The Innovation Report
2024’s EV Sales Slowdown Forces Automakers To Change Course
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor is reportedly delaying its plans to begin assembling an electric vehicle in the U.S. in 2025-2026 in response to a market slowdown. It is the latest in a string of announcements from automakers,...
UK: Network Of EV Charging Sites Planned
A network of on-street electric vehicle charging sites will be installed across Rutland. The county council has been given government funding of £107,615 for the pilot project, which would see up to 30 new charging points installed across the county. These would be...
San Diegans Get A Free Ride On Buses, Trains And Trolleys, In Push To Promote Transit
San Diego County residents got to ride the trolley, bus and commuter rail for free Wednesday, as part of an initiative from local transportation agencies to promote public transit and reduce emissions. Free Ride Day offered no-cost commutes on all Metropolitan Transit...
How Smart Cities Are Transforming Last-Mile Delivery And Logistics
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...
Self-Flying Drones, Self-Driving Robots Combine To Deliver In Dallas
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...
Tiny Robot Convoy Conducts Successful Endoscopic Surgery In A Medical First
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...
In-Car Tech Innovation: Holographic Displays, AI Assistance, Smart Infotainment
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 isn’t...
Caterpillar Presents Dynamic Charging System For Mining 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...
Silicon Valley Gets Its First Drone Delivery Service
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...
NASA Shuts Off Voyager 2 Science Instrument As Power Dwindles
NASA engineers have turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments due to dwindling power supplies on the spacecraft as it explores interstellar space. Voyager 2 launched into space on Aug. 20, 1977 and left the solar system on Nov. 5,...
