Yandex, the Russian digital giant whose Nasdaq stock trading has been suspended since Feb. 28, laid off over two dozen US-based workers last month, reported The Verge. Yandex had been operating a small fleet of driverless cars in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Yandex said the vehicle licenses were suspended by the state authorities — which Michigan denies. …
Russian weapon maker Kalashnikov Group has patented exterior and interior features of its new UV4 electric car, designed for the consumer market. The information appears in the database of Russia’s Federal Institute of Industrial Property. UV4 is equipped with an electric motor with a capacity of 50 kW (68 hp), which will allow the car to reach the speed …
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Moscow ranks second among Europe’s largest cities in the ‘Future City ESG Innovation Index,’ put together by Munich-based think tank DEEP Ecosystems. This new index aims to assess “the potential of innovation hubs to support sustainable innovation in the ESG fields.” Its four sub-indexes, eight compound metrics and 29 individual indicators cover the “Community of ESG Entrepreneurs;” their …
Last month Moscow-based Smart Driving Labs presented its concept of connected vehicle for urban public transport. The solution reportedly “involves the installation of telematics modules with a set of sensor equipment on buses and minibuses and connection via a cellular network to a cloud platform.” The system will allow public transport companies to collect real-time data on movement, speed, sharp …
In mid-July 2021, Russian company L-Charge unveiled the most powerful electric vehicle charger in the world. This mobile charging station can fully charge your Tesla or Porsche Taycan in just eight minutes and do so while you’re at home, at the office or even stuck in the middle of the road! Before the end of the year, …
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The Soviets developed an electric garbage truck as early as in 1935, but the electric car industry failed to gain any momentum in the USSR. Dubbed ‘LET,’ the very first electric vehicle in the USSR was made in 1935. Oddly, it was designed to be used as a garbage truck. The new electric model was …
Yandex Self-Driving Group, the Yandex spin-off dedicated to unmanned vehicles, has teamed up with Grubhub to develop driverless food deliveries on college campuses in the United States. Partnering with more than 250 college campuses, Grubhub is a major online and mobile food-ordering and delivery platform in the US. The Russian company and its new US partner say these …
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A new Russian tech billionaire emerged last week on the NASDAQ with the SPAC-enabled listing of Arrival, a company touted as a game-changer in the electric car industry. Born 42 years ago in the Soviet republic of Georgia, Denis Sverlov founded in first company — an ERP integrator called IT Vision — in 2000, immediately after graduating the …
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Russian businessman and philanthropist Ismail Akhmetov has invested in Hoversurf, a pioneer in autonomous flying vehicles. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but company valuation was established at $30 million, the Russian media reported. Previous investors in the company include Qiwi co-founder Sergey Solonin, the Starta Ventures fund and several Russian individual investors. …
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Cognitive Technologies, an established Russian software corporation, is developing one of the world’s most advanced autonomous AI-based driving systems for farming equipment. Under the brand ‘Cognitive Agro Pilot,’ this system was used across 35 regions of Russia when reaping the 2020 harvest. “Between June and October 2020, over 350 autonomous harvesters fitted with [our] solutions …
Fura, a Moscow-based startup offering high-tech services to truck drivers, has raised 160 million rubles ($2.1 million at the current exchange rate) in a Series A round led by an unnamed Swiss-Russian fund. Alexander Popov, Svyatoslav Vilde and other individual investors also took part in the round. The fresh funding will be used to strengthen the …
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Robofest, one of the largest technology festivals for young people in the world, is being held these days in online format. Its participants have developed solutions which could be used soon in the automotive, agricultural and aviation industries. For example, a team of students from Don State Technical University has presented a robotic manipulator, which is considered …
