The Innovation Report
Smart Mobility Today: 19 October 2026
It's a mixed bag of stories this week on the Smart Mobility Today podcast, everything from a mileage record set on Mars, to trade troubles and deals among countries, to catching winter manure spreads with present day technology. Nothing like a well rounded dose of...
Amazon Has Over 1M Robots; What’s Next For Humans?
No organization in the world operates more robots than Amazon. The company already has more than 1 million robots working in warehouses around the clock to make tens of millions of same-day and one-day package deliveries happen on a daily basis—and Amazon is poised to...
Electric Cars Saved $20B In Oil – And The US Is Falling Behind
EVs are giving oil-importing countries some breathing room during the Hormuz energy crisis. Between March and August, their EV fleets displaced an estimated $20 billion worth of crude oil, according to new analysis from energy think tank Ember. And while more...
Electric Vehicle Sales In The US Are Showing Signs Of Life
Don’t go writing the obituary for the U.S. electric vehicle just yet. After sales tanked following the cancellation of tax credits last year, they’ve been growing for the last three consecutive quarters, according to a new report from Cox Automotive. EVs captured 6.1%...
GM Unveils Autonomous Silverado 3500HD For The Army
GM Defense showed a fully autonomous, electric-drive pickup at the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition on Monday. The concept rides on the Silverado 3500HD's dual-rear-wheel platform. Its Unmanned Ground Vehicle concept trades internal...
Denver Police Can’t Ticket Waymos; Lawmakers May Change That
Waymo has hit a few speed bumps in its first month operating in Denver. The self-driving taxis, which opened to the public on Sept. 1, have wandered into farmers’ markets, entered construction zones and been involved in one collision. But when the autonomous vehicles...
Stellantis CEO: Trade Barriers Breaking Up Global Auto Industry As Canadian Plants Face US Tariff Pressure
The global auto industry is being divided by trade barriers, and one of the world's largest automakers says the transformation is changing where vehicles are built, how technology is developed and which markets companies prioritize. Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa...
China and European Union Reach Consensus On Hybrid, EV Trade
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) on Wednesday welcomed the positive outcomes of consultations between China and the EU on hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) trade. The association said that it was ready to continue playing its bridging role and...
Satellites Spot Winter Manure Spreading
Winter farming practices limited or banned by regulators that pollute waterways can now be seen from a different perspective: outer space. A new technological tool developed by the nonprofit Environmental Law & Policy Center with University of Wisconsin...
Anthropic Warns AI Models Could Soon Copy Themselves Across Home Devices
Anthropic said Monday that small AI models are “months away” from developing the capabilities needed to replicate themselves across internet-connected devices in the home, marking the latest warning from the frontier lab about the technology’s potential safety risks....
