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Motiv Power Systems to power 13 electric school buses in California pilot

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MotivPower Systems, in partnership with Type-A school bus manufacturer Trans Tech, is bringing electric school buses to the Sacramento, California region. The new all-electric buses will be powered by Motiv’s all-electric powertrains, which are both designed and manufactured in California, supporting local manufacturing jobs.

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Mercedes-Benz shares details of new OS, doubles down on Luminar’s lidar technology

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Mercedes-Benz announced multiple newsworthy innovations during its Operating System Strategy Update in Sunnyvale, California earlier today. The German automaker announced it is building its own proprietary operating system called MB.OS which will offer features like navigation and maps from Google.

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Tesla FSD beta team gains former Waymo research scientist

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta has gained its latest member, who joins the team after working at Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing system being developed by Google parent company Alphabet. Former Waymo Research Scientist and Manager Charles R.

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Apple ramps up its ‘secret’ self-driving car testing: Report – ET Auto

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Apple has a permit to test autonomous vehicle tech on California’s public roads only if the company has a safety driver behind the wheel. Data submitted by Apple with the California Department of Motor Vehicles ( DMV ) showed that Apple tested its autonomous car more than ever last year, reports Wired.

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Help Build the Future of Assistive Technology

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This article is sponsored by California State University, Northridge (CSUN). The medical and rehabilitative tech is equally impressive — and arguably far more important. California State University, Northridge (CSUN). And according to him, it's going to spark the next tech platform. Your smartphone is getting smarter.

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EVTOL Companies Are Worth Billions—Who Are the Key Players?

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“Hardware is hard ,” venture capitalist Marc Andreessen famously declared at a tech investors’ event in 2013. Since then, the design and construction of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft has been propelled by waves of funding from some of the biggest names in tech. Aerospace is a team sport.

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Dow Kokam to provide Li-ion packs to Motiv Power and ZeroTruck for medium-duty electric commercial vehicles

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Motiv Power Systems, an electric drive power control system provider, with funding from the California Energy Commission, is using Dow Kokam’s battery system to convert a Class 4, Ford E-450 diesel chassis to a completely electric system for a passenger shuttle bus.

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