Most Read: Flying Car Company Introduces the Land Aircraft Carrier; Air Taxi Company Applies to Operate in UAE

Here are the most-read stories on IoT World Today this week.

Flying Car Company Introduces the Land Aircraft Carrier

Flying car company XPeng Aeroht has introduced the Land Aircraft Carrier, a combination road vehicle with a flying component.

The preview event in Guangzhou in southern China included a live demonstration of the air module flying and the detailing of commercialization plans for the vehicle. In the flying demonstration, the flight module took off vertically from the grass, circled in the air and smoothly landed.

The six-wheel, three-axle ground vehicle, known as the mothership, carries the flying component inside it. The rear trunk, which stores the flying component, has a semi-transparent glass design, so the flying vehicle can be subtly visible. 

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Air Taxi Company Applies to Operate in UAE

Flying taxi company Joby Aviation has applied to become the first certified air taxi operator in the United Arab Emirates.

Joby presented a letter of intent to initiate the electric aerial vehicle (EAV) maker Air Operator Certificate application.

Earlier this year, Joby signed an agreement with Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) to launch air taxi services in Dubai.

Joby already has a partnership with the UAE through a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Municipalities and Transport Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development and the Department of Culture and Tourism, setting Joby up to establish and scale flying taxi services in Abu Dhabi and beyond.

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Amazon Expands Just Walk Out Technology to NFL Football Stadiums, Colleges

With the start of football season and a new school year, Amazon is bringing its Just Walk Out AI-powered shopping technology to about two dozen new locations at NFL stadiums and U.S. college campuses.

The checkout-free system, which launched in 2018, is being deployed at seven new stores at Commanders Field in Washington, D.C. and six additional locations at Lumen Field in Seattle — bringing the total at the home of the Seahawks to 15, the most of any venue in the world. Amazon is also opening a radio-frequency identification (RFID) store there that enables the checkout-free purchase of soft items, like clothing, hats and other fan gear. The Baltimore Ravens’ home of M&T Bank Stadium is getting its first location, too.

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Tesla to Bring Full Self-Driving Tech to China, Europe in 2025

Tesla says its Full Self Driving (FSD) driver-assistance feature will be launched in both Europe and China next year.

The breakthrough was announced via a post on X by the company’s AI team.

It detailed the AI division’s roadmap for the next 12 months, and identified the first quarter of 2025 as when FSD will be made available in the two regions, although it did come with an ominous three-word caveat – “Pending regulatory approval.”

On an earnings call earlier this year, CEO Elon Musk said he was confident this would be granted imminently, explaining: “Pretty soon, we will ask for regulatory approval of the Tesla-supervised FSD in Europe, China and other countries. And I think we are likely to receive that before the end of the year.”

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Self-Driving Company Cuts Lidar Division, Eliminates 100 Jobs

Israeli autonomous driving tech company Mobileye will stop developing its own lidar.

The move will mean the loss of around 100 jobs by the end of the year.

The decision was revealed in a statement from the Jerusalem-based company, which confirmed: “Mobileye has chosen to end the internal development of next-generation frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) lidars for use in autonomous and highly automated driving systems.

“As part of our regular review of the long-term technology roadmap, we now believe that the availability of next-generation FMCW lidar is less essential to our roadmap for eyes-off systems. 

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