Feb 3, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Investment, Rideshare
Interest in self-driving vehicle technologies has grown during the pandemic, particularly as surges in infections make deliveries and taxi rides riskier. Markets and Markets optimistically predicts that autonomous car sales will reach 62.4 million units by...
Feb 3, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Unions
U.S. labor unions and a consumer safety advocate on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to add more safeguards to ensure autonomous vehicles are safe before being deployed in wide numbers on U.S. roads. Lawmakers at a U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure...
Jan 27, 2022 | Agriculture, Autonomous Vehicles, Climate
A lack of knowledge is holding many farmers back from investing in new agricultural technology, according to a new survey by NFU Mutual. Lack of access to finance was the second highest reason limiting respondents (30%), followed by uncertainty about the future (17%)...
Jan 27, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Social Media
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg was met with a mixed reaction after touting his company’s “exciting breakthrough” towards creating an artificial intelligence system that thinks “the way we do.” In a Facebook post on Thursday,...
Jan 27, 2022 | Investment, Michigan, Mobility
May Mobility, an autonomous vehicle technology company based in Ann Arbor, has announced the initial closing of a Series C round of funding with an investment of $83 million led by Mirai Creation Fund II, a managed fund of Sparx Group Co. Other new investors are Tokio...
Jan 27, 2022 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Jobs
General Motors Co said on Wednesday it would hire more than 8,000 new technical staff this year, as the U.S. automaker accelerates its development of electric vehicles and software-driven services. The company said it is expanding teams that electrify cars, develop...
Jan 27, 2022 | Defense, Drones, Featured
A growing number of countries are banning the use of commercial drones amid concerns that they can be relatively easily converted into killing machines. The United Arab Emirates joined that list over the weekend by announcing a nationwide ban on the use of consumer...
Jan 27, 2022 | Solar, Transportation
The Chinese company Space Transportation is developing a “rocket with wings” for space tourism and point-to-point travel. “We are developing a winged rocket for high-speed, point-to-point transportation, which is lower in cost than rockets that carry...
Jan 27, 2022 | Delivery, Robots
A prolific early contender in the autonomous delivery race has forged a partnership with an authentication company. The reason? There’s a big market for the delivery of age-restricted items. There’s a larger market story behind this partnership. The...
Jan 27, 2022 | Delivery, Robots
San Francisco-based Starship Technologies has launched on-demand food deliveries on the Southern Methodist University campus with a fleet of 16 autonomous robots. The six-wheeled robots will deliver meals from nine campus eateries: Cinco Taco, Einstein Bros Bagels,...
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