Transportation

The increasing shift to electric and autonomous vehicles, multimodal transportation, and transportation-as-a-service business models—this page covers the trends and news that will influence the future of transportation.

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https://www.universalhub.com/2023/maybe-its-just-well-boston-has-gone-slow-self
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Universalhub
And wouldn't that be something? LSD-ladled robo-taxis suddenly careening all over Storrow Drive at rush hour.
Northeastern Global News reports on work by Kevin Fu, a professor of engineering and computer science, to give self-driving cars "false coherent realities," essentially to make them "see"...
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12976587/EV-electric-car-price-hike-Evie-recharge-station.html?ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss
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Published: 22:53 EST, 17 January 2024 | Updated: 23:00 EST, 17 January 2024 Recharging an electric vehicle just became more expensive with Australia's second largest operator hiking up prices at its stations.Evie, which operates more than 200 charging stations nationwide, has hiked its prices by...
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https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230628000582
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Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday it has made follow-on investments worth 2 billion won ($1.5 million) in Korea-based auto chip startup Bos Semiconductors in a move to boost its autonomous car business. Under the deal, the carmaker plans to strengthen its strategic partnership with the startup and develop auto chips for self-driving cars and electric vehicles.
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https://www.datasciencecentral.com/future-of-ai-and-data-science-how-to-secure-a-bright-career/
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We are in the process of writing and adding new material (compact eBooks) exclusively available to our members, and written in simple English, by world leading experts in AI, data science, and machine learning.
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https://www.heraldnet.com/news/3-snohomish-county-cities-have-highest-sales-tax-rate-in-state/
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LYNNWOOD — Three cities in Snohomish County are tied for the highest sales tax in Washingto`n at 10.6%. Lynnwood, Mukilteo and Mill Creek tax higher than Seattle's rate of 10.25% — or any other city in the state. In all cities and counties, the state imposes a base 6.sales tax rate. With no income tax in Washington, sales taxes are the state's primary revenue stream.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/mtc-to-get-1000-new-buses-this-year-says-mtc-official/article67867046.ece
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MTC Managing Director Alby John while addressing the participants after releasing the report of the study, 'Fair Fares: Towards gender-inclusive public transport,' of the Consumer Action Group (CAG) at a function held in the city on Tuesday, said 1,000 new buses comprising 500 electric buses, 250 low floor and 250 standard buses, would be inducted into the fleet of 3,450 buses.
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https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexicos-maya-tourist-train-opens-partial-service-amid-105718342
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Maya Train rail project opened partially to the general public Saturday, amid hours-long delays and huge cost overruns. Passengers waiting for the twice-daily train to leave the resort of Cancun were left waiting on the platform for about five hours before being able to...
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/10/18/shaken-by-hype-self-driving-leaders-adopt-new-strategy-shutting-up/
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After years of self-driving hype, companies are taking a more subdued approach to addressing the tough realities of the most complicated robotic system ever built.
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https://slate.com/technology/2023/06/toyota-stick-shift-electric-vehicles-engine-noises-fake-why.html?via=rss_socialflow_twitter
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Toyota has decided that the way to get people excited about electric vehicles is to give consumers the illusion of driving a stick shift, fake vroom sound and all. The simulated manual transmission and other emerging features give customers "a truly 'WOW! Experience,' " Takero Kato, the president...
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https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/juicebox-48-amp-electric-vehicle-charger-deal-best-buy-october-2023/
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Mobile tech and software have expanded to the car over the last few years, with many newer vehicles offering Apple CarPlay and Android Auto built right into the media display. But if you have an older vehicle and want the perks of modern technology right in your dashboard, it's much cheaper to buy a new in-dash media receiver instead of a new car.
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https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/11/36013714/from-tesla-to-toyota-uaw-launches-ambitious-campaign-to-unionize-top-auto-players
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Benzinga
The United Auto Workers union has initiated a campaign to unionize workers at 13 non-union automakers across the United States.This initiative, announced on Wednesday, aims to bring nearly 150,000 autoworkers from major companies including BMW BMWYY, Honda HMC, Hyundai HYMTF, Lucid LCID, Mazda...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/technology/don-bateman-dead.html
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Don Bateman, an engineer who invented a cockpit device that warns airplane pilots with colorful screen displays and dire audible alerts like "Caution Terrain!" and "Pull Up!" when they are in danger of crashing into mountains, buildings or water — an innovation that has likely saved thousands of...
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-3d-printed-open-source-walker-people-customizable.html
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https://www.autoblog.com/2023/10/14/elon-musk-s-worst-nightmare/
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Missy Cummings flew fighter jets for the Navy. Now, as a leading expert on automation and AI, she's taking aim at self-driving cars.
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In 2021, an engineer named Missy Cummings drew the ire of Elon Musk on the social network then called Twitter. A professor at Duke...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/america-energy-future-transmission-renewables-gas-congress-permitting-transmission-infrastructure/688247/
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. It was a high-wire moment. Had Congress not passed a bill to suspend the nation's debt limit ceiling last month, the damage to America's economy would have been substantial. But now in the wake of the bill's passage, America is facing another high-wire moment: this one related to the nation's clean energy future and, as a result, its national security,.
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https://www.neowin.net/news/ex-apple-engineer-sentenced-to-prison-for-stealing-apple-car-trade-secrets/
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Former Apple engineer Xiaolang Zhang has been sentenced to prison for theft of trade secrets related to Apple's highly secretive autonomous car project, known as Project Titan. The case has been in the courts for more than six years since the FBI first charged Zhang with the crime back in 2018. While working for Apple, Zhang was involved in the development of the company's autonomous driving technology.
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https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/16/transformational-fast-charging-lfp-batteries-coming-soon/
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Zach is tryin' to help society help itself one word at a time. He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director, chief editor, and CEO. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle, solar energy, and energy storage expert. He has presented about cleantech at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada, and Curaçao.
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https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/07/dc-fits-fleet-of-evs-with-bogus-gadget-promising-60-range-boost/
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Arstechnica
Enlarge / One of DC Government's Chevrolet Bolt EVs.Mullen Automotive



The District of Columbia has signed a $680,000 contract for an impossible-sounding gadget that claims to increase the range of an electric vehicle by 60 percent. The contract was signed in May, but it mostly slipped...
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The B1M
In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of road construction, a number of new innovations are being developed. For more by The B1M subscribe now - ht...
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https://qz.com/waymo-self-driving-car-fire-san-francisco-1851247761
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A crowd in San Francisco vandalized a Waymo self-driving car with no passengers on Saturday night, breaking its windshield and setting it ablaze. Once firefighters got the situation under control, only a burned husk of the Waymo remained. According to Waymo, the self-driving car was navigating...
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/30/uk-weather-eurostar-and-southeastern-train-disruption-with-snow-and-wind-forecast
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Theguardian
Thousands of travellers faced disruption to their new year plans after all Eurostar trains in and out of London were cancelled on Saturday after "unprecedented" flooding in a tunnel on the line.There were no high-speed services running between London St Pancras international and Ebbsfleet...
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https://www.businessinsider.com/automakers-charging-problem-electric-cars-2017-7
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Beyond designing and building electric vehicles that can travel more than 200 miles on a charge, car companies are also dealing with charging times.