The Innovation Report
Trump’s Auto Tariffs Strike At The Heart Of Japan’s Economy
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to batter Japan’s vital auto industry and derail the country’s long-standing efforts to engineer a sustainable economic recovery. With the 25% US tariff now in place on cars and auto parts, Japan’s major automakers —...
Rocket Lab Launches Japanese Earth-Observing Radar Satellite To Orbit
Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit for the Japanese company iQPS on Wednesday morning (June 11). An Electron rocket topped with the QPS-SAR-11 spacecraft lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Wednesday at 11:31...
Bedrock Ocean Dredges Up $25M To Map The Seafloor With Robots
Oceans may cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, but we have better maps of the moon than we do the seabed. There are good reasons for that: The ocean floor is obscured, and the harsh environment makes it hard to send humans down to get a closer look. But as...
Nine EV Myths — How People Fall For Them
More people believe misinformation about electric vehicles than disagree with it and even EV owners tend to believe the myths, our new research shows. We investigated the prevalence of misinformation about EVs in four countries – Australia, the United States, Germany...
Consumer Reports Urges Congress To Drop Electric Vehicle Tax Proposal
An influential consumer organization on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers to drop a plan to impose a proposed $250 annual fee on electric cars to pay for road repairs. Consumer Reports, which also tests and rates new vehicles, noted that Republican Senator Bernie...
The UK Accelerates Its Self-Driving Car Ambitions
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has confirmed that the government will fast-track the introduction of self-driving vehicles on England’s roads, initially planned for spring 2026. This announcement is expected to create 38,000 jobs, improve road safety, and add...
Waymo Leads Autonomous Taxi Race In The US
Waymo's autonomous vehicles have become part of the everyday landscape in a growing number of US cities, serving as safe transport options, tourist attractions, and symbols of a not-so-distant future. Their market dominance, however, is far from guaranteed. As Tesla...
US, China Inch Toward Plan To Ease Chip And Rare-Earth Controls
The US and China wrapped up two days of high-stakes trade talks in London. The result: a plan to establish a framework for implementing a consensus the two sides had already agreed to last month. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Chinese had pledged to...
XRobotics’ Countertop Robots Are Cooking Up 25,000 Pizzas A Month
XRobotics thinks it has cracked the code on getting pizza restaurants to adopt robotics. The San Francisco-based robotics company built a countertop robot called xPizza Cube, which is roughly the size of a stackable washing machine, and uses machine learning to apply...
Smart Mobility Today: 9 June 2025
In this week's edition of the Smart Mobility Today podcast and Global Auto Mobility, I learned about a group of scientists who are creating clean Hydrogen fuel by using aluminum cans and sea water. Every podcast I learn about individuals who use their talent and...
