Feb 9, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Environment, Featured
For years, major car companies have been working to add autonomous features to vehicles on the path to fully automated driving (think lane departure warnings, exterior cameras, and smart cruise control). Tesla in particular is betting big on the technology;...
Feb 2, 2023 | Aeronautics, Autonomous Vehicles
Fully autonomous vehicle technology is conquering the skies, with UAVs being used for various purposes. Now, a purpose-built independent cargo electric plane was unveiled by Pyka. Christened Pelican Cargo is said to be the “largest zero-emission cargo airplane...
Feb 2, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Trucks
A battle is brewing in California over whether to allow fully autonomous trucking in the state, and one side has introduced legislation to try to make sure it never happens. Self-driving tech is coming to both cars and trucks, but while those focused on its use in...
Jan 26, 2023 | Agriculture, Autonomous Vehicles
Agricultural equipment giant John Deere has rolled out plans to develop autonomous tractors. The vehicles take on many farming duties, including plowing, planting and applying fertilizer. As Jonathan Ahl of Harvest Public Media reports, not all farmers are...
Jan 19, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Climate, Environment
A global fleet of about a billion autonomous vehicles, each driving just for one hour per day, may generate about the same amount of carbon emissions as data centres currently do, according to a new study. The research, published recently in IEEE Micro, modelled the...
Dec 15, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Food, Robots
Uber Eats sees autonomous vehicles as an increasingly important part of transportation and delivery. Instead of developing AVs itself, it has chosen to bring AV operators into its network, the company said in an email to Restaurant Dive. The company previously...
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