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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 […]