article thumbnail

Werner piloting Aurora’s autonomous trucks on 600-mile route in Texas

Green Car Congress

Aurora Innovation and Werner Enterprises, a premier transportation and logistics provider, announced a collaboration and commercial pilot to test and deploy safely autonomous trucks on one of the most commercially active and critical stretches of highway in the US. trucking industry: Atlanta to Los Angeles.

El Paso 418
article thumbnail

Aurora unveils ride-hailing test fleet based on Toyota Sienna; testing in Texas

Green Car Congress

Aurora Innovation unveiled its test fleet of its autonomous custom-designed Toyota Sienna vehicles featuring Toyota’s Vehicle Control Interface (VCI) and “Sienna Autono-MaaS” (S-AM) platform. Aurora plans to continue adding vehicles to the fleet and testing in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in preparation for commercial launch.

article thumbnail

Walmart to buy 4,500 Canoo electric delivery vehicles; option for up to 10,000

Green Car Congress

While the LDV is expected to begin hitting the road in 2023, the companies plan to kick-off advanced deliveries to refine and finalize vehicle configuration in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex in the coming weeks. Its customized interior is designed for small package delivery, at competitive per stop economics.

Arkansas 345
article thumbnail

Linear Labs closes $4.5M seed round to fund commercialization of new electric motor technology

Green Car Congress

The data has shown that the Linear Labs (LL) configuration is capable of producing nearly 100% more torque and continuous power than its commercial counterparts within the same frame size and geometrical envelope. With virtually no end windings, the LL machine allows for reduced copper losses. kW/kg respectively, at a base speed of 3000 RPM.

article thumbnail

HET motor company Linear Labs raises $6M in new funding

Green Car Congress

million partnership with the City of Fort Worth, Texas, was announced, which includes an incentive package involving Linear Labs’ plans to develop an advanced manufacturing facility. Linear Labs has raised an additional $6 million in funding to further develop manufacturing capabilities and grow its employee base.

Motor 286
article thumbnail

SwRI-led team achieves 20% improvement in vehicle fuel efficiency with connectivity, automation; ARPA-E NEXTCAR

Green Car Congress

The team achieved these benefits by developing the next generation in vehicle dynamic and powertrain (VD&PT) control software, designed to proactively use “look-ahead” information to anticipate vehicle power demand. The new tools developed to meet these efficiency goals include eco-routing, eco-driving and power-split optimization.

Connect 418
article thumbnail

UT Arlington licenses technology for portable, modular GTL conversion units; targeting stranded gas

Green Car Congress

of Fort Worth for commercialization. UT Arlington engineering and science researchers designed a portable conversion unit utilizing their microreactor and process. a Fort Worth-based, publicly traded company, to aid in commercializing the patent-pending process.

Arlington 199