The Innovation Report
Pilotless Air Taxi Gains Approval For Commercial Flight Operations
Tickets for autonomous flights over two tourist spots in China should go on sale shortly. China's civil aviation authority has given the green light for urban air mobility outfit EHang to begin low-altitude commercial operations with its EH216-S eVTOL. We've been...
Smart Mobility Today: 31 March 2025
For any of us who have ever put two things together to create something else, engineering holds a certain allure and sense of discovery. When Global Auto Mobility and Smart Mobility Today visited the University of Michigan Dearborn campus as part of the Astemo Future...
Indianapolis Winner In Smart Cities North America Awards
Indianapolis has been recognized with a Smart Cities North America Award for its efforts to integrate artificial intelligence into city operations, a project initiated by the city’s AI Commission in December 2023. The award is from the International Data Corp. The AI...
ZeroAvia Wins US Air Force Grant To Advance Hydrogen-Powered Autonomous Flight
Hydrogen flight startup ZeroAvia announced on March 25, 2025, that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the US Department of the Air Force (DAF). The project that is the object of this grant aims to evaluate the integration of...
China: Tesla Removes ‘FSD’ Name From Its Autonomous Tech
Stricter oversight from China’s government has forced Tesla to change the name of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology, which isn’t actually fully autonomous. In China, FSD, which operates at a Level 2 out of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 5 self-driving...
UK: Drone Trial Takes Off To Deliver Radioactive Drug
Trials have been taking place to see if radioactive medicine can be delivered to hospitals by drone. Coventry-based drone company Skyfarer has teamed up with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust and Viking Drone Packaging to build the...
Space Pirates Already Have Their Sights Set On The ‘High Seas’ Of Earth Orbit
The Center for the Study of Space Crime, Policy, and Governance (CSCPG) is looking into the risks of piracy in space and solutions to this potentially devastating economic and legal problem. "Now is the time to start thinking and talking about mitigating the threat of...
Robots To The Rescue: Autonomous Innovation To Serve The Greater Good
By combining robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI), Maryland Engineering researchers and students are building solutions that can help save lives, protect property, and safeguard the environment. One such system, RoboScout, Maryland's entry in a...
Rivian Spins Out Startup Focused On Small, Lightweight EVs
Rivian, known for its large electric trucks, is setting its sights on small and lightweight vehicles. The Irvine-based automaker said Wednesday it's spinning out its micromobility business into a new startup called Also Inc. Micromobility encompasses a variety of...
Canadian Prime Minister: Trump’s Auto Tariffs A ‘Direct Attack’ on Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs are a “direct attack” on his country and that the trade war is hurting Americans, noting that American consumer confidence is at a...
