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

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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.

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Aurora releases Aurora Driver Beta 2.0

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This release powers Aurora’s next-generation truck fleet and its recently unveiled Toyota Sienna test fleet. New commercial route between Fort Worth and El Paso supported by daily map updates. is the first product release that is powering Aurora’s trucking fleet and its ride-hailing Toyota Sienna fleet.

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

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LL was established in 2013 after developing an entirely new methodology in the construction of electric motor and generator technologies that create more power while using less energy. Linear Labs motors significantly beat Department of Energy and ARPA-E goals for Cost Density and Power Density. million seed round led by Science Inc.

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

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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.

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Westport LD announces new natural gas system for Ford Super Duty Pickups

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introduced the new WiNG system , an advanced, integrated, bi-fuel system for passenger and commercial vehicles targeting fleet customers. The Westport WiNG Power System will be available in the popular Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty pickup trucks sold and serviced through authorized Ford dealers. Westport Innovations Inc.

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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Littlefair, is the exclusive provider of Redeem RNG, the first RNG made available in commercial quantities in the US. UPS fueling stations in Albuquerque, N.M.; Atlanta, Ga.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Commerce City, Colo.; Orleans, La.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Omaha, Neb.;

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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Two days after the launch, Goddard received its first MSS image, showing the Dallas–Fort Worth area. (In Today’s commercial high-resolution satellites can have a resolution of 30 centimeters. In the false-color image, shown at top, reds are vegetation and grays and whites are urban or rocky land.)

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