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Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

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Then it expanded into Phoenix, also relatively easy. O’Dowd: We have hooked up everything to the Internet and put computers in charge of large systems. People build a safety-critical system, then they put a cheap commercial software product in the middle of it. I don’t think it was mistake—I think it was caution.

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Electrostatic Motors Reach the Macro Scale

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And, perhaps even better, they would use only cheap, plentiful materials, rather than the rare-earth elements, special steel alloys, and copious quantities of copper found in conventional motors. Such advantages prompted Ludois to cofound a company, C-Motive Technologies , to build macro-scale electrostatic motors. “We

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

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A charging hub for heavy-duty vehicles requires a tremendous amount of power, and local utilities can take years to install new electrical service. Charging-as-a-service is a popular option for fleet operators who want to focus on their core businesses and let experts handle the charging infrastructure.