Tag: Transportation
Baidu hits the road against Alibaba with driverless food deliveries
Search and AI giant Baidu is collaborating with Meituan-Dianping to deliver food to China's towns and cities via driverless cars.
Baidu and Meituan are set to...
LivingPackets uses IoT, crowdshipping to transform deliveries
LivingPackets is using the IoT to disrupt the courier and postal industries, combining the latest technology with crowdshipping to reduce the carbon footprint of B2B...
Alibaba makes inroads with autonomous vehicle tests
Following in the tyre tracks of domestic rivals Baidu and Tencent, Chinese technology giant Alibaba is the latest company to hit the road with driverless...
Tesla too reliant on robots for manufacturing Model 3, says Musk
After missing its target of producing 2,500 Model 3 cars per week at the end of Q1 2018, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed...
Waymo applies for driver-free autonomous cars tests in California | Analysis
Waymo, the driverless technology division of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has applied to test completely autonomous cars on California roads, without safety drivers onboard.
Waymo...
Is Porsche missing the point with its Mission E electric plans?
NEWSBYTE German carmaker Porsche is investing heavily in the electric vehicle space with Mission E, the first fully electric Porsche, available soon. The Volkswagen-owned...
Driverless cars could create 100,000 jobs in Ireland – report
Embracing driverless car technologies could create up to 100,000 jobs in Ireland, according to a report by professional services and engineering firm, Arup.
The report...
Reinventing the wheel: Why smart tyres give the IoT real grip
The race is on to develop smart tyres that rely on IoT connectivity to deliver greater safety, increased fuel efficiency, and longer tyre life,...
Uber relaunching as Amazon-style hub for connecting all transport
Uber's launch of Uber Rent, JUMP integration, and public transport ticketing signal that it now sees itself as an Amazon-style marketplace for frictionless transport,...
Waymo sees road ahead with new connected partnerships
ANALYSIS: Malek Murison looks at what the future may hold for Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving division, in the wake of damaged public confidence in autonomous...
The pet set: Unisys IoT connects air passengers with their pets
Information and technology company Unisys has bolstered its Digistics suite of logistics solutions with Digi-pet, a system of sensors and applications to track the...
Global fleet management market to hit $16bn by 2025
According to a new report by Grand View Research, the value of the global Internet of Things (IoT) fleet management market is predicted to...