
GM accelerating towards 5G-connected vehicles, plans for 2022 launch
General Motors (GM) announced plans to make 5G available in most Chevrolet and Buick vehicles beginning 2022. However, the launch, at least for right now, is limited to the Chinese …

Shanghai smart city project to include ‘high-tech roads, autonomous buses and a 5G Network’
Automotive technology company Human Horizons is conducting a smart city project called the Vehicle-Road-City Integrated Smart City in the artificial intelligence hub of the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai, China. …

China to build 150 automated and intelligent smart logistics hubs by 2025
China is to build 30 logistics hubs during the next 12 months and 150 in the following five years as part of a major expansion and transformation of its supply …

Siemens contracted to knock out data silos at leading Chinese steel manufacturer
Siemens will overhaul the production system and eliminate data silos at Mintal Group, the largest maker of carbon ferrochrome in China, and one of its biggest steel producers. High carbon …

China tells Europe it is better than it thinks, as industry debates AI arms race
Chinese giant Alibaba told a packed-out room at Electronica 2018 in Munich, in Germany, yesterday that Europe is well placed in the emerging tech arms race against China and the …

Qualcomm sees 2019 as a big year for C-V2X
China leading the way on deploying C-V2X Cars that can talk to each other, smart infrastructure and even pedestrians, access cloud services for navigation and infotainment and tap cellular networks …

Daimler, Bosch to intro driverless ride-hailing in California in 2019, select Nvidia for AI
Bosch and Daimler will test a fleet of autonomous vehicles in California, with a view to launching a driverless shuttle service on certain routes in the second half of 2019. …

South Korea and Germany lead ‘automation index’; US and UK off the pace
South Korea, Germany and Singapore are best positioned to lead the world for industrial automation, thanks to their approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. These three, along with Japan …

The new tech arms race: a review of national AI strategies
France’s national AI strategy is only the latest promise in an intensifying political arms race. Enterprise IoT Insights considers the seven most significant national AI strategies to date, including state …

Qualcomm partnership to set up smart cars lab in China
The new R&D center will be located in the city of Chongqing Qualcomm has inked a partnership with Chinese tech firm Thunder Software Technology to establish a smart cars lab …