Walmart plans to expand Wing, Alphabet's on-demand drone delivery service, to another 150 stores, bringing the total to 270+, covering ~10% of US population
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Ford plans to repurpose its Kentucky factory manufacturing capacity to launch a battery storage business for data centers, amid its shift from making large EVs
now it's pivoting to hybrids and energy storage X: Erik Grossman / @erikgrossman : Cool to share what I've been working on. Ford is getting into energy storage in a big way Lucas Aulbach / @lucasaulba...
Uber and WeRide plan to expand their robotaxi service to 15 more cities over the next five years, including in Europe, after a December 2024 launch in Abu Dhabi
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San Francisco grants Waymo a temporary permit to map SFO roads with employee-driven cars, as part of a phased approach targeting eventual commercial operations
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Amazon plans to let US auto dealers sell new vehicles on its platform, starting in 2024 with Hyundai, which will include Alexa in its cars beginning in 2025
including vehicle sales on Amazon.com in 2024 CNBC : Amazon will allow auto dealers to sell cars on its site, starting with Hyundai Taylor Soper / GeekWire : Car industry analyst: Amazon's move into v...
Ford launches Latitude AI, a subsidiary run by former Argo AI employees, to focus initially on commercializing a hands-free, eyes-off driver assistance system
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Daimler's truck division invests an undisclosed sum in lidar startup Luminar, as part of a partnership that seeks to develop autonomous trucks
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TuSimple is partnering with UPS and others to create a mapped network of shipping routes for its fleet of self-driving trucks that will extend across US by 2024
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BMW and Mercedes-Benz end their partnership, which was announced in July 2019 for the development of autonomous driving technology
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Instacart launches a prescription delivery service from nearly 200 Costco locations in states including CA and NY, driven by demand during the pandemic
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