The Innovation Report
Space Junk on 5,800-Mph Collision Course with Moon on Friday
The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater big enough to fit several semitractor-trailers. The leftover rocket will smash into the far side of the moon Friday while traveling at 5,800 miles per hour. The impact will...
California Testing Reuse Systems to Head Off Anticipated Flood of Retired EV Batteries
A lab at San Diego State University is filled with bundles of wires, some of them attached to battery cells being tested. Near the center of the room is a black, steel case containing about 300 of those cells and weighing more than a thousand pounds. It’s a car...
Ford Splits Gas-Powered and EV Businesses but Doesn’t Spin Them Off
Ford is creating two new business units, one for electric vehicles and software and another for its traditional internal combustion vehicles. These companies will report their financial results separately from the rest of Ford but they will not be spun off as entirely...
Ford Tricked Tesla, Speeds its Move into EVs
The reorganization was obvious and expected. Both divisions will be headed by the Ford parent company. "Nothing interesting so far. But wait. Things are about to take an interesting turn," writes TheStreet's Luc Olinga. The electric vehicle division will be called...
Autonomous Delivery Vehicle Has Airbag on Outside for Obvious Reasons: Because There’s Nobody Inside, Of Course.
If we are talking about delivery vehicles, the truth is driverless vehicles make a lot of sense. With no one in the cabin, these machines can be kept to minimal physical dimensions and could be easier and cheaper to operate than traditional delivery trucks and vans....
AI has Mastered ‘Gran Turismo’ — One Autonomous Car Designer is Taking Note
An artificial intelligence program has beaten the world's best players in the popular PlayStation racing game Gran Turismo Sport, and in doing so may have contributed towards designing better autonomous vehicles in the real world, according to one expert. The...
GM to Expand AV Fleet by Building in the US
The future of vehicles is autonomous and it's not only Tesla that is working on self-driving systems. Last Friday, General Motors and its self-driving technology division Cruise petitioned U.S. regulators for the right to engineer a self-driving vehicle without human...
Ford CEO Says Automaker Has No Plans to Spin Off EV Business
Ford Motor has no plans at this time to spin off its electric vehicle or gasoline-powered vehicle businesses, CEO Jim Farley said Wednesday. His comments come less than a week after Bloomberg News reported Farley wanted to separate Ford’s electric...
MG Teases All-New Electric Car; Debut in Q4 this Year
MG has released a new teaser video for an all-new electric car. The company has also confirmed that the new EV will make its global debut sometime in Q4 this year. While details of the upcoming vehicle are scarce, MG has announced that the new electric vehicle will...
US Navy Plans Launch of Mideast Drone Force Alongside Allies
The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet announced Monday the launch of a new joint fleet of unmanned drones with allied nations to patrol vast swaths of the region’s volatile waters as tensions simmer with Iran. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who leads the 5th...
