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Blue Bird, Fulton Co. Schools join Audi, Applied Information on connected vehicle deployment to boost school bus and school zone safety

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The Fulton County School System, located in the Greater Atlanta Metropolitan Area, has also joined the deployment, lending its expertise in school transportation and infrastructure. —Trevor Rudderham, SVP, product planning, Blue Bird Corporation. Blue Bird Corp.,

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Werner piloting Aurora’s autonomous trucks on 600-mile route in Texas

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trucking industry: Atlanta to Los Angeles. The pilot is designed to advance the Aurora Driver, and Aurora Horizon, Aurora’s autonomous truck product, to develop a robust service for carriers. Starting this week, Aurora Driver-powered trucks are hauling loads between Fort Worth and El Paso on behalf of Werner.

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Rivian reports Q3 Earnings: $82M negative gross profit, Production updates, new plant location

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The electric automaker reported a reasonable quarter, completing its first production units and completing deliveries shortly thereafter. As of December 15, 2021, we have produced 652 R1 vehicles and delivered 386 of those, including the production and sale of our first two R1S vehicles earlier this week,” the company said.

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Georgia Tech team simulates risks of hacked connected vehicles; stalling 20% of cars could gridlock Manhattan

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Percolation theory is often used in materials science to determine if a desirable quality like a specific rigidity will spread throughout a material to make the final product uniformly stable. Not all cars on the road would have to be connected—just enough for hackers to stall 20% of all cars on the road. —Peter Yunker.

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Aurora releases Aurora Driver Beta 2.0

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is the first product release that is powering Aurora’s trucking fleet and its ride-hailing Toyota Sienna fleet. This lane is the middle leg between Atlanta to Los Angeles, one of the busiest commercial thoroughfares in the US. Upgraded cameras with higher resolution, allowing for obstacle detection at 2x the distance.

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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

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Ford has opened its new Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto, growing its global research team and accelerating the company’s work in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience and big data. At Ford, we view ourselves as both a mobility and an auto company, as we drive innovation in every part of our business.

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Eaton introduces new Flex Power Distribution Unit for commercial electric vehicles

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As power demands in electric vehicles continue to increase, the capabilities of PDUs, which connect the main battery power to the rest of the vehicle, must also increase. Eaton’s Flex PDU is scheduled to go into production by 2021. Eaton has reached an agreement with Cummins Inc. Precharge functionality. High-voltage interlock.

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