Jun 10, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles
It seems that many motorists enjoy driving too much or are else suspicious of self-driving cars, according to a major study. LESS than one in 10 UK motorists would feel safe in a fully self-driving vehicle, findings of a large survey suggest. And only 12 per cent...
Jun 10, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured
The business of autonomous vehicles is ticking away at a snail’s pace. All the players want to be the first to get their vehicles on the road, but a completely autonomous vehicle hasn’t been cleared for consumers. A small step was taken recently in California when one...
Jun 10, 2021 | Government, Investment, Research
The U.S. government used to devote a much larger share of the country’s resources to investing in the future. Every year from the 1950s through the ’70s, federal spending on research and development equaled at least 1 percent of G.D.P. The share peaked above 2 percent...
Jun 10, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured, Mobility
A new platform named ZebraT has been developed for outdoor delivery research and education at Detroit’s Wayne State University. Together with the HydraOne indoor platform and Hydra highway platform, the CAR lab has now developed a full spectrum of research and...
Jun 10, 2021 | Robots, Work
Machines already pick about 90% of the grapes used to make wine in the U.S., but full adoption of machine use for the growing, pruning and harvesting process hasn’t yet occurred. But the COVID-19 pandemic and a continuing labor shortage has accelerated the move...
Jun 3, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Entertainment
The 2020 Indy 500 had no fans in the stands. But imagine a race with no drivers in the cars? That’s going to happen at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this fall. The IMS and Energy Systems Network have partnered up for the Indy Autonomous Challenge: a 50-mile...
Jun 3, 2021 | Electric Vehicles
There’s a famous quip attributed to Henry Ford: his customers could have a Model T in any color, as long as it was black. On one small Greek island in the coming years, people will have their choice of any set of wheels they like, so long as it’s...
Jun 3, 2021 | Featured, Hydrogen, Transportation
Siemens Mobility has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Germany-based organization to undertake joint research into the use of liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology in the railway sector. In a statement earlier this week Siemens Mobility’s CEO of...
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