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CAMBRIDGE, MA—Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an electrolyte that can break apart at the end of a battery’s life.

NEW YORK—Waymo is expanding its autonomous taxi service to parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Wisk Aero, a pioneer in autonomous, all-electric eVTOL aircraft, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Signature Aviation, the world’s largest private aviation terminal network, to accelerate the development of infrastructure for autonomous Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).

LOUISVILLE—Ford Motor Co. plans to build a midsized electric pick-up truck at its assembly plant here using a new production system.

VERNON, BC—The new space will consolidate SC’s operations, design, fabrication, assembly, quality control, and fulfillment, under one roof, enhancing efficiency and quality control while reducing production lead times.

STEYR, Austria—BMW has ramped up electric traction motor production at its power train assembly plant here.

DEARBORN, MI—Ford Motor Co. plans to announce big news about its EV strategy on August 11.

BREMEN, Germany—Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials have developed a process for optimizing battery management systems in electric vehicles.

SAN FRANCISCO— Lucid, Nuro and Uber have formed a strategic partnership that will create a robotaxi ride-hailing system.

SANTA CRUZ, CA— Joby Aviation has announced the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Marina, California, doubling its aircraft production capacity across a newly scaled 435,500-square-foot site.