Ex-Tesla engineer’s startup taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine
Pronto's autonomous haulage trucks are about to start operating at Mariana Minerals' Utah copper mine -- the first such deal since Pronto got acquired by Travis Kalanick's Atoms Inc.
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