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Florida Governor Signs Bill Allowing Self-driving Vehicles to Operate Without a Safety Driver
Jun 13, 2019 5:25 PM WSTOn Thursday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that expands the testing and use of autonomous vehicles, allowing companies to test the vehicles without a human driver present.
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Israeli Lidar Company Innoviz Technologies Raises an Additional $170 Million
Jun 11, 2019 3:08 PM WSTVenture capital firms continue to pour money into lidar companies, as the laser beam technology is quickly becoming an essential perception tool for driverless cars and other autonomous applications. Innoviz Technologies, an Israeli maker of advanced lidar sensors for self-driving cars, said it raised an additional $170 million in its latest investment round.
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Workhorse, the EV Company Looking to Move Into GM’s Shuttered Ohio Plant Gets a $25 Million Cash Infusion
Jun 10, 2019 8:17 PM WSTWorkhorse Group, the electric truckmaker that General Motors confirmed last month it was in negotiations with the company’s founder to purchase its shuttered assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio has received a much-needed cash infusion.
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Toyota to Speed up its EV Development, Will Turn to China for Batteries
Jun 07, 2019 12:39 PM WSTToyota Motor Corp is speeding up its timeline of having half of its global vehicle sales electric. To support the ambitious new timeline, Toyota said will turn to Chinese suppliers to supply the batteries needed for the new crop of electric models.
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General Motors CEO Defends Plan to Sell its Shuttered Ohio Assembly Plant to EV Startup Workhorse
Jun 05, 2019 4:37 PM WSTGeneral Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra on Wednesday defended the automaker’s plan to sell an assembly plant in Ohio, arguing the plan to sell the plant to electric vehicle startup Workhorse Group Inc was thoroughly vetted and has a chance of succeeding.
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Polestar 1 Enters Final Prototype Stage Before Production
Jun 05, 2019 12:31 PM WSTElectric performance car brand Polestar announced that its Polestar 1 electric car, its first ever model, is entering its final prototype state before heading to production.
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HERE Technologies Making it Easier for Drivers to Navigate with New Partnership
Jun 03, 2019 3:30 PM WSTA new partnership was announced today between industry leading mapping and location platform service provider HERE Technologies and Total Traffic & Weather Network (TTWN), the largest provider of traffic, weather, news and sports reports. The partnership will offer drivers another way to help avoid traffic, by incorporating precise real-time traffic information from TTWN in location services provided by HERE.
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Automotive Vision Sensor Startup TriEYE Raises $17 Million From Intel Capital
May 30, 2019 5:00 AM WSTIsraeli-based automotive sensor startup TriEYE Technologies LTD announced a $17 million investment from Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of chip-maker Intel. TriEYE is developing Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) imaging solutions for autonomous vehicles and other applications.
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EV Startup NIO Announces New Joint Venture, Sends Stock 4% Higher
May 28, 2019 6:19 PM WSTShares in Chinese electric automaker NIO Inc. closed up nearly 4 percent Tuesday, closing at $4.00 a share after the electric automaker posted first-quarter earnings and announced it will form a joint venture with an investment corporation called NIO China.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Says the Automaker is On Track for the Biggest Sales Quarter in its History
May 23, 2019 1:40 PM WSTA leaked email from Tesla CEO Elon Musk to employees revealed that Tesla might finally be solving many of its production and logistics problems. The email to employees noted that Tesla is on track to deliver a record number of cars in the second quarter.
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