LG Electronics is stepping up efforts to train specialist engineers in South Korea in line with the launch of new heat pump boiler products. It said it held professional training on installation and maintenance for domestic heating, ventilation and air-conditioning engineers at its HVAC academy in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. The company plans to run training nationwide and said it has trained more than 4,000 people since 2014 and has more than 1,000 service engineers at Hi-M Solutek.

Tesla has begun broad testing of its autonomous robotaxi Cybercab by placing vehicles across major U.S. cities and outlying areas to gather real-world driving data. Media reports said the new self-driving vehicle has been spotted in locations with sharply different geographic conditions, including Austin, Alaska and Wichita. The largest cluster was in Austin with 34 vehicles, with smaller numbers in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, and single vehicles in cities such as Washington, Buffalo and Boston.