A southern couple who law enforcement has compared to Bonnie and Clyde has now been connected to a fifth murder that took place in Memphis during their alleged multi-state crime spree.\n“Both Terry and Simpson are suspects in a murder in Memphis,” a spokesperson for the Chester County Sheriff’s Office told Oxygen.com on Thursday morning.\nOn the same day of the Memphis killing, Simpson was captured by investigators during a violent car chase.\nChester County Police said that Terry \"has been a suspect in this case from the early stages of the investigation.\"\nTerry and Simpson now face multiple murder charges, attempted murder, and other charges.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"UK connected car startup in $1.1bn SPAC deal","slug":"uk-connected-car-startup-in-1-1bn-spac-deal","publishDate":"2021-06-04 12:59:46+02:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:30:58.744513","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The deal with Virtuoso Acquisition, a dedicated acquisition company, values the combination at $1.1bn and releases $330m for expansion for connected car data services.\nIt already collects 14.6bn data points in near-real-time every day from 10.7m connected vehicles, analysing 66 million journeys across a network of 50m vehicles.\nWejo expects its connected vehicle network to expand significantly with nearly half of all vehicles globally expected to be connected vehicles by the end of this decade.\nBy 2030, Wejo estimates the Connected Vehicle Data Market will be worth $500bn with over 600 million connected vehicles worldwide.\nWe are excited to have found a partner in Virtuoso who understands the potential of our business as we take this step forward in an important and burgeoning market.”www.wejo.comRelated connected car articlesOther articles on eeNews Europe
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Vodafone starts field trials of connected car platform","slug":"vodafone-starts-field-trials-of-connected-car-platform","publishDate":"2021-06-04 12:19:40+01:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:30:57.746151","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"A new system designed to improve road safety is being tried out on actual roads in the UK.\nIt has been developed by Vodafone, Nokia and Chordant, with some kind of public sector seal of approval and maybe even public funds.\n“It’s fantastic to see vehicle to everything mobile technology being deployed on the open road for the first time in the UK,” said Luke Ibbetson, Head of Group R&D at Vodafone.\n“While the system is delivered via smartphone, drivers will need to use handsfree equipment.\nThis feels like an incremental step towards living the connected car dream that is expected to culminate in fully autonomous driving.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Aviva and Darwin announce five-year strategic partnership","slug":"aviva-and-darwin-announce-five-year-strategic-partnership","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:30:57.360199","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Darwin is trialling an autonomous shuttle at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.\nAutonomous vehicles offer the potential to dramatically improve road safety and revolutionise the UKs mobility system.\nThe laboratory enables companies like Aviva to explore next-generation connectivity solutions for connected and autonomous vehicles using both 5G and satellite communications.\nAutonomous vehicles could change the face of motor insurance within a decade.\nThe vehicles we insure are constantly evolving and fully autonomous vehicles are on their way to our roads.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Artificial Intelligence: Challenging The Status Quo Of Jurisprudence","slug":"artificial-intelligence-challenging-the-status-quo-of-jurisprudence","publishDate":"2021-06-04 10:28:07+05:30","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:30:56.800768","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"To understand the parallelism which one can draw between Artificial Intelligence and Law, let's walk through a few autonomous systems where AI is already confronting the legal field.\nThe bias in AI systems can be an \"organised\" bias that can infiltrate the judiciary at every level, silently influencing the judiciary.\nIt is tough to derive an objective solution in such scenarios, but the autonomous system will require to take a binary call.\nFurther, the lack of transparency in the algorithms running these autonomous systems increases the risk & hence gives way to scepticism.\nMoreover, because of the exponential advancements in artificial intelligence, both the quantity and complexity of the challenges for jurisprudence will rapidly increase.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Eurobites: Vodafone trials 'vehicle-to-everything' system","slug":"eurobites-vodafone-trials-vehicle-to-everything-system","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:30:55.586124","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telecom Italia digitizes Philip Morris' logistics; EE preps for a staycation summer; UK charity wants cheaper broadband for those on low incomes.\nMobile connectivity from Vodafone is being combined with technology from Nokia and Chordant to create a new \"mobility cloud\" platform that its backers hope will improve the safety of road users the world over.\nVodafone describes the whole shebang as the UK's first mobile \"vehicle-to-everything\" road system and the first live implementation of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in the UK.\nThe charity argues that fixed-line broadband is now an essential utility, and that mobile data is not an adequate substitute.\nNokia's GPON technology will make an appearance in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal as local operator CG Net rolls out fiber-to-the-home broadband there.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Skoda Kushaq Is Ready To Take The SUV Segment By Storm","slug":"skoda-kushaq-is-ready-to-take-the-suv-segment-by-storm","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:30:54.750881","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"With this recipe for success, Skoda is all set to enter the premium mid-size SUV segment with the Kushaq, a pocket-friendly but premium offering for those looking to upgrade from budget-friendly Korean brands.\nThe Kushaq gets the choice of two powerful turbocharged petrol engines: 1.0-litre TSI and 1.5-litre TSI.\nSkoda India has taken a big step forward with the Skoda 2.0 plan, under which it has managed up to 95 per cent localisation for the Kushaq.\nSince it is a modular platform, it is likely to spawn a multitude of new India-specific products across segments, starting with the Kushaq SUV.\nSkoda intends to launch the Kushaq in India this summer, with prices to be announced by the end of June.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Legged Robots Could Help Keep U.S. Infantry Troops Safe Against Killer Drones","slug":"legged-robots-could-help-keep-u-s-infantry-troops-safe-against-killer-drones","publishDate":"2021-06-04 07:50:38+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:30:54.180025","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"There’s no doubt that unmanned aerial vehicles are already becoming one of the most important threats of future warfare, and this highlights the advantages of dismounted infantry units, because they can reach difficult terrain, such as mountains and dense forests, where they have the greatest chances of being covered against drones.According to scientists at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), infantry troops could benefit from robotic vehicles that would be capable of not only moving on this type of challenging terrain, but also advancing for several days, without requiring constant fueling.In a recent paper, published in the Plos One scientific journal, a research team at ARL explored the possibility of developing this type of autonomous robotic vehicles.\nThe issue isn’t new.\nFor decades, U.S. military scientists have been tackling the problems of autonomous vehicle development, one of them being the lack of energy efficiency.Wheeled and tracked systems typically require more power, but by rethinking the relationship between a vehicle’s mass, speed and power requirements, more efficient legged-platforms could be developed.\nFor their study, the Army researchers used a formula that dates back to the 1980s, which estimates the power an animal with a specific mass needs, in order to move at a given speed.\nThey found that it can be applied to legged, wheeled and tracked systems, which means that a legged-vehicle could be as efficient as a wheeled one.This could help develop ground mobile systems that are much more practical in comba t situations, because they can do more with less power, and the ultimate objective is to develop a new type of autonomous ground vehicle that can deliver supplies to U.S. troops in difficult terrain areas.It looks like it won’t be long until infantry soldiers will be marching through the mountains with their trusted four- (or multiple) legged robot companions.
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