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Swedish manufacturer of cars, trucks, and heavy equipment, known for its namesake vehicles and the Volvo Trucks commercial line.
Tesla opened its first dedicated Semi factory in Sparks, Nevada, built to make 50,000 trucks a year. It has set no date for reaching that rate, so fleets and investors are working from a capacity target until the trucks ship.
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The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act cleared the House on Wednesday and now goes to the Senate, where 60 senators have already co-sponsored a version. Four automakers would have to refit hardware they took out.
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The Ojai vans picking up riders in San Francisco and Phoenix are built in Ningbo and land under a 127.5 percent tariff, a cost a fleet operator can spread over years of paid trips and a dealership cannot.
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Wired's interview with Slate design head Tisha Johnson makes the operator's case: budget hardware only converts when the cheapest thing about it is not the way it looks.
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Gravis Robotics says its retrofit autonomy kit works on Caterpillar, Deere, JCB and Hitachi machines. The productivity number is still the company's own.
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