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VW-owned Navistar begins autonomous trucking pilot

Teslarati

The company says Internation trucks featuring SuperDrive by Plus are already being validated in certain parts of Texas, and the companies expect customer pilots to begin within a year. ” The company says it plans to incrementally increase its operations commercially along strategic U.S.

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Video Friday: RACER Heavy

Cars That Think

Github ] Generation 7 of ‘Phoenix’ robots include improved human-like range of motion. But the best part? From Humanoids 2018. Paper ] Charge Robotics is building robots that automate the most labor-intensive parts of solar construction. This is just the beginning. Zipline ] Work those hips!

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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. UPS’s tests with TuSimple are part of an advanced technology evaluation for vehicles in the UPS Global Smart Logistics Network.

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Ruff News for Waymo After Test Vehicle Runs Over Dog

The Truth About Cars

While the accident is nothing in comparison to the fatal crash from 2018, where an Uber AV killed a cyclist , it still spells bad publicity for companies hoping to field self-driving vehicles with the public’s blessing. Alphabet’s Waymo is calling the accident “unavoidable” and this may be the case.

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Natural EV capitalism

Electric Auto Association

Martinson first became involved with American Resilience Project in 2018, not long after he completed the ASU executive master program. “My Martinson founded the Scottsdale EVA after EVA Past President Raejean Fellows, a part time resident of Scottsdale, suggested that he form a new chapter as part of an expansion in Arizona.

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3 AutoNation USA retail outlets obvious up to now this while

Baua Electric

The struggle persisted, to start with, till 2018, when AutoNation stated it might idleness the ones enlargement plans. Past the Albuquerque, Austin and Colorado Springs places, AutoNation USA has shops in Phoenix and Avondale, Ariz. He nearest known as for as many as 20 imaginable retail outlets. Louis; Henderson, Nev.; Charlotte, N.C.;

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Waymo Jaguar I-Pace Lets Passengers Aboard

Get Electric Vehicle

Initially, the rides will be conducted in San Francisco as a part of Waymo’s Trusted Tester Program. . While San Francisco was one of Waymo’s early testing sites, it is lagging behind the Phoenix metropolitan region in terms of autonomous ride-hailing commercialization. It takes only 4.6 seconds to reach 0-60 MPH.