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Qantas and Airbus to invest US$200M to establish SAF industry in Australia

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The Qantas Group, which has committed to using 10% SAF in its overall fuel mix by 2030, is sourcing SAF overseas, including 15% of its fuel use out of London currently and 20 million liters each year for flights from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Australia from 2025.

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SF Residents Disable Autonomous Vehicles With Traffic Cones

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San Francisco has become a hub for companies wanting to test autonomous vehicles thanks to its progressive leadership and proximity to Silicon Valley. Police have even issued warrants to obtain video footage captured by autonomous vehicles operating in San Francisco and Arizona's Maricopa County.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn. San Jose, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif. San Jose, Calif. SunPower, San Jose, Calif.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Four of the top 15 markets are in California: San Francisco (1), Los Angeles (2), San Diego (7) and Sacramento (8). The Top 15 LEAF markets nationally, rank-ordered (Nissan does not specify sales data down to the DMA level, but does suggest reasons for the sales performance): San Francisco.

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Toyota Research Institute developing blended envelope control for Guardian driver assistance

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In a briefing at CES 2019, Dr. Gill Pratt, Toyota Research Institute (TRI) CEO and Toyota Motor Corporation Fellow said that one of TRI’s most significant breakthroughs this year was the creation of blended envelope control for its Guardian driver assistance system. TRI is following a two-track development approach to automated driving.

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Tesla responds to $137M jury order over alleged racism in Fremont Factory

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Tesla has issued a statement responding to a San Francisco jury’s recent decision, which ordered the company to pay $137 million to a former contract employee who worked at the Fremont factory. The jury’s decision was related by Lawrence Organ, the plaintiff’s lawyer from the California Civil Rights Law Group.

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Singapore LTA selects nuTonomy for trials of autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service; new AV testing center

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Delphi Automotive Systems has been testing its self-driving technology in the United States, where an Audi SQ5 prototype completed a coast-to-coast drive from San Francisco to New York in 99%autonomous mode last year. CETRAN will spearhead the development of testing requirements for SDVs, as there is no existing international standard.

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