EV/AV Report: Electric vehicles break records; humanoid robots begin work at BMW
Toronto, Ontario — Ford’s Mustang Mach-E sets a Guinness World Record for the longest distance travelled on a single charge; while BMW Group reports a successful trial of Figure’s latest humanoid robot at its plant in South Carolina in this weekly electric and autonomous vehicle report. An electric record A driving team from the United […]
EV/AV Report: Electric vehicle go for a swim; while autonomous vehicles deliver UberEats
Toronto, Ontario — In this weekly electric and autonomous vehicle report, Tesla’s Cybertruck gets its “Wade Mode” put to the test; while UberEats partners with Mitsubishi Electric and robotics company Cartken to begin transporting food using self-driving robots. A cyber-swim Taras Maksimuck of the Youtube channel TechRax recently drove his Cybertruck into deep water to […]
EV/AV Report: Hyundai opts for solid state; while autonomous vehicles pave roads
Toronto, Ontario — In this weekly electric and autonomous vehicle report, Hyundai files a patent for an all-solid-state electric vehicle system in the United States; while the University of Liverpool invents autonomous, robotic vehicles to repair potholes. Under pressure Hyundai has recently filed a patent for a pressurized all-solid-state EV battery system in the United […]
Working With Wall-E: Robots in China shown helping pump gas
Beijing, China — A video circulating Instagram and filmed in China shows a specialized robot pumping gas for drivers. In the video, uploaded by Carfanatics, the robot—equipped with a stylized arm—is shown opening the fuel door on a white Audi. It spins the gas cap, places it aside and then retrieves the gas pump. While […]
EV/AV Report: Electric vehicles steered by wires; self-driving vehicles prepare for the holidays
Toronto, Ontario — In this weekly electric and autonomous vehicle report, Tesla’s Cybertruck takes a page from aviation with a steer-by-wire system; and robots in Helsinki deliver gifts in time for the holidays. Walk the wire With the launch of the Cybertruck, Tesla has followed designs used in aviation and fitted its vehicle with a […]
