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Jan 31, 2018

Tesla Charges Ahead With Electric Truck and New Roadster

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Elon Musk just pulled off a Steve Jobs-ian “one more thing” surprise. https://bloom.bg/2zaIMum

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Jan 31, 2018

Waymo Gets Ready to Deploy Thousands of Self-Driving Minivans

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

The Alphabet spinoff is in a rush, so it’s buying thousands more “driverless” cars from Fiat-Chrysler.

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Jan 30, 2018

Ford patents driverless police car that ambushes lawbreakers using artificial intelligence

Posted by in categories: government, robotics/AI, surveillance, transportation

Imagine a police car that issues tickets without even pulling you over.

What if the same car could use artificial intelligence to find good hiding spots to catch traffic violators and identify drivers by scanning license plates, tapping into surveillance cameras and wirelessly accessing government records?

What if a police officer tapping on your car window asking for your license and registration became a relic of transportation’s past?

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Jan 30, 2018

An electric Harley-Davidson is coming in 2019

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

The new electric motorcycle, based on the Project Livewire concept, should be ready to go on sale in the next 18 months, Harley-Davidson said.

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Jan 30, 2018

Forget Self-Driving Cars, Robot Delivery Vans Are Here

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI, transportation

A secretive startup has unveiled its new grocery-getter, one of many automakers that are leaving people out of the equation.

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Jan 30, 2018

Volvo Becomes the First Premium Car Maker to Go All Electric

Posted by in categories: business, transportation

“Volvo cars is taking a bold step forward,” the company explained in a video on Volvo’s official Twitter account, “heralding the end of an era for the pure internal combustion engine.”

While other companies have yet to take the leap, Volvo knows investing in electric car production makes good sense from a business perspective: “This is about the customer,” Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo Car Group’s president and CEO, said in a press release. “People increasingly demand electrified cars and we want to respond to our customers’ current and future needs.”

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Jan 30, 2018

Two ex-Google engineers built an entirely different kind of self-driving car

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Nuro is focused on last-mile deliveries with its completely driverless prototype.

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Jan 30, 2018

BMW’s artificially intelligent motorcycle

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Really Love this!!


A few steps ahead, BMW is designing for 2040.

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Jan 29, 2018

Why Elon Musk is selling flamethrowers

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Elon Musk’s latest product is the next in a long line of PR stunts for companies like Tesla, The Boring Company and more.

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Jan 29, 2018

African countries have taken the first major step towards cheaper continental flights — By Yomi Kazeem | Quartz

Posted by in categories: drones, governance, innovation, transportation

“Yesterday (Jan. 28), 23 African countries launched the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) initiative by the African Union (AU). ”

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