Mar 12, 2020 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Investment
U.S. automaker General Motors announced it’s making a $20 billion investment by 2025 in electrification, including EV architecture development, battery cell development and investments in EV charging infrastructure. The automaker also revealed its new Ultium...
Mar 12, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
Two months ago, the head of Chinese electric vehicle start-up Xpeng was feeling upbeat about China’s progress in switching away from fuel-burning cars. Tesla had given a fillip to Chinese consumer enthusiasm for electric vehicles with the launch of production in...
Mar 12, 2020 | Blockchain, Mobility
The transportation industry is experiencing significant change as connected vehicles, autonomous cars and ridesharing impact the landscape. To stay competitive, industry leaders are constantly looking for opportunities to increase efficiency, improve security, reduce...
Mar 12, 2020 | 5G, Internet of Things
Companies are pouring money into the Internet of Things (IoT), and one area of particular interest to investors is IoT connected cars. Business Insider Intelligence expects connected car shipments to rise from 33 million in 2017 to over 77 million by 2025. ...
Mar 12, 2020 | Defense, Featured
The U.S. Navy is in the process of developing armed robot submarines, which could theoretically be used to kill without direct human oversight. The project is being developed by the Office of Naval Research under the name CLAWS, although it has not been made clear...
Mar 12, 2020 | Agriculture, Featured, Internet of Things
Arable Labs, an agricultural data and analytics company, announced Wednesday the launch of a suite of solutions that deliver in-field weather and plant measurements to growers, consultants, large-scale producers, and processors across the cannabis supply chain. At the...
Mar 12, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Investment
Neolix Technologies, a self-driving logistics startup based primarily in Beijing, today confirmed that it closed a roughly RMB 200 million ($29 million) series A+ financing round in February of this year. The company said that the proceeds will be put toward ramping...
Mar 5, 2020 | 5G, Defense
Air Force leadership stressed that the global race to develop 5G networks will be a crucial part of developing the military’s newest sister service branch dedicated to space. “We need to up our game in 5G,” Will Roper, the Air Force’s acquisition head, explained...
Mar 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
The device resembles a stingray, except it doesn’t patrol the water in search of prey. It’s perched at the edge of the water, and rather than threaten humans, it aims to save them. It’s much louder, too ― emitting a piercing, high-pitched alarm when it sees a...
Mar 5, 2020 | Agriculture
It’s a cloudy day in early October and I’m circling my rented Jeep Wrangler around a maze of industrial buildings in Hamilton, Ohio. Hamilton is a small city 30 miles north of Cincinnati with a population of just over 62,000 people. Like much of Ohio,...
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