The Innovation Report
Detroit Bikes Brings Schwinn Production Back to U.S.
Detroit Bikes will begin assembling 500 copies of Schwinn’s classic Collegiate cruiser in a new partnership for an American brand that traces its lineage to 1895 Chicago. The Schwinn Collegiate will be produced in Detroit is intended to reflect the leisurely aesthetic...
COVID Driving High Absenteeism, Threatening Auto Industry Recovery
Ford Motor and Fiat Chrysler are hiring temp workers and General Motors is restructuring shifts at an assembly plant in Missouri as the auto industry battles to keep factories running amid high absenteeism rates. So many employees are...
Solar Car Cover Recharges EV While Parked
A French company has developed a thin-film solar cell that uses semi conductor compounds based on organic polymers printed on flexible films. The practical upshot of this is that it can be mounted on curved surfaces, something traditional solar panels cannot do....
Mobileye to Test AVs in Germany
Mobileye, Intel’s driverless vehicle R&D division, today announced that German certification body TÜV Süd awarded it a recommendation for a permit to drive its autonomous vehicles on public roads in Germany, including urban and rural areas as well as the...
AVs to Race at Indy 500 Speedway
One of – if not the – most famous car races in the world, the Indianapolis 500, will take AV form a year from this fall when more than 36 universities globally will compete for $1.5 million in prize money in the Indy Autonomous Challenge, to be held at...
AV Technology Driving Improved Futures
There are economic and racial inequities in transportation today. There are those who do not have an opportunity to drive to grocery stores or supermarkets where healthy and better food options are available. There are people with chronic diseases who do not have the...
Virginia Tech to Launch Underwater AV
Researchers at Virginia Tech are working Boston-based Dive Technologies to test an autonomous underwater vehicle. The goal of the project is to design the next underwater autonomous vehicles, creating a design that reduces drag and improves its efficiency, allowing it...
AutoX Awarded California AV Permit
It would be tough to name another self-driving car company developing technology or moving into new markets at the speed of AutoX. The company's latest achievement is a coveted Driverless Permit granted by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV),...
Waymo, Fiat Chrysler Expand AV Partnership
Self-driving car company Waymo LLC and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) are expanding their autonomous vehicle partnership to commercial vehicles, and Fiat Chrysler will develop fully self-driving vehicles exclusively with Waymo going forward, the companies said...
MIT: Fully Autonomous Vehicles 10+ Years Away
Two years ago, MIT launched the Task Force on the Work of the Future, an “institute-wide” effort to study the evolution of jobs during what the college characterizes as an “age of innovation.” The faculty and student research team of more than 20 members, as well as...
