Bob Lutz: Kiss the good times goodbye
‘Everyone will have 5 years to get their car off the road or sell it for scrap’
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Airbus’ electric flying taxis are set to take to the skies next year
Airbus has successfully completed testing on its CityAirbus’ propulsion system, putting the VTOL on track for a 2018 test flight. When its fully operational, it will be able to carry up to four people and maneuver around the city at 120km/h.
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Dubai just tested its flying drone taxi for the first time
Autonomous air taxi service Volocopter just had its first test flight in Dubai.
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Ford and Domino’s to deliver pizza using self-driving cars in new test
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Pilotless planes could save airlines $35 billion, UBS says
“Reducing the intervention of human pilots on aircraft could bring material economic benefits and improve safety,” a UBS note said.
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Hackers are the real obstacles for self driving vehicles
Out-of-work truckers armed with “adversarial machine learning” could dazzle autonomous vehicles into crashing.
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Driverless cars and trucks don’t mean mass unemployment—they mean new kinds of jobs
As business leaders who work with scores of senior leaders across the private and public sectors, the topic of automation and its implications for workers is inescapable—and often anxiety-inducing. Understandably so. Technology and social changes are poised to reshape nearly every aspect of what and how work gets done, and by whom. When we speak and write on this topic, the audience response is usually intense and ranges from excitement to deep anxiety.
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India says no to driverless cars to protect jobs
India is resisting the push towards driverless cars in order to protect jobs, its transport minister has said.
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Ocado is testing self-driving vans that can deliver groceries in London
One day, your groceries might be delivered by robot. That’s the future online supermarket Ocado has been exploring, as it runs a trial in East London of a self-driving delivery van.
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Self-driving doctor brings the doctor to you
Even those of us fortunate enough to have good health insurance will often put off seeing a doctor when we probably should. Often it’s simply a matter of logistics. We feel like we can’t take the time off work, or arrange transportation, or get childcare to make the trip.
But what if the doctor just comes you? In a self-driving car.
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Recharge station gives SkyX drones potentially unlimited range
Drones built by Canadian company SkyX may never have to return home now that the company has developed xStation, a remote recharging platform that allows drones to hop from station to station while working out in the field. These stations could give the drones a near-indefinite range, as New Atlas points out.
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Toyota’s plan to build a flying car to light the Olympic torch in 2020
Toyota plans to debut its futuristic flying car in its home city in 2020. The Japanese automaker is making a flying car with the ultimate goal of using it to light the torch at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo.
Toyota recently unveiled a working prototype of its flying car to journalists. Here are some of the amazing photos.
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