Dec 3, 2020 | Business, Detroit, Electric Vehicles
In a nearly hour-long interview on the Freakonomics Radio podcast, General Motors CEO Mary Barra talks about the automaker’s electric vehicle strategy and President Donald Trump, among many other topics. One of the main subjects is GM’s...
Dec 3, 2020 | Agriculture, Drones
The United States has had its most devastating wildfire season on record, with more than 8 million acres of land burned across the country this year. Regenerating the forests that sat on much of that land would ordinarily take years and involve hundreds of...
Dec 3, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Europe, Investment
Spain is to invest 600 million euros (725 million dollars) in developing artificial intelligence over the next two years as part of plans to transform its national economy, the premier said Wednesday. The programme would run from 2021 to 2023, starting with an initial...
Dec 3, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Healthcare
Scientists have hailed a “once in a generation” breakthrough for our understanding of the human body that paves the way for new treatments for dozens of diseases, from malaria to cancer. It could also help feed the world and even solve the plastic crisis. Artificial...
Dec 3, 2020 | Manufacturing, Robots
There’s a lot of buzz around self-driving cars, but autonomous driving technology could revolutionize the construction industry first. That industry hasn’t changed much over the last several decades, according to some experts, making it an ideal candidate for...
Dec 3, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Testing
Waymo plans to open a new testing site in Ohio for its driverless autonomous vehicles that will focus on dense, urban areas, the company said Tuesday. The new site being built at the Transportation Research Center near Columbus will allow the company to work on motion...
Dec 3, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
The world has been inching toward fully autonomous cars for years. In China, one company just got even closer to making it a reality. On Thursday, AutoX, an Alibaba (BABA)-backed startup, announced it had rolled out fully driverless robotaxis on public...
Dec 3, 2020 | Business, Electric Vehicles
Proposed combustion-engine bans in Europe and Japan by 2030 shouldn’t concern Swedish premium automaker Volvo too much, its CEO insisted. They’ll only make electric cars (EVs) by then anyway, Volvo CEO and President Hakan Samuelsson told the Financial Times Future of...
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