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Walmart to buy 4,500 Canoo electric delivery vehicles; option for up to 10,000

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While the LDV is expected to begin hitting the road in 2023, the companies plan to kick-off advanced deliveries to refine and finalize vehicle configuration in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex in the coming weeks. Its customized interior is designed for small package delivery, at competitive per stop economics.

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Texas Automated Vehicle Proving Ground Partnership forms; applying for national designation

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Members of the Texas Partnership are contributing their facilities, expertise and talents as part of a larger Texas network of proving grounds and test-bed sites. Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Area — UTA campus, Arlington streets, I-30 corridor and Managed Lanes. Designated facilities will open for testing by 1 January2018.

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SwRI-led team achieves 20% improvement in vehicle fuel efficiency with connectivity, automation; ARPA-E NEXTCAR

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Working with collaborators at the University of Michigan and Toyota Motor North America, the team is sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) as part of its Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) program. Earlier post.).

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Now Arriving at an Airport Lounge Near You: Peloton Bikes, Nap Pods and Caviar Service

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In addition to amenities, the new lounges provide an ambience reminiscent of a luxury hotel lobby, both in interior design and scale, and fit several hundred people at a time. The proliferation is driven in part by changing demographics and travel patterns of fliers today. billion people expected to fly globally.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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As part of a program to develop the needed flight rules and communications systems, we are leading a consortium of a dozen companies and universities, called the North Texas Cohort , that is operating an experimental air corridor north of Dallas, Texas. The aircraft will travel within designated “skylanes” over urban areas.

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UT Arlington licenses technology for portable, modular GTL conversion units; targeting stranded gas

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of Fort Worth for commercialization. UT Arlington engineering and science researchers designed a portable conversion unit utilizing their microreactor and process. a Fort Worth-based, publicly traded company, to aid in commercializing the patent-pending process.

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New RNP Flight Path Designed by GE Aviation Debuts at Bradley International

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American Airlines Flight 1916 on Thursday became the first US flight to use a publicly available, commercially designed instrument flight path in its touchdown at Bradley International Airport. RNP procedures can provide different benefits, depending on their design. Earlier post.).