The Innovation Report
EU Car Sales Jump In September On Surge In Electric Vehicles
New car registrations in the European Union rose sharply in September, driven by a surge in electric vehicle sales, industry figures showed on Thursday. Registrations climbed 9.3% year-on-year, accelerating from a 4.5% increase in August, according to the European...
America’s Largest Automaker Tempers Its Electric Ambitions With Plant Closure In Michigan
Carmakers’ ambitious plans for electrification are getting scrapped left, right, and center in America as a result of weak demand. The rollback on federal tax incentives is largely responsible for dwindling consumer interest, and manufacturers have shifted their focus...
Fate Of Bay Area Public Transit Hinges On Regional Transit Measure
On Nov. 3, voters in five Bay Area counties will vote on a regional sales tax measure that, if it fails, could prompt local transit agencies to close train stations and cut bus service. If passed, the Regional Transit Measure, or RTM, will impose a half-cent sales tax...
Former OpenAI Exec Has Quietly Built $1.5 Billion Startup, Betting AI Can Revive U.S. Manufacturing
OpenAI’s former research chief has been quietly building a startup that aims to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. using AI. Bob McGrew’s newest company, Arda, has raised $230 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, the company told CNBC in an exclusive interview...
Intel Fears US Ban On Foreign-Made Robots Could Disrupt Its Factories
Intel is worried that the US ban on advanced foreign-made robots could affect its chip factories, which use specialized robots to transport silicon wafers. As Bloomberg reports, Intel raised the issue with the Federal Communications Commission last week while...
Lawsuits Allege Delivery Robots Recorded Biometric Data Without Permission
Food delivery robots might not just be carrying burritos. They could be taking a measurement of your face. Two proposed class action lawsuits in Chicago accuse Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics of collecting biometric information without consent and using it to train...
Smart Mobility Today: 19 October 2026
It's a mixed bag of stories this week on the Smart Mobility Today podcast, everything from a mileage record set on Mars, to trade troubles and deals among countries, to catching winter manure spreads with present day technology. Nothing like a well rounded dose of...
Amazon Has Over 1M Robots; What’s Next For Humans?
No organization in the world operates more robots than Amazon. The company already has more than 1 million robots working in warehouses around the clock to make tens of millions of same-day and one-day package deliveries happen on a daily basis—and Amazon is poised to...
Electric Cars Saved $20B In Oil – And The US Is Falling Behind
EVs are giving oil-importing countries some breathing room during the Hormuz energy crisis. Between March and August, their EV fleets displaced an estimated $20 billion worth of crude oil, according to new analysis from energy think tank Ember. And while more...
Electric Vehicle Sales In The US Are Showing Signs Of Life
Don’t go writing the obituary for the U.S. electric vehicle just yet. After sales tanked following the cancellation of tax credits last year, they’ve been growing for the last three consecutive quarters, according to a new report from Cox Automotive. EVs captured 6.1%...
