CAV prototype in the lab, courtesy of Boeing Chicago (ACN) - A working prototype cargo drone unveiled today by Boeing marks the entry of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer into the unmanned electric air cargo air vehicle space. While analysts have predicted for some time now that drones are on course to
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Toyota joins Uber, Amazon, Pizza Hut for driverless pod
Toyota's 'e-Palette' is a weird, self-driving vehicle Las Vegas (Detroit News) — The automotive industry is finally getting ready to deliver on its long-promised future of advanced, driverless cars. To get to the marketplace first, companies are pairing off to share technology and co-develop business models. The latest of those pairings came Monday
Volvo’s Smallest Crossover, The XC40 Has Personality And Storage To Spare
Volvo's newest crossover, the XC40, arrives at dealerships in the spring. Volvos are robust and reliable, but they haven’t been especially fun until the arrival of the 2019 Volvo XC40 – the newest, smallest, and most playful of the Swedish automaker’s revamped three-SUV lineup. The compact crossover, laden with unexpected colours, curves
Electric passenger jet revolution looms as E-Fan X project takes off
Airbus’s E-Fan 2.0 electric prototype plane flying over Farnborough. The E-Fan X will be larger and is being developed by Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens jointly. Photograph: Airbus/PA Battery-powered air taxis and bigger hybrid planes poised to change aviation Trains, ships and automobiles have all been swept along in recent years by the
Apple’s Artificial Intelligence System to minimize use of maps in its self-driving Vehicles
Swift Navigation Centimeter-Accurate GPS Positioning for Autonomous Vehicles Apple has filed a patent for an autonomous navigation system for vehicles that could minimize the role that maps would play in a self-driving car. The patent details how Apple’s system would leverage its AI capabilities and vehicle sensors to let a car navigate
For Tesla Next up, Model Y, then a pickup – says Elon Musk
Automatic Emergency Breaking Safety Technology Included On More New Vehicles
Stop a collision in its tracks Car manufacturers are making progress to include automatic emergency braking, a crash avoidance technology, on all new vehicles. In a recent analysis, four of 20 automakers – Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Toyota - reported that automatic emergency braking is standard on more than half of
Uber is a transportation company, Europe’s highest court rules
A photo illustration shows the Uber app on a mobile telephone, as it is held up for a posed photograph, with London Taxis in the background, in London, Britain November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Dawson The decision follows a years-long battle between Uber and EU taxi associations. Uber’s global juggernaut has
BMW electric cars hit 100,000 sales target
Toyota planning 10 purely electric vehicles by 2020s
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota plans to offer more than 10 purely electric vehicle models in its lineup by the early 2020s, marking the Japanese automaker’s commitment to that growing technology sector. Toyota Motor Corp. now offers no purely electric vehicles, although it leads in hybrid models, which switch between an electric