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Aurora releases Aurora Driver Beta 2.0

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It also debuts new capabilities and critical improvements to prepare the Aurora Driver for commercial launch, including: Advanced highway and suburban capabilities, including more complex construction zone navigation, key for hauling freight across the country. New commercial route with enhanced mapping for daily maintenance.

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

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The Linear Labs motor is characterized by two main attributes: (1) very high torque starting at low speeds, and (2) high efficiency throughout the speed range. Automotive manufacturers are already looking at HET technology as the solution to size, weight and range constraints. —Brad Hunstable, CEO of Linear Labs.

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

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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.

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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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This is the largest commitment for use of RNG to date by any company in the United States, with a range of 22.5 - 25 million gallon equivalents per year. 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.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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Our air corridor is one of several such test facilities; similar ranges are operating in or planned for New York, Ohio, and North Carolina. Most of the eVTOLs being designed or flown now are intended to be flown by a pilot on board, at least for the first several years of commercial operation. government agencies.

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Edeniq and Flint Hills Resources Renewables establish joint development relationship for ethanol

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Flint Hills Resources Renewables expects further adoption of Edeniq equipment to provide bolt-on technologies needed to extract sugar from a wide range of cellulosic (non-food) feedstocks to create cellulosic ethanol. Flint Hills will also conduct commercial testing and scale-up of Edeniq’s Pathway platform.

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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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