic city is devoid of privately owned cars, with the only motor vehicles on the island belonging to…
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XPeng's latest new model will reportedly dump LiDAR in favor of pure vision, similar to Tesla

Following reports dating back to February, XPeng Motors appears to be genuinely beginning a transition from LiDAR sensors to pure vision cameras in advanced driver systems. The ADAS technology, similar to that of Tesla, is expected to roll out in a new XPeng BEV model later this year. When discussing ADAS and autonomous driving, two separate technologies lead the conversation in plausibility…
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Massive electric forklifts get to work at the Port of Los Angeles

The Port of Los Angeles is getting closer to reaching its goal of zero emission operations, deploying five electric top handlers each capable of grabbing 100,000 lb. shipping containers and stacking them up to six high. Visibly similar to forklifts, top handlers grab containers from the top instead of lifting from the bottom. The use an overhead boom to load heavy shipping containers onto truck…
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