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MADISON, Wis. — Madison Gas & Electric is partnering with Lyft to promote the use of electric vehicles.

A new North Carolina law allows the operators of publicly available electric car charging stations to make drivers pay for how much electricity they get when they charge their car batteries.

The Automated Vehicles Symposium conference is attracting some of the heaviest hitters in autonomous vehicles and could be the first step in making Central Florida a hub for the fast-emerging driverless car industry.

Texas retailer H-E-B will be implementing a self-driving vehicle for delivery service in San Antonio this year. H-E-B will use one autonomous van with driverless technology to serve customers near Olmos Park for a store location just north of downtown.

California has granted Waymo permission to carry passengers in the autonomous vehicles it is testing on the state’s roads, paving the way for the self-driving car company to roll out a taxi service in San Jose.

Carnegie Mellon University is teaming with a Pittsburgh self-driving vehicle company to create a research center geared toward handling challenging road conditions, including changing weather patterns and construction zones.

Amazon, the e-retail giant, has built up its logistics infrastructure over the years. This expansion includes a new warehouse just outside Omaha, Neb., as part of an effort to control more deliveries on its own rather than relying on FedEx Corp., UPS Inc. or the U.S. Postal Service.

FedEx Corp.’s reported practice of rerouting Huawei parcels to the United States without the Chinese company’s authorization demonstrates that the U.S. government is leaving no stone unturned to disrupt normal business activities, analysts said May 28.

E-commerce, growing at 15% a year, is driving a second boom in Georgia’s robust warehousing and logistics industry, which employs about 118,000 packers and material handlers across the state.