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Elon Musk’s Neuralink announces $205 million investment round

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Google Ventures, DFJ Growth, Valor Equity Partners, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, and Gigafund, also participated in the successful private investment round, the company said. The company posted several jobs in Austin, Texas , where Musk seems to be moving several of his ventures, including some of Tesla’s North American production.

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More Than 1,800 EV chargers installed under Recovery Act

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Coulomb’s project includes the deployment of electric vehicles, including 2,000 GM Volt, 200 Ford Transit Connect, 100 Ford Focus EV, and 100 Smart EV vehicles, as well as establishing 4,600 EV charging locations nationwide. Additionally, DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is joining with Google Inc.

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A Waymo robotaxi hit a cyclist in San Francisco – here’s what happened

Baua Electric

It also is looking to expand to Austin. But Google Earth shows that the intersection is relatively flat and wide with a bike lane – and that the accident happened in broad daylight, at around 3 p.m. So it’s looking like an uphill battle for Waymo these days.

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Ford launches app developer challenge to improve consumer understanding of personal fuel efficiency

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Participants will have access to Ford’s OpenXC connectivity research platform as a sandbox to create and test their ideas for the Personalized Fuel Efficiency Apps Challenge. Developers can get help and assist others with projects through the OpenXC Google Group or the official IRC channel at #openxc on Freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net).

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Video Friday: Ingenuity’s 50th Flight

Cars That Think

Google AI ] Sanctuary AI is on a mission to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots that will help us work more safely, efficiently, and sustainably. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history when it achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19, 2021.

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California DMV Suspends Cruise Driverless Vehicle Permits

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But there have been dozens of other incidents where AVs failed to navigate construction areas, collided with city buses, ran over pets, impeded emergency vehicle responses, or were shut down temporarily after losing their WiFi connection. Waymo doesn’t look to be having quite so many problems in California.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Remote Area Modular Monitoring for Critical Facilities, $300,000 Embedded Planet, Cleveland, Ohio Simulation Tool for Energy-Efficient Connected and Automated Vehicle Control Development, $600,000 Hyundai America Technical Center, Superior Township, Mich. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash. El Centro, Calif.