Tag: Toyota

RAYMOND CELEBRATES NATIONAL FORKLIFT SAFETY DAY WITH LAUNCH OF NEXT-GENERATION RAYMOND VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATOR

Scalable virtual reality teaching tool features a wireless HTC VIVE Focus™ 3 headset for a more immersive learning experience GREENE, N.Y., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — As a proud supporter of the ninth National Forklift Safety Day, The Raymond Corporation is committed to prioritizing forklift operator education and providing intelligent warehouse solutions that help customers… Continue reading RAYMOND CELEBRATES NATIONAL FORKLIFT SAFETY DAY WITH LAUNCH OF NEXT-GENERATION RAYMOND VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATOR

Vision in the Making: Andrew Ng’s Startup Automates Factory Inspection

Computer vision specialist Landing AI has a unique calling card: Its co-founder and CEO is a tech rock star. At Google Brain, Andrew Ng became famous for showing how deep learning could recognize cats in a sea of images with uncanny speed and accuracy. Later, he founded Coursera, where his machine learning courses have attracted… Continue reading Vision in the Making: Andrew Ng’s Startup Automates Factory Inspection

Fleet Sales Drop by a Fifth Year Over Year in May

After including dealer and manufacturer fleet sales, the total fleet share of all sales was 13.9%, up from last May’s fleet share of 12.2%, due to weakness in retail sales. Source: Cox Automotive Sales into large fleets, including sales into dealer and manufacturer fleets, decreased 0.4% month over month in May to 154,047 units, according… Continue reading Fleet Sales Drop by a Fifth Year Over Year in May

Thailand is turning into regional frontrunner in electric vehicle (EV), from luxury cars to tuk-tuks

The German luxury carmaker not only chose Thailand as its first location in Southeast Asia to manufacture the trail-blazing EQS, but also selected the Kingdom as one of only seven locations in the world to produce the high-performance lithium-ion batteries that can power the vehicle for more than 700 kilometers on a single charge, the… Continue reading Thailand is turning into regional frontrunner in electric vehicle (EV), from luxury cars to tuk-tuks

Kolors Raises $26M in Funding

Kolors, a Houston, TX-based technology and data-driven intercity bus network company, raised $26 million in funding. This included a $20 million Series A financing round led by UP.Partners with participation from Toyota Ventures, Maniv Mobility, K5 Global, Mazapil, alongside existing investors Tuesday Capital, Garret Camp’s Expa, Chris Sacca’s Lowercase, Moving Capital, MVG, Brainstorm Ventures, Bling Capital and Amplifica. The funding will further accelerate expansion… Continue reading Kolors Raises $26M in Funding

Clean Technica: Top 20 Electric Cars In The World — April 2022 (Charts)002017

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 38% in April 2022 compared to April 2021. Despite several disturbing factors happening all at once (the invasion of Ukraine, Covid-19 lockdowns in China, chip and battery shortages, supply chain disruptions …), the truth is that there were 542,000 registrations last month, representing 10.2% share of the overall auto… Continue reading Clean Technica: Top 20 Electric Cars In The World — April 2022 (Charts)002017

Toyota’s portable hydrogen cartridge promises plenty

Toyota and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings, Inc.  have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge. This cartridge design, the company said, will facilitate the everyday transport and supply of hydrogen energy to power a broad range of daily life applications in and outside of the home. Toyota and Woven Planet will conduct… Continue reading Toyota’s portable hydrogen cartridge promises plenty