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BMW’s ReachNow installing Light & Charge locations in Seattle; 100 chargers at 20 new public sites

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BMW had presented a prototype system in 2014. The addition of Light & Charge stations in Seattle will also allow ReachNow to expand its shared fleet of EVs. ReachNow has more than 50,000 members and is available in Seattle, Portland and Brooklyn. Earlier post.). Woodland Park Zoo, which hosts more than 1.3

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Daimler electric trucks & buses log more than 7M customer kilometers

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks was the world’s first manufacturer to present a heavy-duty electric truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in 2016. In the United States, the heavy-duty eCascadia and the medium-duty eM2 were premiered in Portland in June 2018. The Mercedes-Benz eActros and eEconic. Freightliner eCascadia and the eM2.

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Amazon leans on Rivian to deliver packages in 100 U.S. cities for the Holidays

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Louis, Rivian and Amazon have expanded their fleet of EDVs to over 1,000 units present in more than 100 cities across the United States. “Fleet electrification is essential to reaching the world’s zero-emissions goal,” Rivian’s Chief Growth Officer Jiten Behl said. “So,

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Daimler Trucks establishes global organization for highly automated driving

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The new Freightliner Cascadia made its world premiere during the presentation of Daimler Trucks at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in 2019. More locations will follow as the test fleet is built up and deployed.

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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The seven finalist cities that were announced at South by Southwest (SXSW) in March—Austin, Columbus, Denver, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Portland, and San Francisco—all presented innovative concepts, proposing to create new first-of-a-kind corridors for autonomous vehicles to move city residents, to electrify city fleets, and to collectively (..)

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When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

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Rewind can transcribe a video, recover information from a crashed browser tab, or create summaries of emails and presentations. The company’s cofounder and CEO, Meng Wang, wants to use LLMs to make its fleet of baristas smarter and more personable. “If And that data, once recovered, can be used in a variety of ways.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Upon federal adoption of the Phase 2 standards, ARB staff plans to present a proposed California Phase 2 program to the Board, most likely in late 2016 or 2017. Fleet: Schneider, Walmart.

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