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Electra raises $85M to advance Low-Temperature Iron process; electrochemical refining at 60?C

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Electra has raised $85 million to produce Low-Temperature Iron (LTI) from commercial and low-grade ores using zero-carbon intermittent electricity. Electra’s process emits zero carbon dioxide emissions and carries zero green premium, meaning it will cost the same or less than existing production methods powered by fossil fuels.

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Lux Research: “The rush to proclaim driverless cars as the near future for personal transport is, simply, wrong”

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In a note following the 2014 Automated Vehicle Symposium, Lux Research said : “ The rush to proclaim driverless cars as the near future for personal transport is, simply, wrong. ” The rush to proclaim driverless cars as the near future for personal transport is, simply, wrong. Multiple times, we heard the phrase “But Google says.”

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Ford confirms construction of Rouge EV center to be home of electric F-150; production by mid-2022

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The electric F-150, which is undergoing tens of thousands of hours of torture testing and targeting millions of simulated, laboratory and real world test miles, will be more powerful than any F-150 available today and deliver commercial and personal customers the lowest expected lifetime total cost of operation among F-Series trucks.

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Boston Dynamics’ Robert Playter on the New Atlas

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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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Maven Gig begins expanding geographically; Bolt EV the most popular

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Future cities include Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. Having unlimited mileage and insurance to cover personal and commercial use are extremely important for drivers in the gig economy. In Boston, Maven Gig will start with 20 Bolt EVs and will scale as infrastructure allows.

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Electra Vehicles, Inc. Announces $21 Million Financing Round led by United Ventures

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Boston, USA & Milan, Italy, 22nd February 2023 - , Electra Vehicles, Inc. , the B2B electric vehicle AI software company headquartered in Boston, USA that produces Cloud and onboard software to optimize the performance of electric vehicle battery systems, announced it has raised $21M in an oversubscribed investment round.

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Years Later, Alphabet’s Everyday Robots Have Made Some Progress

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It might be effective when constrained to a research environment, but fundamentally, "platform" typically means "getting it to do (commercially?) 1:40 — People really like throwing shade at Boston Dynamics, don't they? What Boston Dynamics is doing is very hard, very impressive, and come on, pretty darn exciting.

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