Tag: arizona
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Salt River Project connects 25 MW energy storage facility to Arizona grid
Arizona-based municipal utility Salt River Project connected its largest battery storage facility into the grid this month. SRP has placed the 25-MW energy storage facility into service at its Bolster Substation, which is adjacent to the gas-fired Agua Fria Generating Station. The fully charged battery site can power about 5,600 homes for close to four…
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Hailing a driverless ride in a Waymo
Ed Niedermeyer Contributor Share on Twitter Ed Niedermeyer is an author, columnist and co-host of The Autonocast. His book, Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors, premiered in August 2019. “Congrats! This car is yours, with no one up front,” the pop-up telling from the Waymo app reads. “This journey will probably be different. With…
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Udelv partners with H-E-B on Texas autonomous grocery delivery pilot
Autonomous shipping firm Udelv has signed yet another spouse to launch a new pilot of its self-driving goods delivery agency: Texas-based supermarket H-E-B Group. The pilot will provide service to customers in Olmos Park, just outside of downtown San Antonio where the grocery merchant is based. California-based Udelv will provide H-E-B with one of its…
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Udelv partners with HEB on Texas autonomous grocery delivery pilot
Autonomous delivery firm Udelv has signed yet another partner to start a brand new pilot of its self-driving merchandise delivery service: Texas-based supermarket HEB Group. The pilot will offer service to clients in Olmos Park, just outside of downtown San Antonio in which the grocery merchant relies. California-based Udelv will offer HEB with one of…
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Autonomous truck startup TuSimple hits unicorn status in latest round
Another autonomous vehicle unicorn has joined the herd. TuSimple, a self-driving truck startup running daily routes for clients in Arizona, has increased $95 million in a Series D financing round led by Sina Corp. as the firm prepares to scale its industrial autonomous fleet to over 50 trucks by June. The startup, which launched in 2015…