by dankeelan | Mar 11, 2021 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
During that whole trip, Sergio Rodriguez spent 586 minutes charging at a cost of $159.85. He charged exclusively at DC fast chargers en route, with no overnight charging. “None of the hotels outside California had any” chargers. A...
by dankeelan | Mar 4, 2021 | Detroit, Manufacturing
General Motors will keep two of its assembly plants shuttered until at least mid-April, another until the end of March and will idle a fourth, all due to a severe shortage of semiconductor chips used in various vehicle parts. But the automaker is doing everything...
by dankeelan | Mar 4, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business
Volkswagen plans to launch a self-driving electric van for urban ride-hailing service in 2025, deploying a commercial version of its ID. Buzz, an electric minivan inspired by the iconic 1960s VW Microbus. It will be the first VW vehicle to use the autonomous-driving...
by dankeelan | Mar 4, 2021 | Aerial Vehicles, Aeronautics, Drones
The Federal Aviation Administration this week named Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as one of five airports nationwide to help it develop drone detection and mitigation equipment. Drones can pose a danger to planes, both in the air and on the ground. It is an...
by dankeelan | Mar 4, 2021 | Climate
There’s a new wave of interest in what has been renamed “climate tech,” and lots of money is once again flowing. Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures in January committed an additional $1 billion to investing in startups that can reduce carbon emissions, and one...
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