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Beond Holdings, a Dubai, UAE-based leisure airline company, raised US$13M in Pre-Series A funding.
Participants in the Pre-Series A round include family offices, angel investors, and strategic partners. The news follows Beond's US$17M Seed round in August 2023 and the launch today of a US$25M...
Participants in the Pre-Series A round include family offices, angel investors, and strategic partners. The news follows Beond's US$17M Seed round in August 2023 and the launch today of a US$25M...
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Nearly five years ago, just after becoming governor of California, Gavin Newsom came close to telling the truth about the state's misconceived, poorly managed and underfinanced bullet train project.
"But let's be real," Newsom told the Legislature. "The current project, as planned, would cost too...
"But let's be real," Newsom told the Legislature. "The current project, as planned, would cost too...
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Rather than being solely detrimental, cracks in the positive electrode of lithium-ion batteries reduce battery charge time, research done at the University of Michigan shows. This runs counter to the view of many electric vehicle manufacturers, who try to minimize cracking because it decreases battery longevity.
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General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is cutting over 900 jobs, about a quarter of its workforce, as it moves to reduce costs and remake itself after a series of safety problems in San Francisco. The subsidiary announced the cuts Thursday in a letter to Cruise's 3,800 workers from President and Chief Technical Officer Mo ElShenawy, who wrote that the layoffs are not the fault of the workers.
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In a speech he made on December 2023, US President Joe Biden announced that they were carrying out the first high-speed train projects in US history. These projects are part of an $10 billion investment in 8,2 major passenger rail projects across America. These projects have the potential to improve the United States' transportation infrastructure and help combat climate change.
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Rivian likes to think of itself as a trailblazer. It was first to market with an all-electric truck and is still one of the few companies today selling an electric three-row SUV. And its EVs are marketed for off-road adventures — the literal blazing of trails. But on March 7th, Rivian will...
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https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/polish-train-manufacturer-threatens-hackers-who-unbricked-their-trains/
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A week ago we covered the story of a Polish train manufacturer who was caught using software to brick their products after they had been repaired by in independent railway workshop. Now 404 Media has a follow-up story with more information, including the news that the hackers responsible for the...
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In April 2019, a live kidney was successfully transported to a patient by way of drone technology, a closely coordinated effort that included the uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) Research and Operations Center (UROC), the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland...
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August was an eventful month for driverless taxis in San Francisco. On August 10, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow Google's Waymo and GM's Cruise to begin charging customers for driverless taxi rides across the city. A week later,...
August was an eventful month for driverless taxis in San Francisco. On August 10, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow Google's Waymo and GM's Cruise to begin charging customers for driverless taxi rides across the city. A week later,...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2023/12/09/current-climate-a-watershed-moment-for-us-high-speed-rail/
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Japan debuted its shinkansen bullet trains six decades ago, and high-speed rail...
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Japan debuted its shinkansen bullet trains six decades ago, and high-speed rail...
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The report presents the company's activities from a sustainability perspective through key events, measures, and plansValmet Automotive has today published the Sustainability Report for 2023. The report presents the company's activities from a sustainability perspective through key events,...
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Home › IoT News › Infineon debuts 1Mbit automotive-qualified serial EXCELON F-RAM, adds 4Mbit densityInfineon Technologies AG introduced two new Ferroelectric RAM (F-RAM) memory devices in 1Mbit and 4Mbit densities to its EXCELON F-RAM family. The 1Mbit devices are the automotive-qualified serial...
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https://www.wral.com/story/woman-hit-and-killed-by-amtrak-passenger-train-in-hillsborough/21101929/
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A woman was hit and killed by a passenger train Tuesday in Hillsborough.Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff's Office around 1 p.m. responded to the tracks at Dimmock's Mill Road in Hillsborough after 9-1-1 operators received a call from Norfolk Southern Railway.The train, the Amtrak Piedmont...
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Measures that Dublin Airport is introducing to ensure it does not breach its passenger cap will hit general flights, business flights, as well as extra flights scheduled by carriers for big sporting events, DAA chief Kenny Jacobs will tell the Oireachtas on Wednesday.The number of passengers...
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Brightline high-speed passenger trains operate between Orlando and Miami and hold the unwelcome distinction of being both the first intra-city high speed rail in the U.S. and the deadliest trains in America, by far. After three people died at a single grade crossing in two separate incidents last...
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LOS ANGELES — On a sunny afternoon this fall, automotive engineers and marketers with Mullen Automotive welcomed new customers to check out a fleet of brands, including SUVs, utility trucks and a sports car. The customers got test rides with experts and a look at future products. But the startup automaker isn't located in Motor City, Michigan.
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Disney and Florida Attractions News Blog RECIPE: You Can Make Tiana's Gumbo from Disneyland at Home! HURRY! This NEW Disney x Fossil 100th Anniversary Collection Might Sell Out Fast! Why We're Worried About Genie+ at Disney World NEWS: Walt Disney's Birthplace & Childhood Home Is Open to the Public for the First Time EVER I Said I Was Done Buying New Disney Loungeflys...and Then I Saw THIS One ( view all posts ).
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Audi's next electric SUV, the Q6 e-Tron, debuted today, featuring a new battery platform co-developed with Porsche and manufactured by China-based CATL.Dubbed the Premium Platform Electric (PPE), the battery represents a "technological leap forward in premium electric mobility," Audi says.The Q6...
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One of TBGA's core principles is to demand innovation and I am excited about this since this is way I prefer to attack problems, combining out of the box thinking with engineering rigor to solve complex solutions.
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Panasonic Industry Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President, CEO: Shinji Sakamoto) announced today that it has begun commercial production of its ZL series conductive polymer hybrid aluminum electrolytic capacitors. The series includes the industry's first...
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While not much news has been heard from Apple regarding its futuristic Apple Car, the tech company does want you to know that they are still working on it. In a recent report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Project Titan, the company's decade-old vehicle project has gone through many stages of pivoting.