The Innovation Report
Inside Ford’s Efforts To Build An Affordable Electric Truck
Ford’s EVDC, which was established about a year ago and is leading development of the automaker’s affordable electric truck, and its Universal Electric Vehicle platform, has been hustling quietly on the sidelines as an under-the-radar development skunkworks developing...
Smart Mobility Today: 11 May 2026
I grew up in Detroit Michigan. The Rouge River ran through a park not far from my house, and that dumped into the Detroit River or more historically correct the "Strait of Detroit." That 28 miles of waterway connected Lake St. Clair, (big but not great) to Lake Erie...
French Startup Unveils AI Model For Robots And Human-Like Hand
Genesis AI, a French robotics startup backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and telecoms tycoon Xavier Niel, on Wednesday unveiled an AI model designed to make robots more adaptable, along with a human-like robotic hand. Co-founded by former Mistral researcher...
Apple Inc. Forum Highlights Real-World Uses Of AI In Manufacturing
A forum at Michigan State University is giving students and business leaders a closer look at how artificial intelligence is being used in manufacturing. The forum also showcased how AI is used in less expected settings, including agriculture. “We don’t think about it...
The Great Lakes Are Ideal For Wind Energy, So Where Is It?
This titanic network of interconnected freshwater lakes with a surface area larger than New England, New York, and New Jersey combined is theoretically ideal for wind farms. Winds sweeping across the lakes are stronger, more consistent, and less turbulent than those...
Solar Activity Makes Space Junk Crash To Earth Faster
Understanding how debris shifts in orbit can help to avoid disastrous collisions. And a new study increases that understanding, showing that space debris falls to Earth faster when the sun is more active. "For the first time, we find that, once solar activity passes a...
Clean Hydrogen Created From Plastic Waste Using Battery Acid From Old Cars And Solar Power
Researchers turned hard-to-recycle plastic into hydrogen using battery acid. This circular upcycling system tackles multiple problematic waste streams at once, the scientists claim. Scientists have developed a method to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen using...
SFU Researchers Get Funding Boost To Forecast Whale Movements Using AI
Simon Fraser University researchers have received nearly $1 million in special funding from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada to develop an artificial intelligence–powered system that forecasts whale movements in busy shipping corridors. The Humans and...
Volvo Autonomous Solutions And Aurora Begin Dallas – Oklahoma City Route
Aurora Innovation and Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) are expanding their autonomous freight network with a new 200-mile route connecting Dallas and Oklahoma City. The companies said the new route marks another step toward scaling commercial self-driving trucking...
How California’s New Regulations Will Affect Autonomous Vehicles
In California cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, autonomous vehicles have operated under a different set of rules for the past few years compared to their human-operated counterparts. Although these driverless taxis were susceptible to citations from local law...
