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GM launches new partnership to have ~60,000 public chargers from 7 networks on the same app in US & Canada

Apps are neat but people just want to plug in their cars and have it work automatically every time.

Autonomous Driving Is Closer Than You Think. But Not Because of Tesla.

Some level of autonomous driving will be available for purchase to Tesla drivers soon. And based on the other announcements from lidar companies and auto makers, others may not be far behind. That would allow drivers to text and drive–safely–as soon as 2023.

UK prepares to conditionally legalize self-driving cars

The UK’s Department of Transport has announced that it’s moving to conditionally legalize self-driving cars in which the driver doesn’t have to pay attention to the road or keep their hands on the wheel, in a move that it expects will save lives.

Apple harvesting robot plucks a piece of fruit every 7 seconds

Robots stand to benefit the world of agriculture in all sorts of ways, from inspecting crops, to herding sheep, to combing fields and zapping weeds with lasers.

A City Tailor-Made for Self-Driving Cars? Toyota Is Building One

The new ‘Woven City’ near Japan’s Mount Fuji envisions a fully autonomous future.

Sustainable Missoula: Free Cycles recalibrates for post-pandemic transportation shift

When we are complacent, people die. Tragic yet seemingly true. Car crashes lead to 1 million people a year having their lives ended in this world, and Missoula is not immune. Highway 93, Stephens Avenue and the Russell Street Bridge- all places of recent heartbreak. We can do better and we will.

Changing the trajectory: High-tech high school in tiny Winifred, Montana is philanthropist’s latest $40 Million gift to his hometown

“Basically, I believe that my success in life is contingent not only upon what I have done, but what people have done for me, and what institutions have done for me,” he said. “And wherever I’ve lived I’ve received some virtue.”

Volunteers clean Missoula’s Reserve Street homeless camp as officials eye extending temporary shelter site

Kevin Davis, Founder of Big Sky Commerce,  is one of the organizers of the volunteer group that hauled over 50 garbage bags of trash from the Reserve Street site on Friday. There are still many people living on the land, which is mostly owned by the Montana Department of Transportation and is surrounded by private property.

The latest in checkout ease: Amazon rolls out pay-by-palm tech to Whole Foods

Consumers can sign up for the service at participating stores. Customers insert their credit card, then hold their palm over the One device to link it to their card. They can opt to scan one or both palms, Amazon says.

How a Wave of Electric Trucks Could Create Millions of ‘Accidental Environmentalists’

Auto makers’ powerful new all-electric trucks and SUVs are attracting U.S. customers who wouldn’t otherwise shop for green machines; ‘Tesla to me is a yuppie vehicle’

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