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The massive plant will employ up to 4,000 people near Kansas City when it opens supply battery cells for the auto industry’s fast-moving shift to electric cars and trucks.

The Boston-based startup has impressed investors like Baillie Gifford with its work to bring autonomy to U.S. Air Force C-130J transport planes and a canny strategy that could make it the first company to win safety approval for a semi-autonomous flight control system in a civil aircraft.

Bristow Group and Elroy Air announced Wednesday they have signed a letter of intent for Bristow to pre-order 100 Elroy Air Chaparral pilotless hybrid-electric cargo vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

Bosch, Europe’s largest auto supplier, said it expects global bottlenecks because of a shortage of auto chips to continue into 2023. Automakers have been bracing themselves for continuing problems because of a chip shortage, but there have been reports this shortage could quickly turn into a glut.

AI has the alarming possibility of promulgating AI-steeped biases at scale, massive scale. This dire aspect is worthy of considering, along with how to deal with it, and highlighted via examples involving AI-based self-driving cars.

The deal will see more than 1,000 VW and Audi dealerships in the U.S. sending batteries to JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials for recycling.

A high-feature premium version has been launched of a mobile app aimed at improving road safety even in vehicles without advanced driver assistance technology.

Half of Milan’s 1.35 million residents are now within walking distance of new public space, much of it reclaimed from cars through the judicious placement of planters and the bold and expansive application of paint, an easily reversible city makeover technique known as “tactical urbanism.”

Historically high gas prices sparked consumer interest in electric vehicles but even though the price at the pump is slowly receding the cost for both new and used EVs continues to rise.

Uber's reputation is for playing fast and loose with the law. Yet they were born by breaking regulations that needed to be broken and would not be any other way. How can we stop that sort of birth leading to a more serious lack of ethics?

Tesla market share forecasts may look bad, but the future is positive because although its share of the U.S. market is predicted to plummet in the next 4 years, sales will advance as huge numbers of drivers are expected to buy electric cars. But watch out for the Chinese.

Gaslighting edgelords and online goaders have turned to saying outlandish things about AI and AI Ethics as a means of disturbing otherwise salient conversations.

This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability.

Recently analysts have been arguing that soon incumbent carmakers will be usurping Tesla’s EV market share and reasserting their global dominance. Prescient prediction or wishful thinking?

In the wake of #MeToo, high-profile CEOs who had consensual affairs with subordinates have lost their jobs. Will the world’s richest man be able to buck the trend?

Why is Cruise suffering fleet shutdowns and what can they do better? If nobody is getting hurt, how much should these hiccups be tolerated?