MADISON, Wis.—Apple’s $1 billion investment in China’s leading ride-hailing service company Didi Chuxing has surprised automotive industry observers. But it makes one thing clear: “It sort of tips Apple’s hand,” Egil Juliussen, director of research, Infotainment & ADAS at IHS Automotive, told EE Times. “Apple is developing driverless cars.”
There's been so much hype about driverless cars anyone would think they were on the verge of taking over the world.
But there are many reasons why fully autonomous vehicles - to use a more formal name - will take much longer to reach mass adoption than tech utopians like Google would have us believe.
Here's a rundown of the main challenges they face.
In March 2016, energy prices increased by 14.8%, and the prices of non-energy commodities rose by 2.8%. Food prices picked up by 2.1%. Beverages increased by 4.3%. Raw materials increased slightly by 1.2%, and fertilizers dropped by 5.2%. Metals and minerals increased by 6.0%, and precious metals rose by 3.6%.
CNN) When the reception desk is staffed by a robot dinosaur, the chances of a room upgrade are going to be fairly slim.
That hasn't stopped the first guests checking in to what's billed as the world's first robot hotel.
The five-star Japanese Henn-na Hotel -- a name that translates as Strange Hotel -- this week opened its doors to bemused visitors to Huis Ten Bosch, a theme park in Nagasaki Prefecture.
According to the World Bank, in February 2016, energy prices increased by 1.8%, and the prices of non-energy commodities rose by 1.7%. Food prices increased by 1.8%. Beverages declined by 1.1%. Raw materials increased slightly by 0.8%, and fertilizers dropped by 5.2%. Metals and minerals increased by 4.5%, and precious metals rose by 8.9%.
In January 2016, energy prices slumped by 15.3%, and the prices of non-energy commodities dropped by 2.3%. Food prices slipped by 1.1%. Beverages declined by 7.5%. Raw materials dropped slightly by 1.9%, and fertilizers declined by 5.1%. Metals and minerals decreased by 2.0%, and precious metals increased by 2.3%.
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