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Tesla will have ‘good news’ in Mexico, foreign minister teases

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Tesla will soon announce “good news” in Mexico, where it has been rumored to be mulling locations for its next automotive production plant, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday. The company has been rumored to be looking for suitable land in Canada, South Korea, Indonesia, and Mexico for some time.

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Tesla narrows in on Mexico facility location

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Tesla has reportedly narrowed in on the location of its upcoming production facility in Mexico. Tesla’s drive towards ever higher production numbers combined with the sky-high demand for its vehicles in North America has brought the automaker to Mexico, where it plans to place its newest vehicle production facility.

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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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Since then, the suborbital system has conducted regular test flights with a variety of payloads at speeds in excess of 1,000 miles per hour at Spaceport America, located in New Mexico. SpinLaunch is supported by partners, including Airbus Ventures, Google (Alphabet) Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, McKinley Capital, and ATW Partners.

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Report: Uber to invest $500M in global mapping project

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The Financial Times reports that Uber will invest $500 million into a global mapping project in an effort to decrease its dependence on Google Maps and to prepare for autonomous driving. Uber has already hired Brian McClendon, formerly the head of Google Maps for more than a decade. This summer they hit the road in Mexico.

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Cellulosic biogasoline company Cool Planet completes second close of D Round, raises another $19.4M; $60M total

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The round added investors from Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Mexico to the existing investor base, including North Bridge Venture Partners, Shea Ventures, BP, Google Ventures, Energy Technology Ventures (GE, ConocoPhillips, NRG Energy), and the Constellation division of Exelon.

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Video Friday: Dark Side Spot

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IEEE CASE 2022 : 20–24 August 2022, MEXICO CITY CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, AZORES, PORTUGAL IROS 2022 : 23–27 October 2022, KYOTO, JAPAN ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals : 4–5 November 2022, LOS ANGELES CoRL 2022 : 14–18 December 2022, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Enjoy today's videos! Please send us your events for inclusion.

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J.D. Power: quality takes a back seat to innovation as problems reach a record high

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PP100 gap exists between vehicles that have an Android Automotive OS without Google Automotive Services (51.1 General Motors Company’s plant in San Luis, Potosi, Mexico, which produces the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain, receives the Gold Plant Quality Award for North/South America.

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