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VW-owned Navistar begins autonomous trucking pilot

Teslarati

Navistar also expects it will have an addressable market of roughly 25 billion miles of freight routes on U.S. ” In 2018, former Navistar CEO Troy Clarke said that the company expected to have more electric trucks on the road than Tesla by 2025 , citing its more than century-long history building semis. . interstates.

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Taseko Mines: EPA issues draft permit for Florence Copper Project in Arizona

Green Car Congress

Taseko’s wholly owned Florence Copper, an in-situ copper recovery project, is located midway between Phoenix and Tucson near the community of Florence, Arizona. —Stuart McDonald, Taseko’s President and CEO.

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UPS invests in autonomous trucking company TuSimple, tests self-driving tractor trailers

Green Car Congress

Throughout the ongoing tests, UPS has been providing truckloads of goods for TuSimple to carry on a North American Freight Forwarding route between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 2015, TuSimple’s mission is to bring the first self-driving truck to market, to increase safety, decrease transportation costs and reduce carbon emissions.

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Natural EV capitalism

Electric Auto Association

“My philosophy is that of natural capitalism,” Martinson said, explaining that he is for promoting the protection and sustainability of nature's ecosystem services (natural capital) through market-based solutions supported by appropriate policy. My first sustainability professor, Dr. Paul Hirt, became a close friend.

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Chinese Joint Venture Will Begin Mass-Producing an Autonomous Electric Car

Cars That Think

China has yet to establish laws or regulations governing autonomous vehicles for the consumer market. No other consumer car on the market yet offers Level 4 autonomy. Of the many Chinese companies already preparing to enter the autonomous vehicle market, Baidu is the biggest player. or CATL.

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Arbe launching 4D imaging radar beta product Phoenix

Green Car Congress

Israel-based Arbe is launching Phoenix, its automotive 4D imaging radar beta product. Phoenix provides an image 100 times more detailed than other top industry radars, according to the company, offering superior separation of stationary and moving objects in real time—an industry first. —Kobi Marenko, CEO of Arbe.

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BMW i and EVgo expanding ChargeNow DC Fast program; 500 more fast chargers in US; no-cost DC and Level 2 for BMW i3 drivers

Green Car Congress

Eligible BMW i3 customers in ChargeNow DC Fast markets, who purchase or lease the BMW i3 on or after 1 November 2015, from a BMW i Center can enroll in the program. With BMW’s continued support, EVgo plans to install 500 additional DC Fast Combo chargers by the end of 2018, with more than 600 charging stations in operation. Austin, TX.

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