Jan 30, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured
Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving company, is getting into the package-delivery business, the company announced in a Wednesday blog post. “Our self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans will shuttle packages from UPS Stores in the Metro Phoenix area to the UPS...
Jan 22, 2020 | Business, Robots & Drones
Back in August, we flagged a filing for you that we’d found interesting, one for a now 2.5-year-old, 40-person Redwood City, Calif.,-based startup called Bear Robotics that’s been developing robots to deliver food to restaurant customers. The filing listed a $35.8...
Jan 22, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Business, Jobs, Smart Manufacturing
Despite the allure of working at the forefront of the latest and greatest technologies, there is a well-known skills gap facing the manufacturing industry. This represents a huge opportunity for workforce entrants and those looking to advance their...
Jan 15, 2020 | Business, Mobility
Toyota has launched a new brand called Kinto, which will focus on mobility services including car sharing, subscription services and autonomous transport systems. The new brand will be introduced in Europe as part of Toyota’s efforts to expand its business beyond...
Jan 2, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business
In spite of recent assertions from industry skeptics, it’s a widely held belief that autonomous cars will require redundant sensors beyond cameras and radars in order to meet safety baselines. That’s certainly the position of Stuttgart, Germany-based engineering...
Dec 19, 2019 | Business, Electric Vehicles
Mercedes-Benz is pushing back the US release of its first mass-market electric vehicle, an SUV known as the EQC, to 2021. The $68,000 EV was originally supposed to start shipping in the US at the start of 2020. Announced in 2018, the EQC launched in Europe earlier...
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