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A view shows a Huawei logo at Huawei Technologies France headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, France, February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo China’s Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) aims to develop driverless passenger car technology by 2025, an executive said on Thursday, as the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker diversifies its business in the face of U.S. …

BP is preparing to deploy its first driverless vehicle this year using technology from the Oxford University spinout in which it has a stake. The oil major said that it had already successfully tested Oxbotica’s self-driving software at its Lingen refinery in Germany and that it aimed to start using it to monitor operations at …

Dublin, Dec. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Autonomous Car and 5G Technologies” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Though never managing to successfully predict what each forthcoming generation of mobile technology should deliver to satisfy future users, the industry has nonetheless reached some consensus on the use cases for 5G communications. Machine to …

One of the most stressful parts of traveling can be making sure your luggage makes it on the plane to reach the destination. And now, CVG is testing out new technology for luggage transportation to make it from the ticket counter, to your aircraft.It’s like a vehicle straight out of “The Jetsons,” a driverless luggage …

HEBRON, Ky. — It’s not quite a flying car, but a van in Northern Kentucky is definitely doing things people have never seen before.  What You Need To Know Driverless technology being tested in Northern Kentucky The Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky airport hopes to begin using the technology next year Luggage and cargo would be the first …

Photo credit: Bosch From Car and Driver Mercedes-Benz E-class cars have been given the government OK for an autonomous valet-parking program at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Germany. This technology is “infrastructure based,” meaning all the commands come from the parking garage, not the vehicle—including pedestrian and other object detection. The Bosch-Daimler technology can be retrofitted …

Rio Tinto has developed the world’s first driverless heavy-haul Long distance rail network. More than 200 completely automated locomotives are monitored by a control centre in Perth, 1500 kilometres away. “It’s the world’s biggest robot,” Rio Tinto’s Van Vella said. The project has been a decade in the making and cost $940 million. The trains …

It looks like everyday we are seeing major automakers, as well as major companies, reveal their prototypes and models of new electric and self-driving vehicles. Companies such as Tesla, Nissan, Google, Uber and Amazon are said to be leading the charge but the hunt is on for everyone. Companies are pouring more and more into …