The Innovation Report
EV Charing Company FLO Makes Michigan Announcement
At Global Auto Mobility, we started our week with FLO in Auburn Hills, Michigan. FLO is the Canadian EV charging company whose Michigan facility opened in October 2022. Battling the last snow day of Spring 2023, many members of the automotive press and other guests...
Spacex’s 1st Starship Launches On Epic Test Flight, Explodes In ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’
The most powerful rocket ever built put on quite a show during its debut space launch. With a mighty roar, the first-ever integrated Starship rocket soared toward space today (April 20) from SpaceX's seaside Starbase facility at Boca Chica Beach...
Will Port Charging Be The Next EV Infrastructure Frontier?
California has long been at the forefront of emissions and environmental regulation in the US, as over a dozen states follow its strict passenger vehicle emissions guidelines. As the EV industry grows rapidly, many of these states have also considered following...
Behold The Zero-Emission RV Concept With Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology
Canadian and British-based company First Hydrogen has unveiled a new concept for a zero-emission recreational vehicle (RV) that uses fuel cell technology. Developed in partnership with German engineering services provider EDAG Group, the RV...
Supermarket Will Deliver Across London In ‘Britain’s Biggest Autonomous Home Delivery Trial’
Asda customers will from today be taking delivery of groceries from vehicles that can drive themselves as the supermarket has started a trial using autonomous cars. The retailer claims the move is Britain's biggest autonomous grocery home delivery trial to...
EV Tax Credits In This State Are So Popular, The Plan Ran Out Of Money
An electric-vehicle tax program is paused after it proved so popular that all funding earmarked for the plan has been disbursed. Baby, we were born to run, but certain tramps like us won't be getting any more electric vehicle tax credits -- at least not for awhile....
Artificial Intelligence Being Used In Schools, Museums To Spot Gun Threats
As gun violence surges across the United States, there is a potential new hi-tech line of defense to help protect schools and other public places from future mass shootings. Miami's Frost Museum of Science is using artificial intelligence to try to keep visitors safe....
Loughborough Academics Develop Robots To Care For Elderly
Robots that look after frail elderly people in their homes are being developed by academics. The I'M-ACTIVE project is being worked on by experts at Loughborough University, in Leicestershire. The work looks at ways to install sensors to monitor vulnerable people,...
Robots In The Big Apple: Robo-Trash Cans Patrolling New York Plaza Make Friends, Creep Out Some
Robots aren't just lining up to do dangerous jobs such as helping police, fighting fires or assisting in disaster zones. They may wind up taking out the trash, too. Researchers at Cornell University recently deployed a pair of robotic trash cans in New York...
Dead Birds Are Flying Again — This Time, As Drones
On a New Mexico college campus, there’s a large field that many birds fly over. Lately, some of those birds have been dead. Mostafa Hassanalian, an engineering professor at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, is using drone technology to lift dead birds...
