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General Tesla, Daimler Only Automakers On MIT's 'Smartest Companies' List

Tesla, Daimler Only Automakers On MIT's 'Smartest Companies' List

While Tesla remains the highest-ranking automaker, things don't look as good as 2016 - or 2015, or even 2014 - when the EV company was doing better.
By Sebastian Blanco 28 June 2017
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General CNET Cites Various Studies Claiming Electric Cars Are The "Next Big Thing" - Video

CNET Cites Various Studies Claiming Electric Cars Are The "Next Big Thing" - Video

CNET looks at various studies related to electric cars and deduces that we are finally at a point that EVs can and will become mass market.
By Steven Loveday 21 March 2017
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General MIT Study Finds That Existing EVs Could Meet 90% Of Driver's Needs

MIT Study Finds That Existing EVs Could Meet 90% Of Driver's Needs

Researchers at MIT completed a four study, finding that existing EVs could already replace nearly 90% of vehicles on the road.
By Mark Kane 24 October 2016
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General Tesla Listed As One Of 50 Smartest Companies For 2016

Tesla Listed As One Of 50 Smartest Companies For 2016

Tesla Motors, cited for its new Autopilot technology, came in fourth while Toyota, cited for research on mobility, artificial intelligence and robotics, along with a new fuel cell model, checked in at No. 17.
By Eric Loveday 05 July 2016
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General MIT To Pay Tesla Owners $1,000 To Equip Cars With Driver-Watching Cameras For Research

MIT To Pay Tesla Owners $1,000 To Equip Cars With Driver-Watching Cameras For Research

“A car that’s driving itself needs to know when the driver is able to take control back.” And so MIT will pay about $1k to Tesla owners who are willing to have their cars equipped with a bunch of cameras that monitor not the road, but the driver.
By TeslaMondo 12 June 2016
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General MIT: Tesla Motors Is World's Smartest Company

MIT: Tesla Motors Is World's Smartest Company

For 2015, MIT lists Tesla Motors as the world's smartest company. The company also ranked #2 in 2014 per MIT.
By Mike Anthony 21 July 2015
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General Musk at MIT: Tesla Gigafactories, Superchargers, Zombie Apocalypses (and wuuuut? w/video)

Musk at MIT: Tesla Gigafactories, Superchargers, Zombie Apocalypses (and wuuuut? w/video)

MIT (Cambridge, MA) hosted over an hour-long one-on-one discussion with a decidedly tired-looking, but still very compelling and coherent Elon Musk this past week. Musk discussed a wide range of subjects
By Ted Dillard 26 October 2014
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General See MIT's Electric Robotic Cheetah In Action - Video

See MIT's Electric Robotic Cheetah In Action - Video

MIT researchers have developed an algorithm for bounding that they've successfully implemented in an electric robotic cheetah.
By Eric Loveday 30 September 2014
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Battery Tech Researchers Discover What's Holding Back Breakthrough Lithium-Air Battery

Researchers Discover What's Holding Back Breakthrough Lithium-Air Battery

Researchers at MIT and Sandia National Laboratory have discovered something that's never before been observed in lithium-air batteries and it could pave the way for the technology to emerge as a commercially viable solution for electric vehicles of the future. Still Crude...But an Improvement Lithium-air, which is touted for its ability to potentially offer ...
By Eric Loveday 01 June 2013
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General Will the Tesla Model S Lead to Cheaper Electric Vehicles from Other Automakers?

Will the Tesla Model S Lead to Cheaper Electric Vehicles from Other Automakers?

Tesla Model S Though it's argued by some that the cost of the Tesla Model S is simply too high to afford it mainstream appeal, there's an argument presented by the folks at MIT Technology Review that says the Model S lofty price tag is necessary today and will soon lead to cheaper electric vehicle from other automakers. Model S Kicks Butt on the Strip ...
By Eric Loveday 18 May 2013
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General Ford To Test Range-Saving "Breakthrough" Heating System in Focus Electric

Ford To Test Range-Saving "Breakthrough" Heating System in Focus Electric

Ford Will Test a Heating and Cooling System That is Claimed to Draw Almost No Energy from the Vehicle's Battery Owners of electric vehicles who reside in northern regions of the world know that using the vehicle's heating system depletes range.  It's no different for those who reside in areas where temps soar above 90 degrees Fahrenheit on a regular basis, which basically requ...
By Eric Loveday 25 April 2013
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