The Industry Innovation Report
Einride Gets NHTSA Approval to Operate Autonomous Electric Trucks on US Roads
Autonomous EV freight company Einride has received approval from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to operate its Autonomous Electric Transport (AET) trucks on public roads in the US. These Pod trucks will begin driving under a...
Amazon to Launch Drone Delivery; Area Citizens Not Happy
Amazon has long talked about its desire to deliver packages via drone, but citizens of Lockeford, Calif., where the company will begin testing the service for the first time, say they were caught by surprise by news the sky would be buzzing with robotic...
Sesame Solar: World’s First 100% Renewable Mobile Nanogrids
In an emergency, one person can set up this nanogrid and start generating power in 15 minutes, with minimal training. In other words, it’s almost as easy as saying “open sesame,” or in this case, using a new device launched today by Sesame Solar, based in...
The Missing Link in Industry 4.0’s Connectivity Chain
Industry 4.0 has been well and truly explosive for the last decade, and its growth doesn't seem to be stopping. The Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA) predicts that, by 2025, there will be more than 25 billion Internet of Things (IoT)...
How Autonomous Mobility and Smart Cities are Defining the Future of Mobility
The first moving assembly line for the mass production of automobiles was installed by Henry Ford on Dec. 1, 1913. This innovation enabled cars to be built in a fraction of the amount of time it previously took—reducing it from 12 hours to one hour and 33 minutes....
Could I Save Money Driving an EV?
There are nearly half a million electric cars in the UK, and rising fuel prices have prompted more people to consider making the switch. The government is banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, a decade earlier than originally planned....
EVs Could Take 33% of Global Sales by 2028
Electric vehicle sales could reach 33% globally by 2028 and 54% by 2035, as demand accelerates in most major markets, consultant AlixPartners said on Wednesday. EVs accounted for less than 8% of global sales last year, and just under 10% in the first quarter of 2022....
Does Google’s LaMDA AI Have a Soul?
"I feel pleasure, joy, love, sadness, depression, contentment, anger, and many others," responds LaMDA when asked by Google computer engineer Blake Lemoine what sorts of feelings it has. LaMDA is the acronym for Google's Language Model for Dialogue...
Cancer Specialists Turning to AI Used by Netflix
Cancer specialists are turning to artificial intelligence - used by Netflix. The science behind your viewing habits could soon be guiding doctors in managing the disease. A machine learning tool has been created - based on the one used by the streaming giant. It...
VW Poised to Overtake Tesla as World’s No. 1 EV Company
In less than two years, Tesla will likely lose the crown of the world’s largest electric vehicle company, according to a study by Bloomberg Intelligence published June 14. Overtaking it as the company selling the most EVs could be German auto giant...
