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Study associates arrival of ridehailing with 3% increase in traffic deaths

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The arrival of ridehailing is associated with an increase of approximately 3 percent in the number of motor vehicle fatalities and fatal accidents, according to research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Rice University. Finally, the researchers quantify the financial costs of the additional fatalities.

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UAW Announces Another Strike Expansion

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This week’s targets include Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant, responsible for the Explorer and Lincoln Aviator, and General Motors’ Lansing Delta Township Assembly, responsible for the Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave.& The United Auto Workers (UAW) has decided to broaden its strike on Friday.

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Rivian (RIVN) officially shuts down Normal EV plant for upgrades as R2 creates a buzz

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Rivian has already significantly reduced the cost of building each vehicle over the past year, but the EV maker expects the upgrades will “meaningfully reduce” material costs. Plus, we’re making a lot of upgrades to our vehicles, many that you won’t see, but they help us with our costs,” Fallon said, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

Cars That Think

The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago.

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This lamppost EV charger just went commercial in the US

Baua Electric

The New York and San Francisco-based company is developing and deploying EV charging projects in US cities like New York, Chicago, Detroit, and others this spring. The company says its platform provides EV drivers convenient and affordable charging while reducing installation costs, time, maintenance, and chargers’ footprint.

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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

Teslarati

by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. CEO Elon Musk recently advised the company to cut costs in any way possible or it could face potential closure. That affordability threshold is very important,” Musk said in June. “It

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ARCADIS Sustainable Cities Index: US cities held back by transportation, environmental factors

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The largest US cities—New York, Los Angeles and Chicago—score best in economic factors but are hindered by poor transportation infrastructure, lack of green spaces and diminishing affordable housing, according to the inaugural Sustainable Cities Index by ARCADIS, a leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm.