Nov 14, 2024 | Mapping, Transit
Ahead of the holiday season, Google Maps is rolling out a handful of new features, like reporting transit delays. When viewing a transit station in Google Maps, you’ll get a new “Report delay” button that brings up the list of lines. On that same page, users will see...
Nov 14, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose 35% in October from the same month last year, led by a 54% jump in sales in China, market research firm Rho Motion said on Wednesday. European sales rose just 0.8%, but were up in annual terms for the...
Nov 14, 2024 | Featured, Satellites, Space
SpaceX launched 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida early this morning (Nov. 14) in the second half of a spaceflight doubleheader. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the 24 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape...
Nov 14, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
A California state agency said on Thursday it is mandating enhanced data reporting requirements for autonomous vehicles including reports for incidents where self-driving cars get stuck. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is requiring companies to file...
Nov 14, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety
Toyota is teaching driverless cars to deliberately skid sideways at high speed while still safely navigating a course. The company says the technique wouldn’t be used on the road as part of the normal driving experience, but could give an autonomous car the ability to...
Nov 14, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Smart Cities
In the world’s major cities, they’re looking to smart building systems—systems that combine the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to drive up efficiency, reduce waste, and gain knowledge and insights. For the uninitiated, here’s how it works: a building...
Nov 14, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Trucks
In 2023, freight trucks moved $15 trillion worth of goods in the United States. Trucking is what keeps America’s economy moving, plain and simple. Yet this workhorse of consumerism is now ripe for disruption. Advances in artificial intelligence, lasers, radar,...
Nov 14, 2024 | Energy, Featured, Marine Science, Robots
New technology that enables robots to work stably in turbulent seas could make it cheaper, faster and safer to maintain offshore wind farms and tidal turbines, researchers say. Until now, the unpredictable nature of waves—which make it difficult for machines to remain...
Nov 13, 2024 | Energy, Spotlight Series
Smart Mobility Today had a conversation with Jeremy Mondrella and learned about the DTE Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Program. Jeremy, welcome to the show! Can you start the conversation by describing your role in DTE’s Commercial and Industrial Energy...
Nov 13, 2024 | Autonomous Ships, Autonomous Vehicles, Military
Saab announced this week the arrival of something called the Autonomous Ocean Core. Technically a hardware and software suite, the tech is described as a ready-to-use autonomous control system meant to turn surface and subsurface ships into autonomous platforms...
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