The Innovation Report
In Northern Minnesota, AVs Hitting Rural Roads
On a damp evening in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, just after a rainstorm, a white van drove up through an empty high school and performing arts center parking lot. The van that picked me up, a Toyota Sienna, looks different from a regular Sienna. It has a cylinder mounted...
AV Tech Company May Mobility Appoints Kathy Winter COO
May Mobility, a technology start-up working towards the development and deployment of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology has appointed former Intel and Delphi executive Kathy Winter as its Chief Operating Officer. The technology company’s proprietary Multi-Policy...
Blade Air Mobility: Set For Urban Air Mobility Future
While a lot of companies discuss building urban air mobility (UAM) networks in the next few years, Blade Air Mobility (NASDAQ:BLDE) has already successfully built an air mobility platform. The company now has a network covering the US, Canada and Europe...
Flexible AI Computer Chips Promise Wearable Health Monitors that Protect Privacy
My colleagues and I have developed a flexible, stretchable electronic device that runs machine-learning algorithms to continuously collect and analyze health data directly on the body. The skinlike sticker, developed in my lab at the University of...
Studies Find Automatic Braking Cuts Crashes over 40%
Two new U.S. studies show that automatic emergency braking can cut the number of rear-end automobile crashes in half, and reduce pickup truck crashes by more than 40%. The studies released Tuesday, one by a government-auto industry partnership and the other by the...
States Test an Electrifying Idea: Roads That Can Recharge Your EV
On two short stretches of road near downtown Detroit, Michigan transportation officials hope to make history. Over the next two years, they plan to embed technology in the pavement that can charge electric vehicles while they’re being driven. The wireless system will...
Mobility Group Lays Out Steps to Future
A state advisory group whose mission is to keep Michigan competitive and central to the automotive industry has issued a new set of recommendations ranging from boosting public transit routes and electrifying buses to creating hydrogen fuel cell corridors on major...
Electric Drone Taxi Dubbed ‘Tesla of the Skies’ Takes Flight in Paris
German aircraft manufacturer Volocopter flew its electric helicopter in air traffic for the first time when it took to the skies in Paris on November 10. The aircraft, known as the VoloCity, resembles a large drone with eight rotors and space for two people. The...
UK: EV Drivers to Pay Road Tax from April 2025
Electric cars will no longer be exempt from vehicle excise duty from April 2025, the chancellor has said. Announcing the change as part of his Autumn Statement, Jeremy Hunt said the move was designed to make the motoring tax system "fairer". The RAC motoring group...
New AI Tool Predicts When a Bank Should Be Bailed Out by Taxpayers
An artificial intelligence tool could help governments decide whether or not to bail out a bank in crisis by predicting if the intervention will save money for taxpayers in the long term. The AI tool, developed by researchers at University College London (UCL) and...
