Oct 29, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
Tourist shuttles powered by autonomous vehicle technology will come to Yellowstone National Park for the summer tourist season in 2021. An agreement between the National Park Service and mobility-as-a-service provider Beep will see two vehicles deployed in...
Oct 22, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Cities, Testing
A fleet of six Ford Mondeo vehicles capable of Level 4 autonomous driving will complete a nine-mile round trip from Oxford Parkway station to the UK city’s main train station. Project Endeavour, a programme to help accelerate and scale the deployment and adoption of...
Oct 22, 2020 | Featured, Investment, Smart Cities
A massive smart infrastructure boom could be about to kick off as cities face growing pressure to become more resilient in the wake of Covid-19. Combined with escalating sustainability commitments and the need to support ongoing population growth, Barclays believes...
Oct 22, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, Honda and T. Rowe Price & Associates, has been issued a permit from California regulators that will allow it to test driverless vehicles on public roads in...
Oct 22, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
Tesla sent out the first “Full Self-Driving” beta software update to a select group of customers this week, CEO Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday. On an earnings call Wednesday, Musk said more Tesla owners would get the update as the weeks progress, with the goal of a “wide...
Oct 22, 2020 | Drones, Healthcare
Drones have already shown that they can reliably deliver vital shipments of blood across Rwanda, drop off prescriptions to senior citizens in Florida, and help quarantining families stay safe with contactless deliveries. Now they’re going to be...
Oct 22, 2020 | 5G, Featured, Government
Washington has stepped up its offensive against Huawei, offering financing to Brazil to get the Chinese telco effectively blocked from the nation’s next-generation 5G networks. During a trip to Brasilia on Tuesday, officials from the Export-Import Bank of the United...
Oct 22, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
In 2018, the company started taking passengers in a programme called Waymo One, but the only passengers allowed on board were people that had been vetted by Waymo, which involves signing an NDA barring them from disclosing any information about trips. According to the...
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