Connected Cars

Uber is working with AT&T to develop always-on connectivity using 4G and 5G networks for passenger and cargo drones, with the groundwork informing AT&T’s work in the industrial IoT space …

An association of transit and transportation agencies has officially formed the Automated Bus Consortium, a collaboration designed to investigate the feasibility of implementing pilots of automated bus projects across the …

Certain functions of smart farming will not work on low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, even while technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT tend to support most smart agricultural technologies, as they exist …

Automotive testing came into focus this week, with a number of companies involved in demonstrations and development related to testing of various types of vehicle-related technologies. The 5G Automotive Association …

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) carried out a live demo of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in Berlin, the entity said in a release. During the demo, 5GAA members including BMW …

People don’t get how sophisticated farmers are, says Lane Arthur, director of digital solutions at John Deere, the US maker of industrial equipment and machinery. “They don’t see the technology …

German logistics company DHL has launched its first drone delivery solution for last-mile deliveries in urban areas of China, starting with flights in Guangzhou, the port city northwest of Hong …

Audi will be introducing a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) service dubbed “Traffic Light Information” in the European market in July, the German carmaker said in a release. Initially, Audi will network new …

Japanese firms Panasonic and Toyota have agreed to form a new smart cities joint-venture that combines the former’s expertise in the home gadgetry market and the latter’s work in the …

5GAA event focused on multi-vendor environments for C-V2X Test company Dekra, which has made automotive and automotive-mobility testing an area of focus, recently hosted a cellular-vehicle-to-everything interoperability testing event for …

Finnish vendor Nokia will build a private 5G test network for Chinese auto-maker FAW to spur digital transformation of its industrial machines and processes. The pair have signed a “strategic” …

  US Ignite has launched a new smart city startup accelerator program, designed to guide developers through the process of launching a cloud-based business or service oriented to the smart …

More from the cutting room floor, leftover from the early 2019 conference season, which should have made the cut in the first place. Here, following initial discussion with Cameron Coursey, …

Intel signed a strategic cooperation deal with Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motor Company Limited (GWM) to boost the development of automobile intelligence, both firms said in a release. The …

A new study places Singapore, London, and San Francisco as the leading cities for smart mobility, rated on over 150 different parameters, covering autonomous vehicles, intelligent transport, and smart logistics. …

The city of Reno, in Nevada, is using blockchain technology to validate data communications between autonomous vehicles and street infrastructure. The University of Nevada and Reno’s Center for Applied Research …

Europe moved a step closer to rejecting 5G for autonomous vehicles in favour of wi-fi based communications last week, after the European Parliament voted in favour of the latter technology …

U.K. telco O2 confirmed it will provide 5G connectivity for the testing and development of connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technology at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire. O2 will enable …

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A “no-deal” Brexit would put at risk future investments in the connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in the UK, according to a new report published by the Society of Motor …

German carmaker Volkswagen said it is currently testing Level 4 automated vehicles in urban traffic in the city of Hamburg. The company said that a fleet of five e-Golf vehicles, …

Logistics company UPS has completed the first commercial drone-based deliveries of medical samples to a private hospital and campus in Raleigh, in North Carolina. The flights have been green-lighted by …

Nokia is building private LTE and 5G coverage for the ARENA2036 automotive research factory in Stuttgart in collaboration with members of the German car and manufacturing industries, including Daimler, Bosch …

Among telecoms operators grappling with the concept of private industrial networks, and ways to coexist with enterprises seeking control of their own LTE and 5G infrastructure, Telefónica cuts an assured …

  The company also announced a deal to deploy self-driving vehicles in a private development in California   Self-driving vehicle company Optimus Ride announced plans to deploy its self-driving systems …