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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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Electrify America will invest in metro-based direct current fast charging (DCFC) stations in 18 metro areas, including these new metro areas in Cycle 2: Atlanta, Baltimore, Honolulu, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

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Waymo approved to expand operations in California, with some backlash

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Credit: Waymo Credit: Waymo In Arizona, Waymo recently expanded its driverless testing operations to include highways around Phoenix , expected to make ride times significantly shorter for passengers. In both states, the company operates Jaguar I-Pace vehicles equipped with several sensors to perform driverless rides.

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Waymo Jaguar I-Pace Lets Passengers Aboard

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While San Francisco was one of Waymo’s early testing sites, it is lagging behind the Phoenix metropolitan region in terms of autonomous ride-hailing commercialization. Because in 2017, Waymo began providing rides to Phoenix residents and though the company didn’t make considerable money, the program is said to be a success.

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Video Friday: Grav Enhanced

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Flexiv’s Grav Enhanced gripper uses a gecko adhesive, which has historically been difficult to do in a commercial context. Today, we have a fully driverless taxi services in San Francisco and Phoenix. We’re looking forward to more details on how they’re making it work. CMU RI ]

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California Grants Cruise and Waymo Expansion Approval

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This opens the door to allow Waymo to begin charging for autonomous taxi services, something Cruise was already doing there, and accelerate their respective AV programs within California.& billion in June 2021, and in 2022, the company expanded public service to Phoenix from San Francisco. Waymo completed an investment round of $2.5

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. Vehicles to be deployed include 163 CNG, the vast majority for high mileage taxis and 18 heavy-duty LNG refuse trucks. The project also includes construction of a B20 station.