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Watch Blue Origin launch its reusable New Shepard rocket live, with a key NASA system test on board

Blue Origin is set to return to active flight today, after a hiatus of nearly a year since its last launch in December 2019. Today’s launch is a mission for the company’s New Shepard reus

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Tesla battery supplier LG Chem forecasts record third-quarter profit

Sign of LG Chem seen on the 21st IE Expo China held in Shanghai, August 14, 2020. /VCG South Korea's LG Chem Ltd, an electric vehicle (EV) battery supplier for Tesla and a petrochemicals maker

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China passes plan to boost new energy vehicle industry

VCG China on Friday passed a development plan for the country's new energy vehicle (NEV) industry to foster new growth areas of green development, according to a statement issued after a State

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Elon Musk says an update for its Starship spacecraft development program is coming in 3 weeks

SpaceX will provide an update about what’s happening with their Starship spacecraft in roughly three weeks, according to CEO and founder Elon Musk. Starship is a next-generation, fully reusable

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China automakers' Jan-Aug profit claws back into positive territory

Newly manufactured cars are seen at a port in Dalian, Liaoning province, China, April 10, 2020. /Reuters China's auto manufacturing sector saw its profits bounce back into positive territory i

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China auto show drives new demand amid market recovery

The 2020 Beijing Auto, an annual event showcasing China's rising auto market, kicked off on Saturday in Beijing and will run until October 5.China's auto market has rapidly recovered from the COVI

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BMW to pay $18 mln U.S. fine to resolve inflated sales probe

The logo of German car manufacturer BMW is seen at the company headquarters in Munich, Germany, May 14, 2020. /VCG BMW AG and two U.S. subsidiaries agreed on Thursday to pay an 18 million U.S.

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VW’s Traton Group strikes a deal with TuSimple to develop autonomous trucks

The Traton Group, Volkswagen AG’s heavy-truck business, has taken a minority stake in TuSimple as part of an agreement between the two companies to develop self-driving trucks.Neither company disclos

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China rolls out fresh policies to boost hydrogen vehicle sales

China, the world's biggest automobile market, rolled out fresh policies to support hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to improve the industry's supply chain and technologies, the finance ministry said on

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German space agency reveals an autonomous, electric urban mobility prototype for use right here on Earth

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has debuted a prototype of what it calls ‘U-Shift,’ an urban mobility vehicle designed for multiple uses. U-Shift is a fully electric vehicle, designed f

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GM to reveal, start taking reservations for Hummer EV on October 20

GM will reveal its GMC -branded electric Hummer on October 20, the same day that the company will also begin taking customer reservations for the new vehicle that it describes as a “super truck.

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Facebook investor Jim Breyer picks Austin as Breyer Capital’s second home

For Jim Breyer, the mantra, “Silicon Valley is a state of mind” has always been behind Breyer Capital, his personal investment fund.While many of his investments and board seats (which hav

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NASA is looking to buy Moon dirt from private companies – no return shipping required

NASA wants to procure samples of lunar soil from private contractors, the agency announced today in a blog post by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. This is part of the agency’s overall ambiti

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China's EV sales rise for second month as overall market recovers

VCG New energy vehicle (NEV) sales in China surged 26 percent year on year to 109,000 units in August for their second consecutive month of gain, a promising sign for automakers that have inve

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Panasonic to expand battery capacity at Tesla Gigafactory

Panasonic is adding another production line to the massive factory it operates with Tesla in Nevada, an expansion that will increase battery cell capacity by 10%.The Sparks facility, dubbed Gigafactor

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CIFTIS 2020: Autonomous vehicles shine at services fair

02:53 Autonomous vehicles are on full display at the ChinaInternational Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). Analysts saythe rise of vehicle automation will reshape mobility by emphasi

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China celebrates successful launch of 'secretive' spacecraft

The highly secretive launch took place without any official pictures of the spacecraft, the name of which hasn't been released.