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Mar 31, 2022, 2:38 AM

Self-Driving Startup Aurora Maps Out Commercial Strategy

The move comes as several autonomous trucking companies prepare to launch driverless routes in the coming years and begin signing up industry partners and customers in an effort to turn long-elusive self-driving into a profitable reality.

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  Reuters | Mar 31, 2022

  Indian Businesses Seek Government Support To Meet 2030 EV Target

  More than 25 companies, including automakers Mahindra & Mahindra and Volvo, oil giant Shell, and clean mobility startups, want India to set firm targets and frame policies to support the transition to electric vehicles.

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  Reuters | Mar 31, 2022

  Commercial EV Startup ELMS Signs Battery Supply Deal With CATL

  The companies are also exploring a setup where CATL would have a U.S. plant that would make battery cells and ship them to the ELMS plant in Indiana for assembly into battery packs.

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  Reuters | Mar 31, 2022

  Hyundai Motor Aims To Develop Chips, Cut Reliance On Chipmakers

  A global shortage of semiconductors, triggered partly by surging demand for laptops and other electronic products during the pandemic, has shuttered some auto production lines globally this year. Hyundai temporarily suspended some factories.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 30, 2022

  In Mexico's Auto Heartland, Workers Struggle As Chip Shortage Bites

  The temporary closures have translated into lost wages for tens of thousands of workers here and across Mexico due to furloughs and layoffs, according to interviews with laborers, union leaders and industry executives.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 30, 2022

  Texas Wins Contest To Host Samsung's New $17 Billion Chip Plant

  The plant would create 2,000 high-tech jobs with construction to begin in the first half of next year, and production due to start in the second half of 2024, the South Korean tech giant said.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 30, 2022

  Ryder, Gatik Team Up To Roll Out U.S. Autonomous Delivery Network

  Truck fleet operator Ryder System Inc and Gatik said on Tuesday they will build a national U.S. autonomous short-haul, "middle-mile" logistics network for Gatik, a Silicon Valley self-driving startup, to deliver goods to business customers.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 30, 2022

  Car Production Curbs Hit TomTom Amid Chip Shortage

  Dutch navigation and digital mapping company TomTom warned on Thursday supply chain problems in the auto sector could last until the first half of next year after it reported a bigger than expected quarterly core loss.

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  Sahil Gupta | Mar 30, 2022

  Tata Altroz DCA Tech Check

  The addition of an advanced DCA transmission to an already loaded package makes the Altroz DCA compelling rival to the new Maruti Suzuki Baleno.

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