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Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas – ET Auto

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Zoox also operates retrofitted self-driving Toyota Highlanders in Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Foster City, California. Zoox said it will free up its specially designed vehicles to drive at speeds up to 45 miles per hour (72 kph), from 35 mph. m)after she was hit by a human-driven car.

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GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 sells for three times its MSRP at Las Vegas auction

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A GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 has sold for $324,500 at the Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas Auction over the weekend. This GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 at Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas auction is not the first Hummer EV to sell for an extremely high price at an auction. The original MSRP of the vehicle is about $110,000.

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The Boring Company acquires more land for Vegas Loop expansion: report

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Reports have indicated that Elon Musk’s tunneling startup, The Boring Company, has purchased a new piece of land in Las Vegas. The site is expected to play a role in the expansion of the Vegas Loop, a series of tunnels that would allow commuters to travel to and from key locations around Sin City. million to build.

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Audi staging 550-mile piloted drive from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas for CES in Audi A7 Sportback concept

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Audi is staging a 550-mile (885 km) piloted drive from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas, Nevada for CES this week using the Audi A7 Sportback piloted driving concept car. The technologies are production ready including their vehicle integration and cost structure for vehicle production in the near future. Earlier post.)

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Elon Musk plans Fallout party in The Boring Company’s Vegas Loop

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 29, 2023 The Boring Company’s Vegas Loop is a big project, considering the tunneling system will eventually run throughout a significant portion of Las Vegas. So far, TBC has successfully opened the station at Resorts World and connected it to the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company submits plans for 6.2-mile Loop system in Miami

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mile transport tunnel system in Miami, FL. Similar to The Boring Company’s other projects like the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop, the cost of the Miami tunnels is quite attractive. The tunneling startup estimated that the proposed project would cost around $185-$220 million.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Vegas Loop reaches 1 million passengers

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After being proposed in 2019 and unveiled in April 2021, the Vegas Loop has provided a new, express-geared method of transportation for residents and visitors to travel between various hotspots in Tesla Model 3 and Model X vehicles. The Boring Company to purchase land from UNLV for Vegas Loop station The Boring Co.