While private actors drive the space industry in the West, China’s state-led approach continues to bear fruit. Human activity in space is undergoing a transformation. For most of the 20th century, this frontier was dominated […]

The UK government has announced it has given the go-ahead to for the network of drone superhighways to be built in the UK. The drone superhighway will link cities and towns throughout the midlands to […]

How can we plan for a future where there’s more stuff being moved and our streets aren’t overwhelmingly clogged with semis and delivery vans (and the polluting emissions that come with them)? If what we […]

China has launched the world’s first crewless drone carrier that uses artificial intelligence to navigate autonomously in open water. The autonomous ship, the Zhu Hai Yun (pictured here) is around 290 feet long, 45 feet […]

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that 170 projects worldwide are focused on developing electric planes — double the number underway in 2018. A report from NREL — one of the laboratories that serves the […]

German startup Vay proposes a ‘human teledriver’ sitting at screens to run a vehicle remotely, at least some of the time. It’s an interim measure on the way to full autonomy. Vay, which is based […]

The pandemic exposed breaking points in the system that would fundamentally alter consumer expectations of getting anything we want whenever we want it. Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery […]

Chinese scientists have developed a method to wirelessly transfer power to a maglev train while it runs aloft. The energy efficiency of a typical smartphone wireless charger is around 50 per cent. When charging a […]

Boeing is investing a further $450 million in Wisk Aero to support development of future pilotless flying taxis. California-based Wisk, owned by Boeing and Kitty Hawk – the air vehicle firm launched by Google co-founder […]

Apple Inc. is pushing to accelerate development of its electric car and is refocusing the project around full self-driving capabilities, according to people familiar with the matter. For the past several years, Apple’s car team […]

Tse Chi Lop, the suspected ringleader of a $21-billion crime syndicate, may be the world’s most innovative drug lord. Guaranteed delivery was the source of Tse’s power. Why would Australian biker gangs struggle to bring […]

Fortune magazine sits down with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Joby chairman Paul Sciarra, to discuss Joby and its future. Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber: Through Elevate, we had access to all the various players […]

Joby Aviation has completed the longest test flight of an eVTOL to date: Its prototype aircraft concluded a trip of over 150 miles on a single charge. The test was completed at Joby’s Electric Flight […]

Before the pandemic, U.S. retailers could import a 40-ft container from China for $2,000. Now, that same container runs as much as $15,000. The shipping cost surge is most acutely hitting Amazon’s third-party sellers — […]

Velodyne Lidar has joined the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program to promote using lidar technology in smart cities to improve public services. Velodyne’s lidar sensors will be used to help improve pedestrian safety, monitor vehicle […]

Thomas Enders, a former chief executive of aviation giant Airbus, is joining the board of a fledgling flying-taxi company. Enders’s appointment is a coup for Lilium, a Munich-based company that has pioneered the use of […]

General Motors showed off a single-seater electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft during its keynote CES address on Tuesday. Both vehicles are part of Cadillac’s Halo Portfolio and probably won’t be going into production […]

As Uber parks its plans for robotaxis, experts admit the autonomous vehicle challenge is bigger than anticipated. By 2021, according to various Silicon Valley luminaries, bandwagoning politicians and leading cab firms in recent years, self-driving […]

Traditional manufacturers are currently playing a “zero sum game” because growth in electric car sales eats into the value of internal combustion engine factories, which “are effectively stranded assets”. Philippe Houchois, an analyst at Jefferies, […]

One young Arizonan has leapt at the chance to document the real-world performance of Waymo’s driverless taxis. Joel Johnson is an Arizona State University student who is taking a break from college during the pandemic. […]

Market pressures incentivize adding more automation to online shopping. Drone deliveries could be the next frontier. In 2016, Amazon Prime Air was developed as an autonomous drone delivery service. For orders weighing less than 5 […]

Google’s drone delivery service, Wing, is set to expand to new locations in Australia in the coming months after successful trials in Canberra and Logan, Queensland. The business’ head of policy and government affairs, Margaret […]

Drone-Crowded Skies Get a Step Closer With U.S. Safety Rules. Commercial drone use for deliveries and services cleared a major hurdle in the U.S. with new rules allowing the devices to fly over populated areas […]

Apple is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology. The iPhone maker’s automotive efforts, known as Project Titan, have […]

All signs point toward the industry accelerating its shift toward electrification, a turning point as historically momentous as the launch of Ford’s moving assembly line. Tesla’s market capitalization surged above $600 billion, making the once […]

A self-driving car company that Amazon bought in June, has finally revealed its robotaxi after six years of gnarly prototypes and secrecy. The autonomous “carriage-style” vehicle is an all-electric four-wheeler that seats up to four […]

The company is looking to excise money-losing parts of its business as it seeks to become profitable. The news comes as Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi attempts to push his company closer to profitability, which includes […]

South American drug runners are creating new specialized smuggling vessels, as evidenced by a sophisticated electric submersible seized earlier this month. On Nov. 5 the Colombian Navy, assisting by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and […]

In a small, rustic shipyard on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, a small team is building the world’s largest ocean-going clean cargo ship. Ceiba is the first vessel built by Sail Cargo, a company […]

South Korea will introduce flying taxis to ease ground traffic congestion in 2025. On Wednesday, six prototype flying taxies, developed by Chinese company Ehang, were demonstrated on and over Yeouido, an island on Seoul’s Han […]