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Phoenix Motorcars, EasyMile win grant for development of first FMVSS-compliant autonomous shuttle bus in US

Green Car Congress

Jointly developed by Phoenix Motorcars and EasyMile , the EZ Zeus self-driving bus will be deployed in real-life traffic conditions. The autonomous bus will serve Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, and Houston’s Third Ward community connecting to Metro buses and light rail. million zero emission miles.

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Uber Can Connect To Tesla App, Offer Drivers Rides That Fit In EV’s Range

CleanTechnica EVs

I did it for about 50,000 miles in a 2018 Nissan LEAF. Trying to do that in an EV that lacks liquid cooling in a hot city like Phoenix didn’t turn out to be a great […] Working as an Uber or Lyft (or both) driver in an EV can be challenging. How do I know?

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INRIX powers first on-street parking service in a production connected car

Green Car Congress

Initially, the service is available in Germany (Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart), and in the US (Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.). —Joe Berry, vice president and general manager of automotive at INRIX.

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INRIX: shared bikes and scooters could replace nearly 50% of downtown vehicle trips

Green Car Congress

According to the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ trip distance estimates, scooters are frequently used for trips between a half-mile and a mile, whereas bike distances are typically between one mile and three miles. Leveraging big data to plan for micromobility services.

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Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple using NVIDIA DRIVE

Green Car Congress

Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple has been hauling mail more than 1,000 miles between Phoenix and Dallas as part of a two-week pilot with the US Postal Service. The pilot comprises five round trips, each consisting of nearly 2,200 miles along the I-10, I-20 and I-30 corridors.

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A Waymo robotaxi hit a cyclist in San Francisco – here’s what happened

Baua Electric

The company also said that this month it would start testing its fully autonomous passenger cars without a human driver on freeways in Phoenix. Humans, on average, cause one death about every 100 million miles driven, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety. It also is looking to expand to Austin.

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Sanctuary’s Humanoid Robot Is for General Purpose Autonomy

Cars That Think

But today, Sanctuary is unveiling something that indi ates a substantial amount of progress towards this goal: Phoenix, a new bipedal humanoid robot designed to do manual (in the sense of hand-dependent) labor. kg) A maximum speed of 3 miles per hour (4.8 kg) A maximum speed of 3 miles per hour (4.8

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