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United to buy 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom; option for 35 more; optimized for 100% SAF

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—twice the speed of today’s fastest airliners—at 60,000 feeet, Overture can connect more than 500 destinations in nearly half the time. Among the many future potential routes for United are Newark to London in just three and a half hours, Newark to Frankfurt in four hours and San Francisco to Tokyo in just six hours.

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Toyota subsidiary Woven Planet acquires Lyft’s Level 5 Division to accelerate software innovation for automated driving; ~$550M deal

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The deal will bring together world-class scientists and software engineers from Level 5, Woven Planet, and researchers from Toyota Research Institute, Inc. Woven Planet Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, has agreed to acquire Level 5, the self-driving division of Lyft, Inc.

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Woven Planet to acquire CARMERA; boost to Woven alpha's automated mapping platform (AMP) initiative

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AMP is a connected crowdsourced software platform that supports the creation, development and distribution of high definition (HD) maps—a key enabler for smart and safe automated mobility. Together, the teams will tap into CARMERA’s ability to successfully update HD maps from crowdsourced, camera-based inputs?a

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Ford of Europe piloting geofencing and blockchain technology to ensure PHEVs operate efficiently in city center low-emission zones

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The study, which is also testing Ford PHEVs on the streets of London and Valencia, Spain, aims to better analyse and show the real-world benefits of such vehicles for the environment and for commercial vehicle owners and operators. The connected PHEVs will then automatically switch to low-emission mode when they enter these updated zones.

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PowerCell signs development contract for 3.2 MW maritime fuel cell system with Havyard Group

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The system solution that PowerCell and Havyard jointly will design, will be based on several marinized 200 kW fuel cell system modules connected in parallel with a total power of 3.2 The fuel cells are powered by hydrogen, pure or reformed, and produce electricity and heat with no emissions other than water.

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UK Government awards more than US$141M to 38 driverless and low carbon vehicle projects

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million); and the second round of the connected autonomous vehicles competition (CAV2) – 24 projects with support up to £31 million (US$40 million). The test bed program forms part of the government’s Industrial Strategy commitment to develop world-class CAV testing infrastructure. million (US$21.5

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Ford supports launch of mobility-focused startup business accelerator program in Detroit: Techstars Mobility

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The company has since expanded to Boston, Seattle, New York, San Antonio, Austin, Chicago and London. Serbinski and team will accept applications for the first class of 10 startups through March 15. Techstars Mobility, driven by Detroit will run for three years with a new class of 10 startups each year.

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