The Innovation Report
How AVs Could Fuel A Change In Ridesharing
Waymo, a software company owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc., has been testing out self-driving rideshare cars in Phoenix and San Francisco. The results have been promising so far, but many Americans are still wary of driverless vehicles and the tech may not expand...
IDTechEx Says Buying An Autonomous Electric Car Will Feel More Like Buying A Laptop Than A Car
Computer chips have been part of cars for a long time, but no one really cares about them until they stop working or they are late to the production line, grinding manufacturing to an industry-shaking halt. However, the research within IDTechEx's "Semiconductors for...
Training And Pilot Certification Rules For Air Taxis Proposed
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Wednesday its proposal for comprehensive training and pilot certification regulations for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), commonly known as flying taxis. These innovative aircraft have...
Researcher Receives Grant To Enable Surgical Robots To Treat Disease by Focusing Energy on Tissues
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Loris Fichera has been awarded $599,663 by the National Science Foundation for a five-year project that will enable a new class of surgical robots to treat disease through the focused delivery of...
“Ghost Driver” Study Tests Visual Prompts For Autonomous Vehicle Comms
With autonomous vehicles already rolling on public roads, researchers from the University of Nottingham in the UK have used a camouflaged driver to look at how pedestrians react to visual cues from oncoming cars without a human at the wheel. Folks trying to...
AVs May Soon Be Making Their Way To The Front Lines
The self-driving vehicle is now a reachable asset for travelers in major American cities, after a ton of researching and testing. The Army, however, has it own need for the autonomous vehicles. To help procure the complicated technology, the Army turned to the Defense...
GM CEO Stands By Her Bet On Autonomous Vehicles
General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra had a message on Friday for investors and rivals who see no profitable future in autonomous vehicles: You're wrong. Barra told attendees at a Sanford Bernstein conference that she sees a "giant growth opportunity" in GM's...
AESC Opening Huge EV Battery Factory In South Carolina To Supply BMW
Battery tech firm AESC is partnered with BMW, and it broke ground today on a 30 GWh EV battery factory in Florence County, South Carolina. Construction of the 1.5 million-square-foot plant is now under way, and it’s expected to be fully operational in 2026....
Review: Can Car Parks Cope With More EVs?
Engineers will investigate if multi-storey car parks are strong enough to hold electric vehicles (EV) on upper floors, the government confirmed. Importing petrol or diesel vehicles will be banned in Jersey by 2030, in line with its Carbon Neutral Roadmap....
The Future of Electrification
Jim Castellano, Vice President, Design Engineering xEV at Hitachi Astemo, spoke with Nathan Keelan from Detroit Media Productions about the future of electrification. The conversation ranged from Jim’s education and history, to his thoughts about where the industry is...
