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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

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Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

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The LTD Board of Directors is now developing ambitious emission reduction goals for its fleet, and the partnership with New Flyer and commitment to investing in electric vehicles is an important part of its carbon reduction strategy.

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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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Electrify America has released its National Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Plan for Cycle 2; Cycle 2 is a 30-month investment period that begins in July 2019. Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC.

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Woven Planet to acquire CARMERA; boost to Woven alpha's automated mapping platform (AMP) initiative

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CARMERA will join Woven Planet Group as a wholly-owned subsidiary, expanding the company’s footprint beyond its Tokyo headquarters by adding New York and Seattle offices to its planned offices in Silicon Valley and London. Lane-level object detection in downtown Detroit, part of an earlier CARMERA and TRI-AD mapping initiative.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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The most rewarding part of my career is helping to develop technologies that my friends and family members use and enjoy,” Kim says. He left Microsoft in Seattle where he had worked for three years as a software development engineer and speech scientist. The model was commercialized in 2019 and is now part of Samsung’s Galaxy phone.

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Amazon announces milestones within Rivian EDV fleet

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The fleet has now grown to over 3,000 vehicles, tripling in size and helping Amazon reach the sustainability goals that it outlined in 2019. including Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. More cities will be a part of the Amazon-Rivian EDV deliveries soon.

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JM Folk leads funding spherical for pc sight AI startup

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As a part of JM Folk’s funding, Kai Ramadan, vp of mounted operations for JM Folk subsidiary Southeast Toyota Vendors, will fasten Skaivision’s board of administrators. It contributed to a spherical in July 2022 for Recurrent, a Seattle corporate fascinated with tracking battery fitness for electrical cars.

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