Rio Tinto to deploy world’s first autonomous water trucks
Rio Tinto is set to deploy the world’s first fully autonomous water trucks at its $2.6 billion Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The new vehicles, [...]
Blues Wireless joins IMC
Blues Wireless the creator of Notecard, a way to add wireless connectivity to any product, has joined the IoT M2M Council (IMC), the largest community of qualified IoT users. [...]
Ford buys EV charging firm Electriphi
Ford is buying California based EV charging firm Electriphi. The firm also develops fleet monitoring software for EVs. Electriphi’s team and services will be integrated into Ford Pro – [...]
JB Hunt and Waymo to move freight autonomously in Texas
Arkansas based supply chain specialist J.B. Hunt is collaborating with Google affiliate Waymo to move freight autonomously in Texas for one of J.B. Hunt’s leading customers. The test run [...]
GM to boost EV and AV Investments to $35 Billion
General Motors is planning to increase its EV and AV investments from 2020 through 2025 to $35 billion, representing a 75 percent increase from its initial commitment announced prior [...]
FedEx and Nuro collaborate on Last-Mile Logistics
FedEx and Nuro are collaborating to test Nuro’s autonomous delivery vehicles within FedEx operations. The testing programme will include multiple phases, and run over a number of years. The [...]
Valeo and Navya intensify AV collaboration
French automotive parts maker Valeo and French self driving vehicle maker Navya are to strengthen their technological and industrial collaboration in the field of autonomous shuttles. With 180 units [...]
Mayflower turns back with mechanical fault
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship attempting to cross the Atlantic unmanned has turned back after developing a mechanical fault. Project leaders described the fault as “just a minor mechanical issue”. [...]
Vertical Aerospace ‘flying taxi’ orders from Virgin and American Airlines
UK firm Vertical Aerospace has secured 1,000 pre-orders for its all electric ‘flying taxis’ from Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines. The company has also agreed to merge with London [...]
Pony.ai begins autonomous road tests in California
Autonomous driving startup Pony.ai has begun testing self-driving vehicles in California. The company is already conducting self driving tests in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. The company claims that [...]
Vodafone launches UK’s first C-V2X road safety system
A new mobility cloud platform to improve the safety of road users developed by Vodafone, Nokia and Chordant is being tested on public roads in the UK. The platform [...]
Airbus and Mercury collaborate on autonomous flight
Airbus is collaborating with Massachusetts based aerospace technology specialist Mercury Systems on autonomous and flight control software. The collaboration will focus on the development of new algorithms and execution [...]
