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When Mission Motors unveiled its Mission R electric motorbike, it garnered a lot of attention — enough that the company created a Mission Motorcycles group to handle its new darling. That division now has something to show for its work, as it’s detailing the launches for both the Mission R and a limited edition Mission RS. The regular R will cost $29,999 (after a $2,500 tax credit), which nets a 163HP motor, a basic 105-mile battery and an information system with a camera, HUD and navigation. Upgrading to the $56,499 Mission RS (again, post-credit) brings lighter BST carbon fiber wheels, Öhlins FGRT forks and a 140-mile battery. The company begins deliveries this summer, although eco-friendly riders will need to pony up for one of 40 RS bikes to be part of the first batch — the ordinary R comes later.

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A couple of new electric motorcycles known as the Mission R and Mission RS are announced.

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Alaska Airlines has updated its app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The new app brings support for Passbook, for Alaska Airline’s boarding passes.

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The key to road safety may lie in self-driving cars. That’s the general conclusion of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recently released policy report which urges states to draw up legislation that encourages testing of automated autos. Currently, only three states (i.e., California, Nevada and Florida) have enacted laws that permit companies like Google to operate these vehicles on public roadways. But the NHTSA hopes that with more state-backed adoption, advances in vehicle-to-vehicle communication and automatic braking can more quickly be refined, thus paving the way for industry standards and eventual commercial deployment.

The agency, an arm of the US Department of Transportation, is also conducting its own research into V2V systems and driver guidelines for self-driving cars; the first phase of which is set to play out over a four-year period. For now, though, it still has a few additional hurdles to overcome, namely consumer perception (the NHTSA estimates self-driving cars could reduce crashes by 80 percent) and possible WiFi interference from the whitespace spectrum freed up by the FCC. Though the NHTSA’s sights are clearly set on an automated vehicle future, it’s yet to determine whether or not inclusion and use of that tech will be mandated.

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