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Hyundai Unveils TIGER Uncrewed Ultimate Mobility Vehicle Concept

“Hyundai Motor Group has revealed TIGER (Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot), the company’s second Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV) and the first designed to be uncrewed. The transforming intelligent ground excursion robot is designed to carry various types of payload …

Rolls-Royce conducts first tests of 100% sustainable aviation fuel for use in business jets

“Rolls-Royce has conducted the first tests of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in a business jet engine, as part of our ongoing ambition to play a leading role in enabling the sectors in which we operate reach net zero carbon …

Toyota to Debut Three New Electrified Vehicles for U.S. Market

“Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) announced plans to debut in the U.S. market this year, three new electrified models – two BEVs and a PHEV. “We continue to be leaders in electrification that began with our pioneering introduction of the …

Volkswagen Group teams up with Microsoft to accelerate the development of automated driving

“Volkswagen Group further strengthens its capabilities in the development of automated driving (AD) solutions. The Group’s software company Car.Software Organisation will collaborate with Microsoft to build a cloud-based Automated Driving Platform (ADP) on Microsoft Azure and leverage its …

The Truck Stops Here: How AI Is Creating a New Kind of Commercial Vehicle

“For many, the term “autonomous vehicles” conjures up images of self-driving cars. Autonomy, however, is transforming much more than personal transportation. Autonomous trucks are commercial vehicles that use AI to automate everything from shipping yard operations to long-haul deliveries. Due …

Debut of the world’s first high-temp maglev prototype at SWJTU

“The world’s first high-temperature superconducting high-speed maglev engineering prototype and its test line were launched on January 13, 2021 at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu. Epitomizing a landmark step forward, the prototype is designed and developed independently by China …

CES 2021: Mobileye Innovation Will Bring AVs to Everyone, Everywhere

“Progress Includes Automated Crowdsourced Mapping, New Lidar SoC, Software-Defined Radar and AV Test Vehicles in Four New Countries Automated, worldwide autonomous vehicle (AV) mapping capability allows Mobileye to expand its AV test fleets; new vehicles expected in Detroit, Tokyo, Shanghai …

IM AI: China Automaker SAIC Unveils EV Brand Powered by NVIDIA DRIVE Orin

“There’s a new brand of automotive intelligence equipped with the brains — and the battery — to go the distance. SAIC, the largest automaker in China, joined forces with etail giant Alibaba to unveil a new premium EV brand, dubbed IM …

Sustainable and Attainable: Zoox Unveils Autonomous Robotaxi Powered by NVIDIA

“When it comes to future mobility, you may not have to pave as many paradises for personal car parking lots. This week, autonomous mobility company Zoox unveiled its much-anticipated purpose-built robotaxi. Designed for everyday urban mobility, the vehicle is powered …

Chinese team test jet engine ‘able to reach anywhere on Earth within 2 hours’

“Prototype flown in hypersonic wind tunnel simulating flight conditions at nine times the speed of sound The ‘sodramjet’ engine could offer the biggest hope so far of commercial flight reaching hypersonic speed, the scientists say Chinese scientists have built what …