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Waymo kicks off initial tests in Japan with launch event

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“I took my first ride with Waymo in Phoenix a year and a half ago and was amazed that there was really no one in the driver’s seat,” the chairman said. Ichiro Kawanabe, Board Director at Nihon Kotsu and Chairman at both GO and the Japan Taxi Association, said that Waymo’s U.S.

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Chinese Robotaxis Are Gunning for Global Domination

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China’s Robotaxi Trio: Baidu, Pony.ai, WeRide At the center of this push is Baidu, often considered the West Point of China’s autonomous vehicle (AV) industry. In 2022, it became China’s first fully driverless commercial robotaxi operator—a milestone for the industry. Unlike Waymo’s early suburban testing in Phoenix, Ariz.,

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Henry Samueli and the Rise of Digital Broadband

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thesisa highly theoretical paper entitled Nonperiodic forced overflow oscillations in digital filtersand a few years in industry before he felt he had satisfied that goal. The defense industry beckons With the completion of his doctoral thesis, Samueli joined a friend as a member of the technical staff at TRW, in Redondo Beach, Calif.

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Arbe launching 4D imaging radar beta product Phoenix

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Israel-based Arbe is launching Phoenix, its automotive 4D imaging radar beta product. Phoenix provides an image 100 times more detailed than other top industry radars, according to the company, offering superior separation of stationary and moving objects in real time—an industry first.

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Phoenix Drives inverter used in MAN Metropolis series-hybrid concept refuse truck

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The Phoenix Drives PD550-dual inverter is the main power electronics module used in the MAN Metropolis, a plug-in hybrid concept truck that will be on display at the eCarTec International Fair for Electric- and Hybrid-Mobility held 23-25 October 2012 in Munich. Earlier post.).

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Renault Group and Phoenix Mobility launch electric retrofit of commercial vehicles; Renault Master kit first

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Renault Group and Phoenix Mobility , a Grenoble-based company specializing in the conversion of commercial vehicles to electric power, have signed a letter of intent to form a strategic partnership for the development and commercial operation of a retrofit kit, the first of its kind in the French LCV market.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Production of lithium-ion cells, modules, and battery packs for industrial and agricultural vehicles and defense application markets.