The Industry Innovation Report
Einride Establishes Charging Station Network and Next-gen Autonomous Electric Truck
Autonomous and EV freight technology company Einride shared a myriad of updates during its November Release Event streamed live this week. In addition to announcing plans for a network of charging stations beginning in Sweden and Los Angeles, Einride...
Robotics Plus Unveils Modular AV to Alleviate Agriculture Labor Shortages
Robotics Plus, a New Zealand-based agritech company, today launched its autonomous multi-use, modular vehicle platform for agriculture designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard machine tasks - to alleviate ongoing labor shortages and transform the...
Researchers Using AI to Predict Florida Winter COVID Surge
New COVID cases are picking up again in Florida, triggering concern the state will get hit with a winter wave like it has the last two years. Previously, cases picked up right after Thanksgiving and surged to a peak in mid-January. Now, Florida researchers believe...
M1 Announces Leadership Team Additions
M1 Concourse announces the appointment of two seasoned executives to its leadership team. Jim Tanner joins the epicenter of “All Things Automotive” as Chief Operating Officer and Blair Cremeens is named Director of Marketing & Communications. “We have in place a...
What Matter Means for European IoT Companies
Today is November 3, World Smart Home day — and that means it’s the perfect time to discuss the Internet of Things (IoT). We recently saw the launch (finally!) of Matter, an industry-unifying open standard for smart homes. If you’re building IoT devices, this...
GM Partners with Microvast on EV Battery Separator and Facility
General Motors Co. in Detroit and battery manufacturer Microvast will work together to develop specialized EV battery separator technology and build a new separator plant in the U.S., which is expected to create hundreds of new jobs. This work will be supported by a...
Dubai-made Drone Ready for Healthcare Delivery Market
A Dubai start-up is joining a growing band of tech firms developing delivery drones capable of transporting vital medicines to remote areas thanks to in-built temperature regulators. Heating and cooling systems to maintain required temperature of payloads, a drone...
Flood Waters Can Cause EVs to Catch on Fire
A small number of electric vehicles in Florida burst into flame during flooding caused by Hurricane Ian, and the fires are raising awareness about a previously little-known safety issue for the millions of Americans who have bought or are thinking of...
Argo AI Shuts Down as Ford, VW Pull Back
Argo AI, an autonomous vehicle startup, is shutting down as its two big backers, Ford Motor Corp. and Volkswagen AG, indicated that the company’s technology is taking too long to commercialize. Argo AI confirmed to MarketWatch that some of its 2,000 employees will get...
Conservationists Using Al to Save Threatened Wildlife and Resources
Zoë Jewell had a problem. She had stumbled upon a better way to track the black rhinos she and her colleague were monitoring in Zimbabwe, but there wasn't an easy way to scale the solution. Jewell and her partner discovered that the Indigenous guides they'd hired to...
