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- Uber’s annual product event will focus on travel, sustainability
- Joe Biden invokes Defense Production Act for EV batteries and clean energy
- Waymo says fully driverless rides are coming to San Francisco
- How switching to EVs would improve health in the US
| Uber’s annual product event will focus on travel, sustainability Posted: 31 Mar 2022 01:52 PM PDT  Uber will hold its annual product event on May 16th, during which the company will showcase new products, updates, and features focused on travel and sustainability. It will be Uber's second product event, after last year's "Go/Get 2021" gathering presented a host of pandemic-themed announcements, including the ability to book a vaccine appointment in the Uber app. Other features included car rentals, 30-day windows for trip reservations, and multi-stop rides. "We are excited to introduce our latest innovations at Go/Get 2022," said Uber's chief product officer, Sundeep Jain, in a statement. "As the world keeps changing, the Uber team keeps building products to serve consumers' changing needs. We can't wait to share what's next." |
| Joe Biden invokes Defense Production Act for EV batteries and clean energy Posted: 31 Mar 2022 08:49 AM PDT  The Biden administration plans to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) to ramp up the mining and processing of key minerals used in batteries for renewable energy and electric vehicles. That could include nickel, lithium, cobalt, graphite, and manganese, according to the White House fact sheet. "The President is also reviewing potential further uses of DPA – in addition to minerals and materials, to secure safer, cleaner, and more resilient energy for America," the fact sheet says. Biden made the announcement as part of a broader set of actions aimed at addressing soaring energy prices. The move is also part of an immediate pivot away from Russian imports since... |
| Waymo says fully driverless rides are coming to San Francisco Posted: 30 Mar 2022 07:00 AM PDT  Waymo plans to start offering rides in its fully autonomous vehicles — without human safety drivers behind the wheel — in San Francisco. The Google spinoff says its driverless vehicles are now only available to employees but will soon grow to include members of the company's "Trusted Tester" program. Waymo is also making big moves in Arizona. The company's service area is finally growing to include downtown Phoenix after operating exclusively in the exurban towns of Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, and Tempe for nearly five years. Waymo has been running fully driverless rides without a safety driver in those towns outside of Phoenix for more than a year now. The company is one of a handful trying to launch a wide-scale commercial service built... |
| How switching to EVs would improve health in the US Posted: 29 Mar 2022 09:01 PM PDT  A major shift to electric vehicles and a clean power grid in the US could save tens of thousands of lives over the next few decades, according to a new report by the American Lung Association. The drop in pollution from tailpipes and power plants would prevent up to 110,000 premature deaths by 2050, the report projects. It would also avoid 2.78 million asthma attacks and 13.4 million lost workdays. All in all, that would amount to $1.2 trillion in public health benefits. That's assuming all new passenger cars sold in the US are EVs by 2035 and all new heavy-duty vehicles sold are electric by 2040. What's more, those vehicles would need to be powered by a fossil fuel-free grid. But replacing the vast majority of the nation's roughly 280... |
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