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Bosch and Daimler: San Jose to become pilot city for automated on-demand ride-hailing service; SAE Level 4/5

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Bosch and Daimler announced that San Jose, the third biggest city in California, is planned to be the pilot city for trials, targeted to begin during the second half of 2019, of the highly and fully automated driving (SAE Level 4/5) on-demand ride-hailing service recently announced by the two companies. Earlier post.)

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Velodyne Lidar acquires AI software company Bluecity

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Velodyne Lidar and Bluecity Intelligent Infrastructure Solution installed in San Jose, California. Vella software translates lidar data into actionable information so that autonomous systems can observe and understand the environments they are operating in.

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Lucid Motors opening 20 sales and service locations in N America through 2021

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San Jose Studio: Located at Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose, CA. Within the site, a configurator will enable prospective owners to customize their own car and view it from any angle in a variety of environments. Los Angeles Service Center: Located at 9022 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, CA. Lucid Service.

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NVIDIA to acquire DeepMap, enhancing mapping solutions for AVs

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A DeepMap map in San Jose, Calif., The US-based company has developed a high-definition mapping solution that meets these requirements and has already been validated by the AV industry with a wide array of potential customers around the world.

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Rockwell Automation opens new EV innovation center in Silicon Valley

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Rockwell Automation, a leading solutions and services provider to the automotive industry, opened a new 8,000 square-foot electric vehicle (EV) Innovation Center at 111 North Market Street in San Jose, California, within its Information Solutions development facility.

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

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Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn. San Jose, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif. San Jose, Calif. SunPower, San Jose, Calif.

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Thomas M. Coughlin is 2023 IEEE President-Elect

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Coughlin is founder and president of Coughlin Associates, in San Jose, Calif., He was vice president of operations and planning for the IEEE Consumer Technology Society and served as general chair of the 2011 Sections Congress in San Francisco. He is an active member of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley (Calif.)