article thumbnail

VW To Test Robotic Chargers For Self-Driving Electric Cars

PYMNTS

Electrify America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, has announced a pilot project to test the viability of robotic fast-charging systems for self-driving electric vehicles (EVs), CNBC reported on Monday (Aug. A robotic arm attached to a 150kW DC fast charger would perform the task of plugging into the car’s charge port.

article thumbnail

37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance

CB Insights

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

18 Corporate Innovation Labs In Healthcare

CB Insights

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

article thumbnail

Blockchain Tracker: Capitol Hill To Startups, Incubators Inbetween

PYMNTS

That’s because, a few days later, the Chamber of Digital Commerce announced a team-up with DC seed fund 1776 to launch the DC Blockchain Center, the first of its kind in the city. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) introduced a new House bill to keep FinTech companies and innovation stateside. This comes after Rep.

article thumbnail

The day that digital currency started

Tomorrow's Transactions

Well, look East, where the first reports have appeared concerning the Digital Currency/Electronic Payment (DC/EP) system being tested in four cities: Shenzen, Chengdu, Suzhou and Xiong’an. DC/EP is the Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Why do I think more people should be celebrating the Mondex Silver Jubilee?

DC 52
article thumbnail

Battery Breakthrough: How Startups, Tech Giants, And Automakers Could Finally Make EVs Go The Distance

CB Insights

Porsche’s challenge speaks to how voltage support and charger access affect innovation in the battery space and stymie EV adoption. Level 3 (L3) “fast charging” takes place at the ~2,200 DC Fast Charging (DCFC) stations in the US, most of which are equipped with ~400V-480V circuits. kW per hour to an EV battery.

Samsung 59
article thumbnail

The 35 Biggest Banking, Mortgage & BankTech Events in 2023

Fintech Labs Insights

Come for the wall-to-wall innovations, bring back actionable plans Sep 11-13 | Marriott Marquis | NYC Book Now If we are missing anything, please drop me a note. Event Spotlight Tech meets finance in New York City Save 10% with discount code: FKV2474LABS 75 demos. 200 speakers. 2,000 attendees (1,000 from financial institutions).