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Amazon puts first electric semi trucks into ocean freight operation

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They’ve already started hitting the road at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, with a dozen expected to be in service by the end of the year. On the one hand, Amazon is making a big deal out of buying electric drayage trucks – which isn’t really big a deal in 2024, since that’s a legal requirement at this point.

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Kenworth T680 fuel cell tractor on display at CES

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TTSI) at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California. With a dual-rotor traction motor output of 565 horsepower, the truck is capable of carrying the legal gross combination weight of a Class 8 vehicle. The T680 has been running trials in the Seattle area and performing very well. —Stephan Olsen.

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San Francisco Traffic Stands Still After Cruise AVs Stall in North Beach

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According to the Los Angeles Times , nearly a dozen driverless vehicles operated by General Motors’ Cruise stopped late Friday night on Vallejo Street in the North Beach bar and restaurant district. It’s unethical and immoral but legal,” he continued. Bottom line, this all goes to Gov. Gavin Christopher Newsom.”

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Frost & Sullivan: carsharing membership to reach 9.8M in 2025; 19.9% CAGR

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Top cities for Uber customers, based on percentage of receipts, are San Francisco (79%), followed by Dallas (60%) and Los Angeles (54%). Further, stringent state insurance laws, legal regulations, and increasing insurance costs in Europe and North America could slow down adoption to an extent.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

Cars That Think

Designed for the packaging industry, the new configuration allows containers to fit more tightly together so they can be transported better. He also is an adjunct assistant professor at the Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and he wrote The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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Indeed, 2022 may be the year that neurorights becomes a hot topic, bringing the young neurotech industry and the human rights community into uncomfortable conversations. Legal scholars working with the NeuroRights Foundation say the right to mental privacy is under the most imminent threat. Spain’s new. Staff attorney.

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How the FCC Settles Radio-Spectrum Turf Wars

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As an attorney, I represented a microwave-industry group in the ensuing legal dispute.). Phones, tablets, laptops, smart speakers, Wi-Fi-enabled TVs and other appliances, Internet-of-things devices, lots of commercial and industrial gear—they all need these same frequencies. Strategies for accomplishing that task vary.

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