Nuro Partners With Kroger For Autonomous Delivery Service In Houston
On the heels of successful funding from SoftBank Vision Fund for $940 million, Nuro is launching an autonomous delivery service in Houston, Texas.
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5 Shiny Shanghai Auto Show Highlights — Singulato iC3, Icona Nucleus, Wey X, AiWays U5,…
Walking the massive convention center that houses Auto Shanghai 2019 (i.e., the Shanghai Auto Show) is a great way to get in your steps. The place is huge, taking up 5,400,000 square feet of exhibit space. There are cars and automotive-related companies displaying everything from the latest SUV to a new electric concept to a meal-delivery robot that takes its cues from R2-D2. It’s an overwhelming array of new technology, and then you realize that there are two floors.
Starship Self-Driving Robots Complete Milestone Of 50,000 Deliveries
Since launching in 2018, the robots have been hard at work.
Byton M-Byte Prototype Completes Cold Weather Testing With Brio In Inner Mongolia
Byton just let us know that its winter prototype testing has ended with success. Byton’s vehicles went up against the harshness of Inner Mongolian winters.
Hyundai Will Introduce New Battery-Only Chassis In 2020, Working With Aurora On Autonomous Cars
Hyundai is planning to invest up to $40 billion over the next 5 years in new all electric models and autonomous driving technology. It will unveil an all new dedicated electric car platform in 2020 and expects to offer 44 electrified models by 2025.
VW Settlement Funds Support The “Little Roady” Autonomous Shuttle
The Little Roady, an autonomous shuttle pilot project, now offers self-driving transport in Rhode Island, and it is an awardee of some of that VW dieselgate settlement funding. RIDOT (the Rhode Island Department of Transportation) is using these self-driving shuttles as a pilot project to fill a transit gap between its downtown-Providence Amtrak station and a business park across the river.
A Conversation With WiTricity CEO Alex Gruzen — #CleanTechnica Exclusive
WiTricity has acquired the rights to the QualComm Halo wireless charging technology, enhancing its position as one of the leading wireless charging companies in the world.
Waymo May Team Up With Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi On Autonomous Taxis
Waymo is close to finalizing an agreement with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance to bring self driving taxis to Japan. Expect more details in the spring.
China Planning 6 Gigawatt Subsidy-Free Mongolian Wind Farm
China’s State Power Investment Corporation has given the go-ahead for what could be the world’s largest onshore wind farm, a 6 gigawatt (GW) subsidy-free behemoth set to be developed in Mongolia and which will help power the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
Bell Reveals Its 5-Seat Nexus Air Taxi At CES Las Vegas
The air taxi space is crowded — if not on paper, then with prototypes and flying demos. Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, is a global helicopter leader and no stranger to the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) world. It announced the Bell Nexus, a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft a few years ago at CES. This year, we caught up with the team at CES in Las Vegas to find out what it looks like and what it means for our future mobility needs by 2023.
