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General Motors gained as much as 8.9% to a record high on Tuesday. The gain comes on news that its autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, is receiving a large investment from Microsoft. Microsoft joins a number of companies in a $2 billion funding round for Cruise. Tuesday's price is a record-high for GM since it emerged from bankruptcy at the end of the Great Recession. The partnership will accelerate the commercialization of self-driving vehicles. It brings together the two companies' software and hardware engineering expertise, cloud computing capabilities, and manufacturing knowledge.
A woman has been charged with reckless endangerment after plowing her car into a Manhattan protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Newser reports 52-year-old Kathleen Casillo was driving with her 29-year-old daughter when she said demonstrators began banging on her BMW. Demonstrators were protesting in support of ICE detainees on hunger strike. Casillo says she panicked and hit the gas. Six people have hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. A demonstrator was charged for allegedly interfering with emergency workers responding to the scene.
Tokyo, Aug 19 (EFE/EPA).- Robotic technology company ZMP on Wednesday exhibited the autonomous driving electric wheelchair RakuRo in Tokyo.RakuRo seats one person and can be set to automatically travel to a destination through a tablet.(Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR RAKURO BEING EXHIBITED IN TOKYO, JAPAN.