Mercedes adds ChatGPT to its infotainment system
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF On the one hand the company is following the hype train, and on the other they’re hoping it might actually be useful … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Volvo uses the world’s first green steel to make itself a dump truck
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Heavy industry accounts for 7% of all greenhouse gas emissions, and now the industry’s going zero emissions. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The world’s...
Stunning car configurators are easy thanks to Epic’s Unreal engine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are at the point where computer generated graphics are as good as, if not better than the real thing – this is a tipping point for content creation. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch...
Volocopter completes its first flying taxi flight in Europe
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As multiple technologies develop and converge the future of transport is increasingly looking skywards. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The team at Volocopter, who in 2017 flew their flying taxi around the skyscrapers of Dubai, has ticked...
Mercedes shows off the company’s latest autonomous vehicle concepts
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As we watch the future of autonomous transportation evolve automotive companies are now experimenting with new business models and product concepts. As more vehicles, from cars to aircraft and everything in between, become electric and autonomous Mercedez Benz decided a while ago that it...
Second hand electric vehicle batteries help Engie accelerate renewable energy uptake
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Renewable energy is clean and green, but when the sun goes down and the wind drops energy output falls, which means sustainable renewable energy needs grid scale battery storage to support it. Multinational energy utility Engie has launched a new grid connected storage project...
EU likely to follow Germanys lead and ban sales of combustion engines from 2030
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Germany passes legislation to ban the sale of all combustion engines after 2030. In a bold move that could cause a cascade effect around the world one of Germany’s legislative bodies has voted unanimously to ban the sale of petrol and diesel powered cars in favour...
Mercedes unveils the world’s first electric semi-truck
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Not to be out done by cars trucks are getting a green makeover too. European car companies are finally starting to invest more heavily in green technology and even greener vehicles. Audi unveiled three more electric cars last week and Porsche added 400 jobs to...
Team GB cyclists get ready to unveil their seven percent advantage at Rio 2016
Olympic teams used to look for marginal gains but now new technology gains appear to be anything but marginal Update Team GB win gold and set new World Record of 3:50:570, a time that “shocked the world of cycling” Great Britain’s cyclists are pursuing Olympic gold in Rio...
The death of consumer car insurance
Driverless cars signal the end of consumer car insurance You and I probably agree that spending thousands of pounds every year to buy insurance is one of life’s great pleasures, there’s no noise as exciting as a bill hitting the mat – then again maybe it’s just me. At this...
