The second cohort of RocketSpace’s Mobility TechPilot Program officially kicks off today in San Francisco, bringing together 10 innovative international startups with a value chain of leading global corporate collaborators.
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Automakers Scramble to Respond to the Threat of Self-Driving Cars
At times, this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) looked more like the Detroit Auto Show than an annual consumer electronics outing in Las Vegas. Fiat Chrysler unveiled a prototype electric vehicle that looked more like it had been designed by a...
Mobility and Transportation Disruption: Manufacturing On-Demand
When thinking about the future of mobility, manufacturing isn't an industry that immediately jumps to mind for most people.
2016 Year in Review: Corporate Innovation Trends and Implications for 2017
2016 was an eventful year, marked by unprecedented political polarization, hacked emails made public by WikiLeaks, Brexit, two huge Yahoo security breaches, and even exploding Galaxy Note 7 smartphones. But hidden among the uncertainty lies a year...
The Moral Dilemma of Autonomous Vehicles
For some time now, we've known that the future of mobility is self-driving cars. From Google to Tesla, from startups to automakers, it's the technology that everyone is working on and the first iterations are already out there.
Until now, the market...
What Corporates Are Investing In Self-Driving Cars?
Washington will have plenty of company. A recent study from consulting group AT Kearney says the worldwide market for autonomous vehicles will grow to $560 billion in 20 years. Many of them will be electric. Ford, GM, Nissan, and Aston Martin, in...
The Challenges Facing Our Future Mobility
The future of mobility looks bright, but it's not just technological challenges that have to be overcome before driverless cars, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Hyperloop transport are common.
Each of these transport revolutions comes with its...
Elon Musk Is Giving Away the Hyperloop, Here's Who Has Picked It Up
When Elon Musk first teased the concept of the Hyperloop on stage at the D11 conference in May 2013, he described it cryptically as a "cross between a Concorde and a railgun." Three-and-a-half years and lots of private development later, we now have...
Big Automakers Look to Startups to Ignite Innovation
Ford's foray into ride-sharing via its purchase of the Chariot shuttle service in the beginning of September marks one of the latest moves of big automakers seeking innovation through partnerships with transportation startups.
Other major global...
The Future of Connectivity + IoT: What's Coming Up?
The Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is exploding. Corporations, governments, and startups are teaming up to build new infrastructure and products. Sensor technology is improving while price points are lowering. Meanwhile, companies are testing...