Feb 5, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
The global autonomous vehicle industry is an $8 trillion market opportunity, according to General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit Cruise. Dan Ammann, CEO of the GM majority-owned autonomous vehicle subsidiary, on Wednesday said that valuation includes autonomous...
Jan 30, 2020 | Detroit, Featured, Mobility
As part of its planned $740 million campus development project in Detroit’s Corktown, Ford is planning a vehicle testing site behind the once-abandoned Michigan Central Station. The land was already earmarked to serve as home base for the company’s latest mobility...
Jan 30, 2020 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
General Motors will invest $2.2 billion to overhaul its Detroit-Hamtramck facility to be the automaker’s first fully dedicated assembly plant for electric vehicles, which will be powered by battery cells manufactured in Lordstown. The automaker Monday announced the...
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 | Featured, Internet of Things, Wearable Electronics
Wearable electronics and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices are rapidly growing in popularity, but their need for consistent power can place a high burden on users. One recently proposed solution is to generate electricity using heat from the human body, animals...
Jan 22, 2020 | Detroit, Featured, Smart Cities
Digital surveillance has grown exponentially in the last few years, and with it the scope and scale of security apparatus deployed across urban environments. How does the visibility—or invisibility—of these technologies elicit performative acts from people at each end...
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