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Ruff News for Waymo After Test Vehicle Runs Over Dog

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A Waymo autonomous test vehicle struck and killed a small dog in San Francisco last month, with news emerging after an incident report filed with the California Department of Motor Vehicles became public. From The San Francisco Standard : The car was in "autonomous mode," but a Waymo test driver was in the driver's seat.

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Tesla to begin piloting battery pack swap program for invited Model S owners

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The Harris Ranch Superchargers sit off the I-5, the interstate highway connecting Los Angeles (and San Diego) with the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento in the north. Harris Ranch is roughly equidistant from Sacramento (~187 miles); San Francisco (~183 miles); and LA (~199 miles).

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TomTom launches Congestion Index based on traffic database; congestion levels in 57 cities in North America and Europe

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San Francisco, 25%. Based on this analysis, Seattle saw the biggest increase in traffic congestion, while Houston, Ottawa and San Francisco also saw increased levels of congestion. Seattle, 25%. Tampa, 25%. Washington, 24%. Houston, 23%. Toronto, 22%. Ottawa, 22%. Marseille, 41%. Brussels, 34%. Paris, 32%. Dublin, 30%.

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CMU team details impact of regional and drive-cycle variations on degradation of a PHEV battery pack

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a) Capacity Fade in Phoenix, comparison of air cooling vs no cooling for two drive cycles. (b) b) Capacity Fade in Phoenix and San Francisco, using GPS data. The comparison of air-cooling vs. no cooling is provided for two cities (c) Improvement in battery life by air-cooling for different cases simulated.

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Eight Graphs that Explain Software Engineering Salaries in 2023

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The data they collect doesn’t allow for apples-to-apples comparisons, but I’ve read through both reports, pulled out data from past years to give the numbers some perspective when possible, and summarized it in eight charts. If you don’t know C, however, don’t worry too much about that. salaries up 19 percent and Charlotte, N.C.,

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True Zero’s California hydrogen network hits 2M miles fueled mark; second 1M miles in 60 days

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By comparison, it took nine months for the company to reach the first million miles, reflecting the ramp up of fuel cell cars in California. Earlier post.). Toyota began retailing its Mirai fuel cell vehicle in California late last year and Honda will begin deliveries of its Clarity fuel-cell car in California by year end.

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GM’s Cruise faces long road back to city streets in wake of safety review – ET Auto

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meters) by a Cruise vehicle in San Francisco after being struck by a human driver. By comparison, Cruise last year had about 300 fully autonomous cars in San Francisco with plans to add operations in at least 10 cities. The autonomous car developer trimmed a quarter of its staff and grounded its entire U.S.

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