Cars That Think

AUGUST 18, 2021

Yesterday's video from Boston Dynamics showing a pair of Atlas robots doing parkour together is already up to nearly 3 million views, and for good reason. And happily, Boston Dynamics had answers! Kuindersma and Stephens: When building robots like Atlas, there's always a long list of engineering tradeoffs that shape the final design.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power Inc. By utilizing Boston-Power’s Swing Cell products, customers can realize the ease of assembly benefits of large format modules while retaining the benefits of packing density, reliability and thermal performance that come with using Boston-Power’s small form-factor battery cells.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Boston-Power, Inc., a provider of next-generation lithium-ion battery cells, modules and systems ( earlier post ), has entered a multi-year agreement to provide lithium-ion battery systems to Beijing Electric Vehicle Company (BJEV), the electric vehicle delivery arm of Beijing Automotive Industry Company (BAIC). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

nuTonomy , developer of software for self-driving cars, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Boston and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that authorizes nuTonomy to begin testing its growing fleet of self-driving cars on specific public streets in a designated area of Boston. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

Boston-Power, Inc. Long-standing Boston-Power investors Oak Investment Partners and Foundation Asset Management (FAM) also participated. '. Boston-Power recently broke ground on its new manufacturing site in Liyang. Concurrently, Boston-Power is establishing an R&D and EV battery engineering facility in Beijing.

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AUGUST 31, 2022

Factorial Energy, a developer of solid-state battery technology for electric vehicle (EV) applications, will establish a new advanced manufacturing facility in the Boston suburb of Methuen, Mass. The company’s proprietary FEST (Factorial Electrolyte System Technology) leverages a solid electrolyte material. Based in Woburn, Mass.,

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Boston-Power, Inc., The growth capital and Chinese government incentives will be used predominantly to scale manufacturing, research and development, and business development activities in China for the company’s energy storage technology and products. GSR Ventures has offices in Beijing and Silicon Valley. Reorganizing.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Boston-based SES AI Corporation, a developer of high-performance lithium-metal (Li-Metal) rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and other applications, has incorporated its subsidiary SES Korea and plans to build a pre-production facility in South Korea. It’s all about speed and winning the race. SK) and LG Corporation.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Electra will complete the build-out of a green-iron refining pilot plant in 2023 at its headquarters in Boulder, CO, and plans to have a commercial-scale demonstration plant qualified by the second half of this decade. Electra plans to forge additional partnerships across the entire steel value chain.

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JUNE 18, 2021

The Imperium3 consortium, which is building the New York-based gigafactory, consists of Magnis Energy, Charge CCCV LLC (C4V), and Boston Energy and Innovation (BEI). The company’s substantial growth plans include building out 32 GWh of capacity over eight years. Magnis direct and indirectly owns 50.86% of iM3NY.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Funded by SEK 86 million (approximately US$12 million) from a Swedish Energy Agency grant announced on 10 December, the coalition includes companies from the automotive manufacturing, battery and electric power train sectors. Boston-Power, Inc. The group plans to build more than 100 additional cars in 2010.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 17, 2024

Boston Dynamics has just introduced a new Atlas humanoid robot , replacing the legendary hydraulic Atlas and intended to be a commercial product. Playter became the CEO in 2019, helping the company make the difficult transition from R&D to commercial products with Spot , Stretch , and now (or very soon) Atlas.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ford celebrated the production start of the all-new F-150 at the Ford Rouge Center and confirmed construction of the new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center where it will build the all-electric F-150 by mid-2022. The F-Series franchise alone generates more revenue than major companies such as McDonalds, Nike, Coca-Cola, Visa and Netflix.

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JUNE 21, 2023

The company aims for 2 million units in annual EV sales by 2030. President and CEO Jaehoon Chang explained how the company’s second-generation dedicated EV platform, under the new Integrated Modular Architecture (IMA), will replace its Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) going forward. trillion (US$27.8

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OCTOBER 8, 2016

Autonomous vehicle technology company Nauto has entered into strategic agreements with three major auto companies, including BMW i Ventures and Toyota Research Institute, as well as with Allianz Ventures, part of the leading global financial service provider and insurance company Allianz Group.

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Electrek

APRIL 12, 2022

Boston-based solar company ClearPath Energy and Maitland, Florida-based Castillo Engineering , a solar engineering firm, are building six community bifacial solar farms in New York State. The post New York State is getting 38 MW of community bifacial solar farms appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

JUNE 1, 2021

Richmond, Virginia-headquartered Dominion Energy is building the Charybdis , the first Jones Act-qualified offshore wind turbine installation vessel in the US. Interesting name choice for the vessel – a dangerous mythological sea monster.).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

Delays in getting electrical service hooked up represent one of the biggest roadblocks to building more EV charging hubs, and several industry insiders have told Charged that a major reason for those delays is a shortage of transformers. The company recently announced plans to invest $1.5

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Cars That Think

APRIL 11, 2024

Last December, the AI Institute announced that it was opening an office in Zurich as a European counterpart to its Boston headquarters and recruited Marco Hutter to helm the office. We’re very different from a traditional company, where at some point you need to have a product that makes money. Do you feel the same?

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

As well as conversions of new Ford Rangers and Toyota Hiluxes – the two top selling utes in the country – which will be priced from $47,990 (plus the cost of the ute), Roev is gearing up for EV conversions of the same utes with build dates as far back as 2016. Roev says it wants to convert 1000 utes in the first 12 months.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2024

In a new video posted today, Boston Dynamics is sending off its hydraulic Atlas humanoid robot. Hydraulic Atlas has certainly earned some relaxation; Boston Dynamics has been absolutely merciless with its humanoid research program. Now it’s time for our hydraulic Atlas robot to kick back and relax.” This is a robot that will be missed.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The World Economic Forum (WEF), in partnership with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, has launched the First Movers Coalition—a new platform for companies to make purchasing commitments that create new market demand for low carbon technologies. The remaining sectoral commitments will launch in early 2022.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 22, 2022

As the demand for smart home security grows, it’s pertinent that the engineers who build the products and services that keep millions of customers safe continue to experiment with new technologies that could enhance overall security and accessibility. At SimpliSafe , an award-winning home security company based in Boston, Mass.,

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JANUARY 5, 2021

It will also accelerate the building of EV infrastructure. Hyundai Motor Group will set up 20 high-speed charging stations in Korea by 2021 and will further expand its charging network in cooperation with energy companies. And as a result, only those companies prepared for continuous transformations will survive and grow.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Boston-Power, Inc., maker of the long-lasting, fast-charging Sonata Li-ion battery for laptops, is planning to build a 455,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Auburn, Massachusetts that would complement its existing China-based operations. Boston-Power uses cobalt and manganese on the cathode with graphite on the anode.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

—James Greenberger, executive director at NAATBatt International The Li-Bridge report—“ Building a Robust and Resilient US Lithium Battery Supply Chain ”—includes 26 recommended actions to bolster the domestic lithium battery industry.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

With Boston Dynamics’ recent(ish) emphasis on making robots that can do things that are commercially useful , it’s always good to be gently reminded that the company is still at the cutting edge of dynamic humanoid robotics. Or in this case, forcefully reminded.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2017

A consortium led by Boston Energy and Innovation (BEI) has signed an exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Townsville, Australia City Council to investigate the financial viability of building a 15GWh battery manufacturing plant in Townsville.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The $300-million investment will build on Electrify America’s initial priorities and expand into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or are most likely to be used regularly.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Yesterday, six companies that build or support sophisticated mobile robots (led by Boston Dynamics). Along with Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, and Unitree, Boston Dynamics’ letter seeks to ensure that its robots are used safely and ethically, in a way that helps rather than harms.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2017

By combining forces with Lyft in the US, we’ll be positioned to build the best passenger experience for self-driving cars. Both companies care immensely about solving urban transportation issues and the future of our cities, and we look forward to working with Lyft as we continue to improve our autonomous vehicle software system.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The company is initially focused on marketing them to fleet managers, who are expected to use the displays for advertising messages, but expects early adopters to quickly jump on the technology, and other consumers to come on board as the company proves out the plates’ usefulness. Boston said three more U.S. Not a bad list.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 4, 2023

The R&D center will focus on building partnerships with Chinese universities and research institutes to secure core battery technologies, according to a report by Korea JoongAng Daily on April 2. Samsung SDI opened SDI R&D Europe (SDIRE) in Munich last July and SDI R&D America (SDIRA) in Boston last August.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The robots are coming anyway, as Boston Dynamics videos clearly show. I will not be able to ensure that robots made by other companies are safe, but I can try my best to do so at Tesla,” Musk answered when asked why the Tesla Bot is being made. The robots are coming anyway, as Boston Dynamics videos clearly show.

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MARCH 12, 2021

For centuries, engineers have known that forces from electric fields can also be harnessed to build motors, but these so-called electrostatic motors were too weak and problematic to compete with their electromagnetic counterparts. 03TH8664), Boston, MA, USA, pp. Almost all electric motors today use magnetism to generate torque.

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Cars That Think

JULY 22, 2023

Agility isn’t the only robotics company to share its failures with an online audience. First, both Boston Dynamics and Agility Robotics have human-scale bipedal robots for which not falling seems pretty normal. Boston Dynamics’s Aaron Saunders, and Agility Robitics’ Jonathan Hurst and Bambi Brewer on.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Approximately 75% of the new charging station sites will be located at workplaces, with the remainder at apartment buildings, condominiums and other multi-family properties. The companies have committed to install 35% of all multi-family and workplace sites in California in designated low-income or disadvantaged community areas.

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