The Innovation Report
Toyota-Based Skydrive Aims Japanese Flying Car At Daily Driving Masses
SkyDrive has long taken a leadership role in Japan's nascent eVTOL industry with sights on eventually making its flying cars as ubiquitous as automobiles. With time winding down on its long-time goal of unveiling its first production-bound multirotor electric aircraft...
Ford EVs Set New Sales Records In The U.S. In January
In January, Ford set new records for overall electric vehicle sales and for Mustang Mach-E sales. Last month, the American automaker sold a total of 5,666 EVs stateside–a 21.2% increase over the same period last year. The Mustang Mach-E electric...
Study: EVs Rival Gas Vehicles For Reliability & Longevity
Reliability and longevity concerns may once have been among the most common reasons for not buying an electric vehicle. A new study published in Nature Energy claims that the reliability of battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) has increased considerably...
Ohio Hits Brakes On Building Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Amid Trump Spending Freeze
Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration has embraced federal funding to install new electric-vehicle charging stations along highways around Ohio, erecting nearly a third of the 58 stations set up nationwide so far with the money. But it’s now unclear whether Ohio will...
Finland’s First Green Hydrogen Plant Starts Commercial Production
Finnish company P2X Solutions has started commercial green hydrogen production at its facility that is first-of-a-kind in Finland and one of the first in Europe, it said on Wednesday. A number of European companies, such as oil majors British BP (BP.L),...
New Traffic Signals In Springboro Will Use AI To Ease Congestion
New traffic signals will be installed in Springboro that city officials say will use smart technology to help ease road congestion. City Council on Thursday approved a resolution to replace the controller units in all 16 of the city’s managed traffic signals with new...
Tiny Spacecraft Could Travel Across Interstellar Space With This ‘Trampoline’ Lightsail
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day carry tiny spacecraft to distant star systems. The new findings detail a method to measure the force of laser light on what are known as...
Green Hydrogen Plane Plans For Nonstop 9-Day Trip Around Earth
When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about climate change but held little promise of revolutionizing air travel. Now, the 66-year-old Swiss...
Humanoid Robot Manufacturer Apptronik Raises $350M
Apptronik, a University of Texas spin-out that was quietly building humanoid robots before it became quite so fashionable, on Thursday announced a $350 million Series A round of financing. B Capital and Capital Factory co-led the round, which also featured...
Lyft To Roll Out Autonomous Rides In 2026
Rideshare company Lyft will bring another self-driving technology to the North Texas market, one of its co-founders announced Monday. The company previously announced in November it would launch self-driving cars in Atlanta. Now, the company says its autonomous...
