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Clearpath Robotics raises $30M to expand indoor self-driving vehicle market

Green Car Congress

Companies like Google, Tesla and Uber are still testing, whereas our self-driving vehicles are commercially available today. Unlike city streets, a factory floor is a controlled environment, which makes it an ideal place to introduce self-driving vehicles at scale.

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Figure Promises First General Purpose Humanoid Robot

Cars That Think

Over the past year, Figure has hired more than 40 engineers from institutions that include IHMC, Boston Dynamics, Tesla, Waymo, and Google X, most of whom have significant prior experience with humanoid robots or other autonomous systems. The company got its start self-funded, but is closing a Series A within the next couple of weeks.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Reply Neutral KilgoreTrout @ Apr 19th 2009 5:14PM True, but if I havent been mislead by the documentary I have seen, the Tesla should have an even better solution: you just plug it in any normal home outlet and it doesnt require any special plug. Tesla probably did not sign up because they are already making EV cars.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The hybrid models available today use lead-acid ornickel-metal hydride batteries that are are proven, reliable, and fairlycheap, but their limited storage capacity means that the cars’ driving rangeusing electricity alone is short. Why does everybody state Tesla as US, When this is UK engineering from Norfolk in Great Britian?