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BMW launches new head unit for SAE Level 2+ automation with HERE HD Live Map

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HERE Technologies announced the BMW Group is utilizing the HERE HD Live Map, HERE’s high-definition map, to enable hands-free driving in the United States and Canada. HERE is one of the world’s first companies to provide high-definition maps for Level 2+ automated driving capabilities in series production vehicles.

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Driving Dystopia: Automakers Are Selling Your Driving Data to Insurance Companies

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LexisNexis analyzed that driving data to create a risk score “for insurers to use as one factor of many to create more personalized insurance coverage,” according to a LexisNexis spokesman, Dean Carney. Eight insurance companies had requested information about Mr. Dahl from LexisNexis over the previous month. “It

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Tesla stock dips as Elon Musk agrees to sell 10% of his personal TSLA shares

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I do believe that him doing it in this way definitely would soften the blow and would help the perception as well,” Ives stated. . Tesla shares have soared 73% this year, and as of November 5, the company has reached a valuation of $1.2 “Selling 10% is probably going to add 1.5%

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Two Tesla execs to leave amid Musk’s “hardcore” cost and workforce reduction: report

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It appears that Tesla is definitely being led by a “wartime CEO” once more. This was hinted at in a recent report, which claimed that two more senior executives are leaving the company amidst Musk’s serious efforts to optimize the company’s workforce.

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ASX and Spirit AeroSystems partner to develop affordable eVTOL aircraft for mass production

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Airspace Experience Technologies ( ASX ), an aviation technology start-up, and Spirit AeroSystems, a global aircraft design and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding and a definitive agreement to cooperate on creation of affordable, certified all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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Next Fuel, Inc. signs definitive agreement to field test coal-to-gas technology in China; Chinese partner makes strategic investment

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The two companies also agreed to negotiate a strategic arrangement for the entire China market, if field tests are positive. If the field tests are successful, the parties intend to negotiate a definitive long term license agreement. Next Fuel, Inc., Next Fuel, Inc., Field testing is scheduled to begin by the end of July 2011.

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Hyundai launches global advocacy program to highlight its leading role in hydrogen fuel cell technology

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As part of its vision to facilitate ‘Progress for Humanity,’ Hyundai Motor Company has launched Hydrogen to You, or H2U campaign, which will raise awareness of its leadership in hydrogen fuel cell technology. What will the future definition of performance be in the context of sustainable mobility?

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