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It's finally here. I couldn't be more excited about the guests we'll have on our multiple stages and all the people I will meet there. I hope you are a part of that group.
I went to Phoenix earlier this week to check out what Waymo was up to. I have not taken a ride in a self-guided vehicle in a while. The last car it was was a Chrysler. I took a ride in a car without a human safety driver.
The public is not currently able to ride the rides in downtown Phoenix. Only people who have signed non-disclosure agreements can hail a ride. The employee used their phone to hail the ride for me. We drove around for about 30 minutes, leaving the vehicle and then hailing it again.
An improvement to its self- driving system was rolled out a few months ago. Senior product manager Pablo Abad said that the planning piece was the change. The newer version is more focused on machine learning and neural nets.
Adad gives an explanation.
It can take a long time to co-ordinate for all these different scenarios. It becomes harder for other developers to make changes to the system without affecting other parts. If you give the system all of the training data, it will be able to learn the best behavior on its own, rather than having to manually get in there and make changes.
A system that can handle more dynamic situations has been created. The vehicle was able to execute difficult situations more smoothly than I remembered. New features can be easily folded in.
Upcoming cyclists will be alert by it.
I am curious about how the robotaxis operate in San Francisco, since I have been in downtown Phoenix. That's for sure.
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Amazon plans to double the number of micromobility hubs it has in Europe.
If Apple decided to make an e-bike instead of an electric car, what would happen? That question is explored by the news agency.
Bird published an independently verified Life Cycle Analysis for its Bird Three 2-scooter, which shows the scooter has a lifespan of up to five years after refurbishment and is one of the lowest GHG emissions in Europe.
Radio Flyer is famous for its little red wagon. The option to add accessories like storage bins, cargo container and child seats is available on the bike.
The League of American Bicyclists has technical guidelines for safe interactions between self-guided vehicles and cyclists.
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There wasn't a lot of news this week. Here is a list of the ones I was interested in.
Ascendant Mobility Acquisition I withdrew its plans for an initial public offering. Peter Bardenfleth-Hansen and Jochen Rudat were involved in the creation of the SPAC.
Bird amended its $150 million vehicle financing credit facility so that it doesn't have to pay money back during the slow, dead winter months and can ramp up payments during the spring and summer months. As we near Q3 earnings, there is interesting news.
Delta Air Lines invested $60 million into Joby Aviation and plans to launch an e VTOL service that will take passengers from local vertiports to airports in Los Angeles and New York.
A $30 million growth capital credit facility has been secured by the company.
The Indian car rental startup is planning to go public in the US through a merger.
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The company has a go-to-market strategy after its most recent deal.
Food will be delivered via robot on college campuses in the U.S. through a partnership between Starship Technologies and GrubHub.
The high cost of living in the Bay Area is one of the reasons why the cafeteria workers are forming a union.
Tim De Chant writes that the recalled EV should not be counted towards the fuel economy of the fleet.
A line of energy products was launched by General GM. This is a lot of work. GM Energy is trying to cover the range of EV ownership, including stationary energy storage, solar through a partnership with SunPower, bi-directional charging technology to deliver power from the vehicle to the grid and a cloud product that houses data and management software.
Honda is spending $700 million to retool three of its Ohio plants in order to build electric vehicles.
The Polestar 3 is an all-electric SUV that Polestar hopes will propel its transition to a mass market automaker.
Our own Rebecca Bellan went to have a ride on the new Sion solar-powered EV from SonoMotors. She met another person there.
Sony and Honda launched a joint mobility venture that aims to deliver premium electric vehicles with automated driving capabilities in the U.S.
The circular economy business unit of the company has a plan to bring in more than 2 billion in revenue by the year 2030. The circular economy is getting hotter.
Cabify Logistics is a B2B2C unit that provides storage and last mile delivery. $20 million will be invested in the new unit.
The U.S. Department of Labor wants to change the way gig workers are classified in order to fight employee misclassification. The shares of companies reliant on gig workers fell.
Andrew Winterton was appointed as general counsel of the company.
The ex-Aston Martin CEO and the ex-global head of the Genesis brand were appointed as co-CEOs of Piech automotive.
A federal jury found the founder of the company guilty of securities fraud. Even though it hadn't made a single truck, the company's constant efforts to pump the stock, including lying to investors, helped push the company's valuation past established automakers. He will be sentenced on January 27 and could face up to 20 years in prison.
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