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Amazon rolls out fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks to decarbonize more of its transportation network

GeekWire

Amazon has electric trucks on the road at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, for use in transporting containers to an Amazon facility in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Amazon’s carbon emissions increased between 2019 and 2021, before dropping for the first time in 2022. An Amazon electric trucks is charged at the Port of Los Angeles.

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Amazon invests in startup producing ‘net-zero carbon fuels’ for transportation

GeekWire

based startup that is developing what it describes as “net-zero carbon fuels” that can be used in transportation. Last year Amazon released its first sustainability report, which showed that the company’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions rose over the previous year by 15%.

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Reviewing Forrester’s 2019 New Tech Predictions — How’d We Do So Far?

Forrester IT

Back in November, Forrester outlined its 2019 predictions for a set of hot emerging technologies. We identified which markets were likely to command big investments in the new year and even predicted that GE would turn a corner this year. Let’s see how we did so far with a few of them. Additive manufacturing will save […].

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Expérience collaborateur: une bombe à retardement

Forrester IT

L’engagement collaborateur s’est amélioré entre 2019 et 2020. Les employés, notamment ceux qui ont pu télétravailler, ont bénéficié d’horaires plus flexibles, d’un meilleur contrôle de leur emploi du temps, de moindre temps de transport, et ont globalement été plus productifs.

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On-demand car rental service Kyte brings another transportation option to Seattle

GeekWire

Kyte was co-founded in 2019 by Francesco Wiedemann , who previously worked for ride share company ReachNow. San Francisco-based Kyte will be available in Seattle and the Ballard, Fremont, Capitol Hill, Madison Park and Columbia City neighborhoods. Seattle marks Kyte’s eighth operating city. Kyte Photo).

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Amazon discloses 5% ownership of Aurora, confirms Rivian and Air Transport stakes

GeekWire

Amazon first invested in Aurora in February 2019. Amazon says it owns 5.2% of Aurora Innovations, the Pittsburgh-based self-driving vehicle technology company that went public in November through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. Uber took a 26%.

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Virgin Hyperloop selects West Virginia to test its futuristic transport system

The Verge

Virgin Hyperloop One announced its plan to build a $500 million certification center to advance its vision of the future of high-speed transportation in West Virginia. Virgin Hyperloop One’s most recent fundraising effort was in 2019 when it secured $172 million in new funding. miles) of track in order to hit that velocity.