By Chris Urmson Earlier this month, I wrote about what we’re working to deliver at Aurora this year. These priorities — advancing our core technology, securing a path to profitability, integrating the Aurora Driver into trucks, and continuing to develop a safety case — will get us closer to reaching our ultimate goal: developing self-driving technology that can safely move… Continue reading Defining Progress in 2020
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IG Metall is aiming for a “moratorium on fair change” in the upcoming collective bargaining round
Frankfurt am Main – The metal and electronics industry is in the midst of digital and ecological change – and is poorly prepared for it. “Half of the companies have no or insufficient strategy to manage the transformation,” said Jörg Hofmann, first chairman of IG Metall, at the union’s annual press conference in Frankfurt on… Continue reading IG Metall is aiming for a “moratorium on fair change” in the upcoming collective bargaining round
Stable membership, solid finances
IG Metall is becoming increasingly popular among young people: at the end of 2019, 132,108 apprentices and (dual) students belonged to IG Metall – an increase of 2,498 young members compared to the previous year. In the past ten years, the number of members from these groups has increased by almost 40,000. There was also… Continue reading Stable membership, solid finances
IG Metall proposes a package for the future
After intensive discussions in the regional tariff commissions of IG Metall, it is therefore clear that the demand for fair change will be of central importance in the upcoming collective bargaining round for the metal and electrical industry. Offer to employers In order to shape change with and in the interests of the employees, good… Continue reading IG Metall proposes a package for the future
Scientists Predict Wuhan’s Virus Outbreak Will Get Much Worse
As more data on the new coronavirus circulating in China emerges, it’s becoming clear that whatever the country is experiencing now—dozens of deaths, hundreds of people hospitalized, cities of millions quarantined—is just the tip of the outbreak. On Friday, a team of researchers based in the UK and US reported in a preliminary paper that… Continue reading Scientists Predict Wuhan’s Virus Outbreak Will Get Much Worse
A startup run by a Tesla veteran and backed by Bill Gates is promising to build a long-duration battery that’s 50 to 100 times cheaper than lithium-ion
There’s a reason lithium-ion batteries are in nearly every electronic device — they’re energy-dense, lightweight, and don’t degrade quickly. Where they fall short is in the storage of electricity on the grid for multiple days. At that duration, lithium-ion batteries are too expensive. Without cheaper long-duration batteries, it will be challenging to stop using carbon-emitting… Continue reading A startup run by a Tesla veteran and backed by Bill Gates is promising to build a long-duration battery that’s 50 to 100 times cheaper than lithium-ion
Dremel further taps into product segment for households: Versatile power scrubber Versa
The Robert Bosch Power Tools GmbH, a division of the Bosch Group, is one of the world’s leading providers for power tools, power tool accessories and measuring tools. In 2018, its roughly 20,000 associates generated sales of 4.6 billion euros, about 85 percent of which outside of Germany. With brands such as Bosch and Dremel,… Continue reading Dremel further taps into product segment for households: Versatile power scrubber Versa
Tesla gets some official loopholes around stupid laws to sell direct in Michigan
Tesla has reached a settlement with the state of Michigan to allow direct sales and service of vehicles through some official loopholes around the stupid laws that were preventing them from operating in the market. A change to the law in 2014 prohibited direct sales from automakers, which is blocking Tesla from obtaining a dealership… Continue reading Tesla gets some official loopholes around stupid laws to sell direct in Michigan
GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant will build Cruise Origin self-driving shuttle
Detroit — General Motors Co. is expected to announce Monday plans to build the all-electric Cruise Origin self-driving shuttle at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The Origin, developed by Cruise LLC, the autonomous-vehicle unit of GM, was created in partnership with Honda Motor Co. Unveiled in San Francisco on Tuesday, it’s a boxy… Continue reading GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant will build Cruise Origin self-driving shuttle
@VW Group: 2019 sees production record for ŠKODA AUTO at its Czech plants
In 2019, ŠKODA AUTO produced a total of around 590,000 vehicles at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav. A whopping 260,000 units of the OCTAVIA alone were made there; production of the bestseller’s fourth generation started at the end of October. In addition, models from the FABIA, SCALA, KAMIQ and KAROQ ranges rolled off the assembly lines… Continue reading @VW Group: 2019 sees production record for ŠKODA AUTO at its Czech plants