The Innovation Report
BYD Beat Tesla By 160,000 EVs In One Quarter
BYD delivered 557,090 battery-electric vehicles in the three months through June. Tesla, according to Bloomberg analyst consensus, is expected to land somewhere around 397,000 total deliveries for the same quarter. That gap — roughly 160,000 vehicles — isn't a...
Autonomous Construction Bots Building Solar Infrastructure Behind Meta’s Hyperion Data Center
The 72-ton machines are retrofitted with software and hardware from Built Robotics and can work upward of 12 hours a day, picking up and driving 200-pound steel beams into the ground. Noah Ready-Campbell, the company's cofounder and CEO, told Business Insider they are...
More Americans Installing Solar Batteries At Home
Americans can no longer get federal tax credits to install solar panels at home, but a growing number are using state incentives to add home batteries. Homeowners installed a record 673 megawatts of battery storage in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from...
U.S. Coast Guard Put 33-ft. Surveillance Drones On Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are not just a postcard backdrop for summer boating. They are one of the world’s most important freshwater systems, holding about 21% of the planet’s surface fresh water and 84% of North America’s surface fresh water, according to the U.S....
UBTech’s Humanoid Robots Deployed To Control Crowds At China’s Busy International Border
China has deployed humanoid robots at its border with Vietnam to help ease congestion at one of its busiest international crossings. The move comes as the Fangchenggang border checkpoint in China’s Guangxi region struggles with heavy daily traffic from cargo trucks,...
What Does The Royal Navy’s Drone Warship Plan Mean For Scotland?
Drones, nuclear weapons and stealth jets - the UK government's long-awaited defence spending strategy has finally been published. Nearly £300bn will be spent over four years under the Defence Investment Plan (DIP). The money includes more than £63bn for nuclear...
Happy Independence Day: 250 Years of Mobility
250 Years of Human Movement In 1776, mobility was defined by the physical limits of muscle, wind, and water. Today, in 2026, it is defined by digital networks, automation, and near-instantaneous global reach. The transformation of how human beings move over the last...
NASA Astronauts Step Into Open Space To Repair Critical ISS Robotic Arm Mid-Mission
A rare and technically demanding spacewalk is underway outside the International Space Station, where NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir are working to restore full functionality to the station’s Canadarm2 robotic system following a critical malfunction...
Slate’s $25K Electric Pickup Will Shake Up The Auto Industry
“It’s a real truck.” That was my first thought as a $24,950 2027 Slate electric pickup accelerated down Figueroa Street on a cool Los Angeles morning this week. I didn’t realize just how skeptical I’d been of Slate’s do-it-yourself EV till that moment. Pieces didn’t...
Smart Mobility Today: 29 June 2026
As I cut the lawn the other day, I heard a loud buzz, like a giant bumble bee. I looked up to see a drone a couple of hundred feet up streaming above my house. It moved with purpose, definitely on a mission. My thoughts immediately went to who sent it, where is it...
