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Uber expands autonomous driving service in Texas

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Uber has expanded its autonomous freight delivery service with Aurora Innovation in Texas in preparation for the holiday season. Uber is now a leader in the autonomous driving sector as they have expanded its autonomous taxi services around the country. On the route, Uber will employ the modified Peterbilt 579M produced by Aurora. .

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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As part of a program to develop the needed flight rules and communications systems, we are leading a consortium of a dozen companies and universities, called the North Texas Cohort , that is operating an experimental air corridor north of Dallas, Texas. Air Force, and the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

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NASA adds 14 new partners to Advanced Air Mobility project’s National Campaign; urban air mobility

Green Car Congress

Thirteen companies and one university have signed agreements with NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project’s National Campaign to continue work towards integrating air taxis, cargo delivery aircraft and other new air vehicle concepts into the national airspace system. SkyGrid, and The University of North Texas. Metron Aviation Inc.,

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Mercedes-Benz and BMW to sell car-sharing JV SHARE NOW to Stellantis

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Portland, Oregon, Denver, Colorado, Columbus, Ohio and Austin, Texas. With one click users can reach the largest selection of vehicles in Europe, from e-scooters to e-bikes, e-mopeds and car sharing to taxis and chauffeured vehicles. Free2move also operates car sharing in Europe (Paris and Madrid). million users.

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Tesla adds Steam integration in its 2022 Holiday Update

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. “We’re also working on a new vehicle that I alluded to at the Giga Texas opening, which is a dedicated robo-taxi that’s highly optimized for autonomy, meaning it would not have steering wheel or pedals. ” “It’s trying to achieve the lowest fully considered cost per mile or cost per kilometer, accounting everything.

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High oleic soy-based motor oils receive API certification

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Working with Infineum, the additive subsidiary of ExxonMobil and Shell, Biosynthetic Technologies has also recently completed a successful field trial fleet test using these high oleic-based biosynthetic motor oils in taxis operating in Las Vegas.

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Waymo starts fully autonomous rides in LA tomorrow; Austin later this year

Baua Electric

Waymo has announced that it will start offering fully autonomous ride-hailing services to the general public in Los Angeles starting tomorrow, March 14th, and that Austin, Texas will open up “later this year.” Waymo’s coverage area in Austin is 43 square miles, and it has already started testing autonomous, but for Waymo employees only.

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