Chinese release a fully autonomous electric car
In the shops in 2023
A startup called Jidu Automotive, backed by Chinese AI giant Baidu and Chinese carmaker Geely, officially released an autonomous electric car.
I've got a brand new robot harvester and I'll give you the key
Ooh ar ooh ar
The farming world is finally going to get its share of industry 2.0 with a range of AI powered farming vehicles.
Chinese company launches flying car
Now all we need are our jet packs
Chinese electric vehicle company XPENG AEROHT has launched what they’ve dubbed the safest electric flying car -- presumably because it is unlikely to be driven by Italians or Bulgarians.
Hurricane Ian showed weaknesses of lithium batteries
Electric vehicles caught fire
Hurricane Ian hit Florida showed a weakness in the batteries of electric cars -- they tend to catch fire.
Toyota left car code exposed for years
User data compromised
Japanese automaker Toyota and its tech subsidiary Toyota Connected have been forced to issue an apology after discovering that a contractor had left source code relating to its T-Connect services publicly exposed on GitHub.