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...However, 95 per cent of US hydrogen is produced with natural gas in a process that creates large amounts of CO₂....
...One paper in this area caught my eye recently, “Standardizing and Unbundling the Sub Rosa DIP Loan”, co-authored by researchers Kenneth Ayotte and Alex Huang of UC Berkeley School of Law....
...If the costs do not come down enough, then solid-state batteries could end up being limited to luxury cars or trucking....
...Backlogs at factories, ports and trucking dispatches have been wreaking havoc on supply chains since the end of last year when consumer demand rebounded from the depths of the pandemic, dramatically outstripping...
...In a less meme-worthy, but arguably more significant announcement earlier this month, Tesla also named the president of its automotive division to a new, conventionally titled role as “president, heavy trucking...
...Anthony Levandowski, co-founder of Google’s self-driving car project, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets and allegedly using them to help build a rival driverless programme...
...The US Treasury department on Wednesday agreed a $700m bailout of trucking company YRC Worldwide....
...Shortly after he left the company in 2016, he co-founded Otto, an autonomous trucking company later acquired by Uber for a reported $680m....
...Mr Levandowski left Waymo in January 2016 to co-found Otto, an autonomous trucking company later acquired by Uber....
...AI and Torc Robotics, which want to aid long-haul trucking groups....
...vehicle miles and all public transportation miles in all countries globally” totalling 11.9tn miles ● Uber Eats: $2.8tn, the amount consumers spend at restaurants ● Freight: $3.8tn, the market for freight trucking...
...Since taking over from ousted co-founder Travis Kalanick after a series of scandals in 2017, its chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi has set a new tone, pledging to “do the right thing” as he tries to reset...
...Lior Ron co-founded autonomous driving start-up Otto alongside fellow former Google employee Anthony Levandowski in January 2016....
...Co-operating with several people on several different products is good for us,” he said....
...Insurance companies can sue trucking companies for crushing their customers, but how does the road owner bear a cost?...
...Uber, the car-booking service, last year spent $680m to buy Otto, an autonomous trucking start-up. (This acquisition later became part of the alleged trade secrets theft lawsuit.)...
...Its $146bn in global assets range from airports to trucking companies, shipping groups and stakes in Deutsche Bank and the Hilton hotel chain....
...Technology companies are also joining the party: Intel spent $15bn on Israel’s Mobileye, a maker of self-driving sensors and software, and Uber paid $680m for Otto, an autonomous trucking firm....
...Uber had to fire Mr Levandowski last month after he failed to co-operate with the court’s investigation....
...Get in touch with the team: Due.Diligence@FT.com Buffett goes trucking Warren Buffett just did a classic Buffett deal....
...“There are definitely more people thinking about leaving,” says Alex Rodrigues, who co-founded Embark, a rival driverless trucking start-up, last year....
...He added that smart maps might be another area of co-operation between the two companies....
...They left Alphabet in January and have self-funded the new company with two other co-founders, Don Burnette and Claire Delaunay....
...Shares in trucking company Swift Transportation jumped 21.1 per cent to $16.56 after it reported better than expected fourth-quarter earnings....
...In a Daimler video, a series of senior executives at big US trucking companies — including Swift Transportation and Con-Way — extol the benefits of autonomous trucks....
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