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Waymo riders most frequently travel to these areas of San Francisco: data

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Between September and February, Waymo robotaxis carried over 530,000 passengers around the city, most frequently bringing passengers to job centers like the Financial District, event hubs like the Chase Center, and other areas—especially those with difficult parking situations.

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Study: tightening vehicle emissions standards resulted in higher rates of automaker non-compliance; unintended effects of threshold-based regulations

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Anything like that is easily going to trigger unethical conduct. The paper mentions several instances of high-profile, threshold-based non-compliance, from dairy providers to accounting firms and financial institutions. Economically, automakers have little financial incentive to abide by the tight emissions standards.

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Georgia Tech team develops melt-infiltration technique for scalable production of solid-state batteries

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—Professor Gleb Yushin, corresponding author. —Kostiantyn Turcheniuk, co-author. The Materials Science lab team currently is focused on developing other electrolytes that will have lower melting points and higher conductivities using the same technique proven in the lab. Materials at low temperatures don’t react.

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Transit and transportation agencies form national Automated Bus Consortium; initial purchase of 75-100 automated buses

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Consortium members will define candidate deployment routes and locations, operating plans, automated bus specifications, financial plans and deployment strategies. By joining the Consortium, the cost of conducting local automated bus projects should be reduced for each agency.

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Twitter’s filing citing federal investigation on Elon Musk seems to be old news

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Recently, news emerged that Twitter’s legal team had written in a court filing that Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities in relation to his attempted acquisition of the social media company. Twitter’s legal team also asked the court for access to documents that Musk had given to authorities. ” . .”

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Further help confirmed for car finance consumers still facing coronavirus difficulties

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed support will continue for motor finance consumers facing payment difficulties due to coronavirus (Covid-19), including a ban on repossessions until 31 October 2020

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Daimler and LBBW successfully utilize blockchain technology for launch of corporate Schuldschein

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Daimler AG and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) for the first time have jointly used blockchain technology to execute a financial transaction. Daimler and LBBW successfully tested this innovative technology for capital markets in parallel with the process that is required by regulatory authorities.