Oct 4, 2024 | Delivery, Logistics, Smart Cities
Urban logistics is at a crossroads, with the last-mile delivery segment facing increasing pressure from growing e-commerce demands. As cities become denser and more complex, traditional logistics models need help to keep pace, as they face inefficiencies, congestion...
Oct 3, 2024 | Aerial Vehicles
Self-flying drones and self-driving aircraft are joining forces to deliver your burrito. On Tuesday, Wing, the drone delivery arm of Google parent Alphabet, and Serve Robotics, a manufacturer of sidewalk delivery robots, announced a pilot partnership in Dallas, where...
Oct 3, 2024 | Healthcare, Robots
Anew robotic surgical tool has been developed. In a first-of-its-kind development, a robotic convoy was used to perform a minimally invasive endoscopic microsurgery. This was achieved using several millimeter-sized robots called TrainBots. The German...
Oct 3, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured
This week’s e-mobility roundup: Volkswagen and Google Cloud launch an AI assistant, Ford unveils a holographic display, and Alibaba Cloud partners with Nvidia. Ford holograms The truth is, real estate is the reason car interiors are going digital – there simply...
Oct 3, 2024 | Charging, Featured, Trucks
Caterpillar has called the system Cat Dynamic Energy Transfer (DET), which is suitable for the intermediate charging of both battery-only and hybrid mining vehicles. The solution consists of a power module that converts energy from a mining site’s power source for...
Oct 3, 2024 | Delivery, Drones, Featured
Silicon Valley is getting its first drone delivery service to airdrop food and commercial items to local homes, though only the bare essentials (chocolate and Prime-branded drinks) are available right now. California-based Matternet is launching a pilot program...
Oct 3, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, US Economy
Toyota is pushing back the start date for electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing in the US, as global demand for battery-powered cars continues to soften. The Japanese motor industry giant was aiming to start production in late 2025 or early 2026. Toyota now expects to...
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