Paris La Défense preps 5G neutral-host and use-case trials in 26 GHz mmWave bands
Paris La Défense, the major metropolitan business district in Paris, has called for applicants to run 5G neutral-host and use-case trials in 26 GHz mmWave spectrum at its site in …
Most Gen-Zers would hail an autonomous taxi – more for convenience, less for safety
A survey of Gen-Zers in the UK – born digital, come-of-age with ride hailing apps, and most comfortable, logically, with the concept of autonomous mobility – has found, indeed, that …
Baidu claims first commercial driverless robotaxi licenses in China
Baidu said its robotaxi services will initially operate in parts of Chongqing and Wuhan Chinese internet company Baidu secured what it claims are the first permits in China to …
Ondas boosts ‘mission: critical IoT’ with $15.2m deal for Israeli drone firm Airobotics
US private cellular Ondas Holdings, parent of Ondas Networks, is to buy Israeli drone system and platform developer Airobotics in a $15.2 million merger acquisition. The new business will be …
ABI sees a new path for digital maps’ use in vehicles
ABI Research noted that applications such as lane centering, localization and location-enriched sensor fusion will see automotive digital maps expand out of the infotainment domain Global revenues for intelligent …
Amazon buys iRobot for loads of money – to vacuum homes and home data
Amazon has signed a deal to acquire US smart-home brand iRobot, maker of the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, for $1.7 billion. The disc-shaped Roomba robot – which autonomously vacuums floors …
Ferrovial, Intel, Liberty Mutual, Toyota join MIT on ‘front line’ of mobility revolution
An automotive-technology-engineering collective has joined a new mobility initiative organised by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the ‘front lines of the mobility revolution’. Their task is to shape a …
BMW recruits NTT and Intel for private 5G test site to drive Industry 4.0 gains
Some new light on the murky, creeping digital change taking place in the automotive sector, long-considered the flashiest venue for Industry 4.0 (but highly secretive and deeply conservative), and specifically …
NXP, Foxconn sign deal to drive-forward electric, connected, autonomous vehicles
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors is to work with Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) to jointly develop new compute and connectivity platforms for software-defined electric vehicles, offering varying degrees of autonomy. …
VW lines up ST for automotive SoC, TSMC for silicon, and whole chip-chain behind
Volkswagen-owned automotive software company CARIAD has appointed Franco-Italian semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics (ST) to develop a system-on-chip (SoC) for a new line of Volkswagen vehicles based on the CARIAD software platform. …
