Tag: governor
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Governor Whitmer launches ‘first’ US wireless electric vehicle charging road system
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has announced the award of a contract to build a first in the United States public wireless in-road charging system allowing electric vehicles to charge while in motion and stationary. A company called Electreon has been selected to build an electric road system in Detroit as part of the inductive vehicle…
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Connected Signals launches cloud-based vehicle-to-infrastructure system
Connected Signals, a provider of predictive real-time traffic signal information, has launched its Signal Priority System product suite for smart cities. SPS is a proprietary vehicle-to-infrastructure technology that is a cloud-based, centralized system connecting vehicles to traffic signals, and providing prioritization of buses, pedestrians, emergency vehicles, and others. Connected Signals says this fresh approach capitalizes…
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Washington passes law allowing robots to take over the streets
Washington Governor Jay Inslee (main picture) has signed a bill allowing delivery robots to take over the streets. Governor Inslee approved House Bill 1325, thereby creating the framework to regulate what are termed “Personal Delivery Devices”, or PDDs, across the entire state. The legislation specifically permits the use of Starship Technologies’ robots – or PDDs…