The Innovation Report
Smart Mobility Today: 21 July 2025
Everything makes a little more sense when you are informed and have a handle on what's going on.....Well almost everything. This week's Smart Mobility Today and the Global Auto Mobility Thursday full edition have a lot in it! Should robots frighten us, where do we go...
China Puts New Restrictions On EV Battery Technology In Latest Move To Consolidate Dominance
China has put export restrictions on technologies critical for producing electric vehicle batteries, in a move to consolidate its dominance in the sector that has contributed to the country’s lead in the global EV race. Several technologies used to manufacture EV...
Zillow Launches Skytour, A New Drone View Tool For Home Shoppers
Zillow is putting homebuyers in the pilot’s seat with the launch of SkyTour, a feature that lets users virtually fly around properties using a 3D, drone-style interface. SkyTour uses a rendering technique called Gaussian splatting to turn drone footage into a smooth,...
China: Robots Riding Subway To Make 7-Eleven Deliveries
Subway commuters in Shenzhen, China, may soon need to make room for a fleet of chunky, snack-carrying delivery robots. Earlier this week, more than three dozen autonomous, four-wheeled delivery robots boarded and exited active subway trains, and eventually delivered...
NASA Won’t Publish Key Climate Change Report Online, Citing ‘No Legal Obligation’ To Do So
A major climate report, the U.S. government's primary, peer-reviewed climate assessment that is completed every four to five years, will not be published on NASA's website, reversing course after the White House indicated the space agency would make the document...
Stellantis To End Development Of Hydrogen Vehicles To Focus On EVs
Stellantis is ending efforts to develop hydrogen vehicles, shifting resources to electric cars and hybrids to meet EU’s tougher emissions standards. The move by the owner of the Peugeot, Fiat and Opel brands also means only a handful of carmakers, including Toyota,...
GM Will Provide Used EV Batteries For Energy Storage Systems
Driven by increased electrification of the transportation sector and artificial intelligence data centers, U.S. electricity demand is expected to grow by as much as 50% by 2040, according to the American Clean Power Association. Modular, battery-based electricity...
Jaguar Land Rover To Run Sustainability Test Pilot Ahead Of EV Roll Out
Jaguar Land Rover is about to test a sustainability pilot ahead of its anticipated electric vehicle roll out. JLR is collaborating with smart EV charging software platform, ev.energy, to support efforts to make charging more sustainable and affordable for its clients....
MOTOR Ai Secures $20m For Autonomous Driving Technology
MOTOR Ai, a German company specialising in cognitive AI systems for autonomous driving, has secured $20m in a seed financing round for the deployment of the company’s neuroscience-driven technology on public roads in Germany. eCAPITAL and Segenia Capital spearheaded...
Dublin Deploys AI-Powered Security Robots As Part Of Public Safety Pilot Program
A new kind of officer is patrolling the streets of Dublin, and it’s rolling on wheels. The City of Dublin has introduced two AI-powered security robots as part of a two-year pilot program aimed at enhancing public safety in high-traffic areas. The units are currently...
