Toyota Open Labs Advances the Future of Mobility With First Cohort of Its New Innovation Programme
Brussels, 14 August 2024 – Toyota Open Labs today announced the first cohort for its new open innovation platform which will include Andyamo, Okeenea, Genny Mobility, hlpy, Hive Power and Shippeo. Startups will present at Toyota Open Labs’ Demo Day which will be held in Paris on 4 September 2024, where they will showcase their innovations and…Read […]
WSJ Pro Asks VCs Realizations About the Venture Market During the Summer Time Off
Good day. For this week’s question, we’d like you to reflect on the economic policies the two major-party candidates for U.S. president have begun articulating. Which of them are you excited about, which are you concerned about, when…Read More
Autonomous Delivery Startup Nuro Is Gearing Up for a Comeback
The California Department of Motor Vehicles this week granted Nuro approval to test its third-generation R3 autonomous delivery vehicle in four Bay Area cities, giving the AV startup a positive boost after facing some setbacks and…Read More
Schiphol continues trial with autonomous mobility vehicles
After a succesful trial period in 2023, Schiphol will continue to test autonomous mobility vehicles. As of September, ten innovative wheelchairs supplied by WHILL Autonomous Mobility will be deployed at the airport for one year. The aim of the trial is…Read More
Toyota Invests in EV Charging Network IONNA to Enhance Charging Access for Customers
PLANO, Texas and RALEIGH DURHAM, North Carolina (July 10, 2024) – IONNA and Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) today announced that Toyota has joined seven other automakers as an investor in IONNA to support the buildout of its high-powered…Read More
CoBot-I-7 scale study finds that Intuition Robotics’ ElliQ provides companionship
While social robots have long promised to address conditions such as loneliness in older adults, there has been little formal proof until recently. A research paper introduced the “CoBot-I-7” scale and found that Intuition Robotics Inc.’s ElliQ system…Read More
Ascend Elements Pioneers U.S. Battery Materials Industry with Sustainable Cathode Materials for a Commercial Li-ion Battery Application
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., (June 19, 2024) — In a milestone for the U.S. battery materials industry, Ascend Elements recently shipped decarbonized cathode materials to Freudenberg e-Power Systems, one of the world’s leading suppliers of emissions-neutral…Read More
2150 Leads $11.8M Investment in SiTration to secure critical minerals for electrification
At 2150, we started exploring critical minerals towards the end of 2022, diving deep into battery recycling, direct lithium extraction and copper mining. At the time these topics were far from mainstream, but there were a number of emerging startups…Read More
Nuro Driver’s Language Reasoning Model
We’re excited to announce a significant milestone in autonomous driving: LAMBDA, our Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM), is now integrated into The Nuro Driver’s™ onboard autonomy stack, running in real-time on our AV platforms. LAMBDA enables passengers to interact with our vehicles. Users can ask LAMBDA questions and…Read More
VatorNews Innovation Podcast Speaks with George Kellerman
On the VatorNews Innovation podcast, Bambi Francisco Roizen speaks with George Kellerman, Founding Managing Director of Woven Capital, Toyota’s $800 million dollar growth fund seeking to invest in the future of mobility – that’s everything…Read More
