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20 years ago, China bet big on electric vehicles. Now Western carmakers are feeling the pain

16 July 2026 at 00:40
In Germany, Japan and the United States, famous carmakers are in trouble. One reason is intense competition from Chinese electric vehicle manufacturersβ€”and growing public demand for EVs. The automakers that dominated the 20th century have largely failed to shift to electric vehicles.

New Coherent LiDAR Expands 3D Sensing

7 July 2026 at 20:04
This novel LiDAR system maps location, speed, and material properties in a single measurement, opening new possibilities for autonomous driving and robotics.

Β© Dongyu Du, University of Toronto

<p>The new LiDAR system can simultaneously measure the location, speed, and material properties (polarization) of objects in a scene, which could be useful for autonomous driving.</p>
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