Dec 11, 2024 | Auto Industry, Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured
The field of companies competing to launch robotaxi services just got narrower, after General Motors announced a major pivot of its self-driving taxi company, Cruise, which instead will now develop autonomous driving tech for the...
Dec 11, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Power
Electrification in the automotive industry continues to generate headlines as consumers want to learn more about the features and benefits of electric passenger vehicles, predominantly cars. In the engineering community, the conversation often turns to power: the high...
Dec 5, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Delivery, Europe, Featured, Transit
The German government approved on Wednesday a strategy paper encouraging the use of autonomous vehicles for public transportation and goods delivery. The aim is to create the world’s largest single-operating area for autonomous vehicles in Germany by 2028. While...
Dec 4, 2024 | Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
With more cars equipped with partial automation hitting the road, safety researchers are growing increasingly worried about driver attention and the potential for these systems to cause crashes. A new survey has a possible solution to the problem of wandering...
Dec 3, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Satellites, Space
China has launched the world’s first “self-driving” satellites that can maintain or change their flight course without any help from the ground, according to their developer. The two mapping satellites – Siwei Gaojing-2 03 and Gaojing-2 04 – blasted off on a Long...
Nov 21, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Climate
When Hector Xu was learning to fly a helicopter in college, he recalled having a few “nasty experiences” while trying to navigate at night. The heart-stopping flights led to his research of unmanned aircraft systems while getting his doctorate degree in aerospace...
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