Uisee, a Chinese autonomous mobility startup, has announced a $155 million funding round, as China continues to dominate emerging markets for self-driving and new-energy vehicles (NEVs). In a signal that China’s Communist…
TIER Mobility’s Bröskamp: “We want to be the new normal – every mobility company should aim for climate neutrality”
Björn Bröskamp is team lead, sustainability at TIER, a Berlin-based mobility startup whose scooters are now available across 11 European countries. In this op-ed he tells the story of how TIER became…
Former Apple Employee Charged for Stealing Self-Drive Tech
Federal prosecutors have charged a former Apple employee with stealing trade secrets associated with the company’s self-driving vehicle technology. Xiaolang Zhang stole the information on the same day he handed in his…
Uber’s Self-Driving Fatality Must Precipitate Regulatory Crackdown
Yesterday an Uber self-driving car hit and killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona. First, a rant to the media: it doesn’t matter whether Ms Herzberg was homeless or not, or whether…
3D Printing: The Coolest Objects We Can Make Today
3D printing has come a long way. The first 3D-printed object was a small, black cup-shaped item, created by Colorado native Chuck Hull in 1983. Back then Hull called his breakthrough “stereolithography”.…
CeBIT Showcases Japanese Innovation in Germany
CeBIT, Europe’s biggest digital economy conferences, has begun today in the German city of Hannover. And among a packed schedule, which comprises dozens of the industry’s sectors, organizers are hoping to showcase…
Here Are the Biggest Tech Stories of 2017
Few years have polarized public opinion as the one about to end. 2016 has seen political upheaval, heightened conflict and a sense, generally, that the things we once took for granted aren’t…
HERE and Mobileye Pair Up for Self-Driving Tech Push
Three months after Mobileye’s very public split with Tesla, the driving sensor firm has another partnership: HERE. The latter will provide mapping software alongside Mobileye’s sensors to offer a more holistic autonomous…