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NDEW 2022 steps it up

Electric Auto Association

“Utilities here have a big incentive to promote driving electric because every EV registered in their service area gets them special credits from the state of Oregon.”. NDEW event in Las Vegas.

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Daimler Trucks to acquire majority stake in Torc Robotics; SAE Level 4 trucks for US roads

Green Car Congress

Going beyond an OEM/supplier relationship, the companies signed an agreement for Daimler AG’s subsidiary Daimler Trucks and Buses Holding Inc., Torc is not a start-up, but one of the world’s most experienced companies for vehicle automation. The company employs around 100 people. —Michael Fleming, CEO of Torc.

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Jaguar Land Rover, Intel and Seeing Machines showcase driver attention-monitoring system At CES

Green Car Congress

At the 2015 CES in Las Vegas this week, Seeing Machines is demonstrating its Driver Monitor System (DMS) in a Jaguar F-Type prototype developed jointly with Intel at Jaguar Land Rover’s new R&D facility in Portland, Oregon. In September 2014, Seeing Machines signed a 15-year strategic alliance with TK Holdings Inc.,

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Daimler Trucks to invest €500M in highly automated trucks; stepping away from platooning, shooting for L4 automation

Green Car Congress

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Daimler Trucks announced that it will invest €500 million (around US$570 million) over the next years and create more than 200 new jobs in its global push to bring highly automated trucks (SAE level 4) to the road within a decade. Earlier post.)

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US government to lend Lithium Americas USD 2.26 bn for Nevada’s Thacker Pass mine – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The loan, announced by the company on Thursday, is a key part of U.S. Initial construction at the site, just south of Nevada’s border with Oregon, started in March 2023 after the company won a long-running and complex court case against conservationists, ranchers and Indigenous communities. to close Thursday at USD 5.99.

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How USB Came to Be

Cars That Think

The IEEE Oregon Section sponsored the nomination. There are better ways of working with computers, and this is just too difficult,’” he said in a 2019 interview with Fast Company. where he met with engineers from different tech companies who also were looking into developing a plug-and-play scheme. His manager wasn’t interested.

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US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Nevada is home to the only existing lithium mine in the US and another is currently under construction near the Oregon line 220 miles (354 kilometers) north of Reno. Nevada is home to the only existing lithium mine in the US and another is currently under construction near the Oregon line 220 miles (354 kilometers) north of Reno.

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