If you thought autonomous cars were freaking out some older drivers, wait until you hear the one about autonomous flights. Boeing is acquiring Aurora Flight Sciences, a company we mentioned here a little while back. This is throwing serious weight into the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) industry.
Richard Branson and Virgin Group have invested in Hyperloop One. Branson expects to have a system completed in less than 5 years.
For years, it has been clear — electric car customers want superfast (not just “fast”) charging available for long-distance travel. It has also been clear that only Tesla has looked out for its customers in regards to this. It wasn’t until this year that any other charging companies really started offering products capable of this, and there still aren’t any electric cars on the market that could charge more than 100 kW anyway — hence the lack of supply of non-Tesla superchargers.
There is intense competition to be the first company to market with a fully autonomous, driverless ride-sharing service, and if the news that The Information recently dropped is accurate, then Google/Alphabet-owned Waymo will be offering one imminently.
Being under the influence of alcohol or drugs while in charge of a vehicle is rightly considered a big no-no. It’s dangerous and puts lives at risk. But what if the vehicle was autonomously driving itself, and you’re technically just a passenger?
A public-private partnership has been formed with the aim of assessing the feasibility of building a Hyperloop route between Kansas City and St Louis.
Queensland-based EV charging station company Tritium has unveiled its global HQ and new manufacturing facility in Brisbane, which will see a seven-fold increase in capacity – but which may just a fraction of total production within a decade.
The graphics chipmaker NVIDIA recently unveiled its new platform for self-driving vehicle tech — the third generation of the Drive PX automotive line, code-named Pegasus.
Seven western states plus Virginia are planning to expand their EV charging infrastructure using some of the money coming to them from the settlement of the Volkswagen diesel emissions cheating scandal.
Startup Strobe says its LIDAR costs 99% less to produce, so General Motors buys it, while taking a swipe at Elon Musk.
