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Tesla worker tests positive for COVID-19 after New York factory reopens

The Verge

A Tesla employee has tested positive for COVID-19 at the company’s solar panel factory in Buffalo, New York, according to an employee at the factory who spoke to The Verge on the condition of anonymity. It’s the fourth known Tesla worker to test positive, and the fifth at its US facilities. million penalty. (The

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Nuro is building a factory and test track in Nevada for its autonomous delivery robots

The Verge

The company said it will spend $40 million on the construction of a manufacturing facility and test track for its fleet of self-driving robot vehicles. Both facilities will be located in Southern Nevada, which in recent years has become a hotbed for manufacturing and testing for the future of transportation. Image: Nuro.

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Motional is now testing fully autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas

The Verge

Add Motional to the very short list of companies that have tested fully autonomous vehicles on public roads. The Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture announced that it has tested its vehicles without safety drivers behind the steering wheel on public streets in Las Vegas. And the company has only tested its vehicles during the daytime.

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Panasonic to resume work at Tesla?s New York solar factory this week

The Verge

Panasonic is restarting production at Tesla’s Buffalo, New York solar panel factory this week after some businesses in the Western New York region have been given the green light to reopen, The Verge has learned. Both companies resumed operations at Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory last week. Image: Tesla.

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Hyundai-backed Motional to launch fully driverless cars in Las Vegas

The Verge

Motional, the self-driving car operator backed by Hyundai and Aptiv, has received the green light to roll out a test fleet of fully driverless cars in Las Vegas. The state of Nevada has granted the company permission to operate its autonomous vehicles without a human safety driver behind the wheel.

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These trains could carry giant batteries across Colorado and deliver clean energy to Denver

Fast Company Tech

SunTrain is a San Francisco-based company founded by green energy developer Christopher Smith, who now serves as the companys president and chief technology officer. We tested the technology, the feasibility, made sure the mechanical standards were there, Smith says. The idea, he explains, is to use the existing U.S.

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Motional’s robotaxis will be fully driverless in Las Vegas by 2023

The Verge

Motional first began testing its autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas through a joint partnership with Lyft nearly four years ago. The testing began as a weeklong pilot between Aptiv and Lyft during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in 2018 and has since gone on to complete over 100,000 passenger trips.