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

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Starting this week, Aurora Driver-powered trucks are hauling loads between Fort Worth and El Paso on behalf of Werner. trucking industry: Atlanta to Los Angeles. Introducing an autonomous route between Fort Worth and El Paso allows Werner to move freight seamlessly and reliably on a subset of one of its most voluminous lanes.

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BMW i Ventures invests in Kodiak Robotics; autonomous long-haul trucking technology

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Unlike HD maps, the lightweight maps are easier to build and maintain, and are so small they can be updated to the entire fleet over-the-air. Kodiak, which recently celebrated its third birthday, is building and operating self-driving trucks designed to operate on highway routes, making the freight industry safer and more efficient.

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GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

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With plans to have the capacity to build more than 1 million EVs by 2025, GM continues to ramp investments in the ecosystem that will enable mass adoption and support those who play a vital role in the responsible deployment of electrified technology.

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Linear Labs to begin mass production of high-torque M200 e-mobility motor in September

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million economic incentive deal with the City of Fort Worth. We’ve been building our motors for corporate clients to fit their custom needs for 10 months, and now it’s time to make our technology available to everyone. The announcement comes on the heels of a $68.9-million

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GM and MP Materials enter long-term supply agreement to scale rare earth magnet sourcing and production in US

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Rare earth materials sourced from Mountain Pass will be transformed into metal, NdFeB alloy and magnets at a new production facility MP Materials today announced it will build in Fort Worth, Texas, delivering an end-to-end US supply chain. —Shilpan Amin, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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Fort Worth approves $68.9M incentive package for Linear Labs for electric motor manufacturing

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The City of Fort Worth, Texas has approved a $68.9-million The research and production center will create electric motors for industries as diverse as electric vehicles (EVs), robotics, HVAC, and last-mile micromobility, in addition to various industrial applications.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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But it has been building momentum quickly thanks to being a subsidiary of the multinational concomorate Vingroup. Originally founded in Ukraine as the Technocom food processing firm in 1993, Vingroup has branched out into just about every industry relevant in Southeast Asia. The Vietnamese car company has only been around since 2017.