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Our Next Energy’s battery design increases space efficiency and eschews traditional nickel-cobalt.
Range anxiety in the rearview?

Our Next Energy, Inc. is focused on developing a battery-pack structure that the company believes will improve battery performance and safety.
Bird-Kultgen Ford in Waco, Texas, reported record gross revenue in total sales and service even while some employees worked from home as part of the dealership’s virtual sales tower.
For Texas store, remote work spurs big gains

Jeff Gabbert, vice president of sales at Bird-Kultgen Ford in Waco, finds ways to reduce contracts in transit and fresh meaning in the benefits of remote work.
J.D. Power exec: What consumers should know about owning and home-charging EVs

J.D. Power sees a big opportunity in educating consumers on efficient home-charging of electric vehicles.
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Where are the best places for public EV chargers?

Reshaping the transportation landscape with a sprawling network of chargers does not alone ensure the success of electric vehicles.
Illinois’ Pekin School District received an electric vehicle-to-grid bus from Blue Bird in a partnership with Nuvve and another district.
School buses could provide mobile power

Can school buses deliver power in addition to pupils? That's the promise energy and sustainability experts see in transforming the nation's fleet into a vehicular form of grid resilience.
Waymo secures $2.5 billion more from investors

Little more than a year after its first external fundraising, Waymo said Wednesday the latest round comes mainly from the same group of firms that invested in 2020.
GM's Super Cruise studied for how drivers actually use it

Drivers aren't inattentive once they turn on GM's driver-assist system. They're pioneering a new collaboration between motorist and machine, according to a new study.
Pandemic's toll includes historic rise in pedestrian deaths

The rate rose 21 percent in 2020 over the previous year, according to Governors Highway Safety Association estimates. And the increase may not subside along with COVID-19.
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Waymo, J.B. Hunt form partnership centered on self-driving big rigs

The Google affiliate will soon carry freight along Interstate 45 in Texas for a J.B. Hunt customer.
Startup Waabi promises 'radical' new approach to self-driving tech

Raquel Urtasun, a former Uber Advanced Technologies Group executive with extensive computer science expertise, has launched the company, which will first target the autonomous trucking market.
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Toyota Ventures gets $300 million infusion for more investments

Since its inception four years ago, Toyota's venture capital division has invested in 38 companies, including May Mobility, Joby Aviation, Nauto and Perceptive Automata.
Radar vanishes from Tesla's view, prompting swift safety concerns

Tesla says it has stopped equipping new Model Y and Model 3 vehicles with radar sensors in favor of its camera-only Tesla Vision system.
Earth Rides’ fleet includes a Polestar 2. Unlike larger rivals, the startup owns or leases vehicles.
An EV-only ride-hailing startup finds firm footing

Regulators are pushing ride-hailing services to drive toward electrified fleets. Earth Rides, a Nashville startup, is already there.
When a self-driving car doesn't know what to do

A new video shows how Waymo cars, with no human backup drivers, handle anomalies on public roads. 
Kodiak Robotics says the project is similar to its business of hauling goods on interstates.
From highway to flight line, Kodiak Robotics finds familiar ground

The self-driving truck company is working with the Air Force to explore the use of autonomous vehicles at the Dover base in Delaware.