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SMMT Connected 2024: Review

SMMT

Even if the current timetable is met, following the Bill’s second reading in the House of Commons in early March, the UK is unlikely to see self-driving vehicles on its roads until at least 2026. The post SMMT Connected 2024: Review appeared first on SMMT. Now it is the turn of the politicians to make it a reality.

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Top trends in 2024: Experts share key automation trends for Canadian manufacturers in 2024

Automation Mag

As manufacturers plan for 2024, industrial automation continues to evolve rapidly, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence, robotics, IoT (Internet of Things) and data analytics. As McKinsey and Company stated in January 2024, “AI could contribute to the manufacturing sector a whopping annual impact ranging from $1.2

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Auto China 2024 (Beijing): “New Era, New Mobility”

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Leveraging the intelligent cockpit and advanced driver-assistance systems software of XPENG, they will be sold under the Volkswagen brand in China with production expected to start in 2026, reinforcing VW’s in “China for China strategy” and helping XPENG promote its E/E platform in Europe as well.

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Key Themes and Takeaways from MWC 2024: 5G, Private Networks, Edge Computing and IoT

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Renato Pasquini, Mei Lee Quah, and Riana Barnard attended the Mobile World Congress ( MWC Barcelona ) 2024 in Barcelona, the largest connectivity event worldwide, with more than 101,000 in-person attendees from 205 countries and territories. They covered two of the prominent themes for 2024: “5G and Beyond” and “Connected Everything”.

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First class facilities: Truckstops to be upgraded with £16.5m funding

SMMT

The government says the measures are part of its plan to grow the economy by improving working conditions for drivers, supporting new jobs in the haulage industry and attracting more people towards a career in logistics. The 21-acre site already offers 660 secure parking bays and convenience services for HGV drivers.

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Automate Day One: Turning data into information for better context

Control Engineering

It will also be more diverse in its locations in the future with the event returning to Chicago in 2024, Detroit in 2025 and an unnamed western city for 2026 according to multiple sources. We want to facilitate that conversation with their partner, whomever it might be.” Context can arrive in other ways, too.

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Power to the people: hydrogen in transport

SMMT

For example, Protium, the UK’s largest green hydrogen energy company, and its partners, were recently successful in applying for more than £30m from the Department for Transport and Innovate UK to launch the Hydrogen Aggregated UK Logistics (HyHAUL) project.