Content for Transportation

The rope-less revolution begins now – first full-scale MULTI goes into operation

“The announcement of MULTI in 2014 was celebrated with a massively popular video. Since then, it has been the subject of widespread interest and recognition, most recently receiving Gold in the category of Transportation & Logistics at the 2017 Edison Awards …

IBM Integrates with BMW CarData to Enable New and Innovative Services for Drivers

“IBM announced today that it is a pilot partner of BMW CarData. Recently released, BMW CarData will allow up to 8.5 million BMW customers globally to make use of third party services in a secure and transparent way. BMW …

Michelin Visionary Concept

“To which we could add: pleasanter, more accessible, more practical, more connected and so on. For over a century, this business purpose of ours has led us to bring to market innovations that improve mobility. It also compels us to …

Boeing studies planes without pilots, plans experiments next year

“Boeing has begun researching the possibility of commercial-passenger jets that will fly without pilots, using artificial intelligence guiding automated controls to make decisions in flight. “The basic building blocks of the technology are clearly available,” said Mike Sinnett, former chief …

Yandex’s on-demand taxi service debuts its self-driving car project

“Russia search and internet technology giant Yandex is showing off the self-driving vehicle prototype developed by its Yandex.Taxi on-demand ride service for the first time, and the video above is the first footage of the car in action. The …

Baidu Apollo: the Open Source Self-Driving Vehicle Tech Platform

“By opening up its robust, mature, and secure autonomous driving technology to the industry, Baidu aims to build a collaborative ecosystem, utilizing its strengths in artificial intelligence (AI) technology to work together with other companies to promote the development and …

Elon Musk gives us a glimpse of Tesla’s electric semi truck

“Elon Musk made a few revelations about some his newer projects this week, including the electric semi-truck Tesla has been working on since 2016. The automaker promised to unveil the big rig this September, but the Tesla-slash-SpaceX chief has given …

Bridgestone launching ‘airless’ bicycle tires in 2019

“Pump it up? You won’t really need to, soon. Bridgestone has revealed a new “airless” bicycle tire that it plans to put on sale by 2019. The non-pneumatic features a ring of flexible composite spokes — connected to a smaller …

Google Co-Founder Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk Venture Demos Flying Car

“Google co-founder Larry Page’s secretive Kitty Hawk project demonstrated a prototype of the company’s vision for a flying car on April 24. The initial version of the all-electric Kitty Hawk Flyer is specifically designed to fly over water …

Apple has an official permit to test self-driving cars in California, DMV confirms

“Apple has received a permit to test autonomous cars in California, the first official confirmation that the maker of the iPhone sees the century-old automobile as a product that’s ripe for reinvention and a reflection of its need to …