Hi Inside Community, Today we hosted one of our best AMA interviews yet — this time with Jason Fried, the founder and CEO of 37signals. (You’ve probably heard of his products Basecamp and HEY, if you haven’t used them yourself.) Jason is a founder and executive with more than two decades of experience, making this a golden opportunity to ask him about his work with startups, product, and everything else he has done along the way. The AMA kicked off at 11 a.m. PDT, and it’s already packed with insights and answers. —The Inside Team | |  Nicolas |  |
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General Motors revealed it is expanding its Super Cruise driver-assist technology to cover more than 400,000 miles of roads in the U.S. and Canada. Super Cruise uses a system of cameras and high-definition maps to control steering, braking, and acceleration. More: - GM plans to roll out the product through over-the-air updates in Q4.
- The automaker has plans to expand the ADAS to 23 models by the end of 2023.
- In May, GM revealed it was developing Ultra Cruise, which it claims would enable vehicles to be self-driving in 95% of scenarios.
- $GM was up 3.46% for the day and 6.53% WoW on Wednesday afternoon.
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 Alibaba and XPeng announced their plans to set up a new computing center to train autonomous driving algorithms, seeking to reduce model training time from seven days to less than an hour. The computing center, named Fuyao, will be located in the Inner Mongolia region of China. More: - In 2021, XPeng released its upgraded advanced driver-assist, XPilot 3.5, including its City NGP feature, which automatically changes lanes, adjusts speeds, overtakes cars, and enters or exits highways. The next version is expected in H1 2023.
- Regulators in China have been loosening restrictions in relation to autonomous vehicles. Earlier this week, the city of Shenzhen began allowing robotaxis to operate without someone in the driver's seat.
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General Motors, Ford, and Toyota are requesting lawmakers to revise the proposed bill revamping electric vehicle credits over its requirements for the battery components to be manufactured in the U.S. or a country with which the U.S. has a free-trade agreement. Earlier this week, Rivian criticized the proposed bill for restricting credits to vehicles under $80,000 and for customers earning below $150,000. More: - "We're making our batteries for our cars to be here, made in America before you get any credits whatsoever," said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
- The proposed legislation contains $370B in tax credits and incentives to develop the supply chain for EV batteries; $20B in loans to EV manufacturers; $2B in grants to refactor manufacturing facilities for EVs; $10B in clean-tech production sites.
- "Nearly every part of the effort to secure our supply chain is getting some level of support in the bill," said Joe Britton, the head of the Zero Emission Transportation Association.
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 Volkswagen has selected Innoviz to supply between 5 million and 8 million lidar units over an eight-year period. The deal is estimated to be worth $4B in sales. More: - The deal between Innoviz and Cariad, VW's software unit, took more than two years of testing and due diligence, according to the lidar company's CEO, Omer Keilaf.
- Deliveries of the lidar units are expected in ~2025.
- Innoviz completed its merger with special purpose acquisition company Collective Growth Corp. in March 2021.
- $INVZ was up 12.05% for the day and 50.14% WoW on Wednesday morning.
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 A message from WIND RIVER Can the VxWorks real-time operating system fill your embedded system needs? A real-time operating system (RTOS) is an operating system with two key features: predictability and determinism. In an RTOS, repeated tasks are performed within a tight time boundary, while in a general-purpose operating system, this is not necessarily so. Predictability and determinism, in this case, go hand in hand: We know how long a task will take, and that it will always produce the same result. - Determinism: Repeating an input will result in the same output.
- High performance: RTOS systems are fast and responsive, often executing actions within a small fraction of the time needed by a general OS.
- Safety and security: As RTOSes are frequently used in critical systems, such as robotics or flight controllers, they must have higher security standards and more reliable safety features.
- Priority-based scheduling: Actions are scheduled according to their assigned priority; the most important tasks come first.
- Small footprint: Versus their hefty general OS counterparts, RTOSes weigh in at just a fraction of the size: Windows 10, with post-install updates, takes up approximately 20 GB. VxWorks, on the other hand, is measured in the low single-digit megabytes.
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Ascend Elements revealed its plans to invest $1B into the production of sustainable battery materials. The company plans to recycle black mass from EV batteries into new cathode materials. More: - Ascend plans to produce lithium-ion cathode materials for up to 250,000 EVs in southwestern Kentucky, aiming to start manufacturing by the end of 2023.
- The company plans for the facility in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to have its own chemical recycling center and a waste-water treatment plant.
- Ascend claims its hydro-to-cathode method for recycling materials produces a 50% longer lifecycle and 88% higher power capacity than traditionally-made battery cells.
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Hino Motors president Satoshi Ogiso apologized for falsified vehicle emissions data dating back to 2003. The manufacturer has recalled 67,000 vehicles in Japan due to the tampered emissions tracking systems. More: - Hino Motors estimates that 300,000 vehicles may be affected by the altered data.
- Hino produces the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado SUV, in addition to its self-branded trucks. Toyota has a 50.1% stake in Hino.
- Suzuki, Yamaha, Mazda, Nissan, and Subaru have all admitted to falsifying their vehicles' emissions data.
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 |  | Nicolas is a Sr. Analyst at Inside, covering startups and transportation trends. He is an avid map maker and data nerd. Nicolas has worked in the shared-scooter space, as well as advised e-bike and moped start-ups. | | | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 Ford. | |
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