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Things to know about Uber and Lyft saying they will halt ride-hailing services in Minneapolis
Lyft and Uber have said they will halt operations in Minneapolis because of a new city ordinance that increase wages for app-based drivers, the latest salvo in a longtime fight between gig economy workers and the tech giants.... Read more
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Cheaper batteries are key to shifting transport away from fossil fuels. Can the market deliver?
High metal prices can drive up the costs of electric car batteries, which will reduce their adoption. Car manufacturers are already responding to this by shifting to different technologies.... Read more
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Honda and Nissan agree to work together in developing electric vehicles and intelligent technology
Nissan and Honda announced Friday that they will work together in developing electric vehicles and auto intelligence technology, sectors where Japanese automakers have fallen behind.... Read more
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Brazil revs up for jolt of hybrid car investments
Brazil is charging up for a hybrid revolution as global car manufacturers race to pump billions of dollars into the development of green vehicles in Latin America's biggest economy.... Read more
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Next-gen satellite navigation: Unlocking ultra-precision with cutting-edge tracking tech
Researchers have developed a Dual-assisted Multi-component Tracking (DMT) technique that significantly enhances the precision of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). This innovation promises to enhance satellite navigation by leveraging wideband multiplexed signals for improved accuracy.... Read more
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Researchers develop new control method that optimizes autonomous ship navigation
The study of ship maneuvering at sea has long been the central focus of the shipping industry. With the rapid advancements in remote control, communication technologies, and artificial intelligence, the concept of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) has emerged as a promising solution for autonomous marine navigation. This shift highlights... Read more
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New truck front to save lives
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a new truck front concept to reduce fatal crashes in car-truck collisions significantly.... Read more
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Petrol, pricing and parking: Why so many outer suburban residents are opting for electric vehicles
Until now, you might have thought of electric vehicles as inner suburban toys. Teslas and Polestars are expensive, leaving them as playthings for wealthier Australians and out of reach for the mortgage belt.... Read more
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Study finds rerouting of airplanes to reduce contrails not as expensive as thought
A small team of environmental scientists has found via simulations that rerouting commercial airplanes to reduce contrails would be less expensive than previously thought. In their study, published in the journal Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, the group used data from prior studies to create simulations of airplanes routed to... Read more
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Volkswagen's 2023 profits rise, outlook for this year cautious
German auto giant Volkswagen on Wednesday reported a forecast-beating rise in profits for 2023, boosted by higher vehicle deliveries, but gave a cautious outlook for this year.... Read more
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Multi-objective multigraph feature extraction for the shortest path cost prediction
As emerging urban air mobility concepts such as air taxis, on-demand aircraft, and large unmanned aerial vehicles become integrated into daily life, ensuring their smooth interaction with existing conventional airport infrastructures is imperative for achieving a sustainable civil aviation industry.... Read more
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Off-road autonomous driving tools focused on camera vision
Southwest Research Institute has developed off-road autonomous driving tools with a focus on stealth for the military and agility for space and agriculture clients. The vision-based system pairs stereo cameras with novel algorithms, eliminating the need for lidar and active sensors.... Read more
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Novel technology reaches 100-kW wireless power transfer for passenger vehicle
A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that a light-duty passenger electric vehicle can be wirelessly charged at 100-kW with 96% efficiency using polyphase electromagnetic coupling coils with rotating magnetic fields.... Read more
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New traffic signal would improve travel time for both pedestrians and vehicles, says modeling study
Adding a fourth light to traffic signals—in addition to red, green, and yellow—would shorten wait times at street corners for pedestrians, as well as improve traffic flow for both autonomous vehicles and human drivers. And the more autonomous vehicles there are in the traffic network, the shorter the wait times... Read more
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Training AI for smart bicycles
Bike friendliness of a cycle path depends to a large extent on the surface quality. This allows people who use bicycles for work-related reasons or to complete daily errands and want to keep bike-commuting climate-neutral to perform their tasks faster and in a more pleasant way.... Read more