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Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple using NVIDIA DRIVE

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In 2017, NVIDIA GPU Ventures joined a group of investors led by Chinese social media company Sina in investing more than $20 million in the Chinese startup. In June 2017, the company successfully completed a 200-mile Level 4 test drive from San Diego to Yuma, Arizona, using NVIDIA GPUs and cameras as the primary sensor.

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Benchmark: Li-ion battery pipeline could exceed 6 TWh by end of decade

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Total lithium-ion capacity existing or being built has doubled since the beginning of 2021, following announcements of new plants by Chinese and South Korean battery producers, according to Benchmark’s Gigafactory Assessment. LG Energy Solutions said it would invest KRW 1.7 trillion (US$1.4

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Tesla Model S update, Model Y decision, Nissan Leaf ad, Nio delays: Today's Car News

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Chinese startup automaker Nio will delay introducing a car in the U.S. Chevron staged a campaign to lobby against new EV chargers in Arizona. A new ad likens the Nissan Leaf to a wingsuit. beyond 2020. Reports claim Tesla's made a decision about where to make Model Y. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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California approves Waymo robotaxi services in LA, SF neighboring cities – ET Auto

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A Waymo robotaxi was attacked and set on fire in February as it stopped amid Chinese New Year celebrations in San Francisco’s Chinatown. That followed an incident in which another Waymo car struck a bicyclist at a city intersection.

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GM Shanghai GM Sign $600M Agreement to Export Vehicles, Machinery and Equipment from US to China

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In the presence of Chinese National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo and Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Ma Xiuhong, representatives from GM and Shanghai GM formalized an agreement for the purchase of complete vehicles, vehicle kits, machinery and equipment by the GM joint venture from its parent company.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Even so, during 2010-2014, people in parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, the Midwest and the Middle Atlantic still experienced more than 15 days a year in which ozone levels exceeded the US health-based air quality standard of 70 parts per billion (ppb) averaged over eight hours.

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Linda Ronstadt’s Tucson

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Native mainstays such as corn, beans and squash grow in the O’odham , Yoeme and Hohokam plots, while citrus trees scent the Spanish colonial orchards, jujube adorns the Chinese garden and leafy greens thrive in the Africa in the Americas fields (to name a few of the hundreds of crops on site). Ronstadt said.

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