Feb 8, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Oceanography, Satellites
NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite has made it off the chopping block all the way to orbit. The nearly $1 billion PACE mission, which the Trump administration tried to cancel four separate times, launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early this...
Feb 8, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
A few miles from Apple’s headquarters here, a gold SUV carrying a large, boxy sensor on its roof crossed a four-way intersection this summer and hung a left just like any other car on the street. But that car was one of 67 vehicles outfitted with autonomous...
Feb 8, 2024 | Air Mobility, Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
Driverless cars and planes are no longer the stuff of the future. In the city of San Francisco alone, two taxi companies have collectively logged 8 million miles of autonomous driving through August 2023. And more than 850,000 autonomous aerial vehicles, or drones,...
Feb 8, 2024 | Charging, Electric Vehicles
Massachusetts is directing $50 million toward EV charging projects in the state, with a goal of making it easier for residents to charge their electric vehicles. The money from the American Rescue Plan Act will go toward adding and improving EV charging stations,...
Feb 8, 2024 | Batteries, Charging, Electric Vehicles, Featured
A lithium-ion battery breakthrough using tiny silicon particles and a gel polymer may lead to electric vehicles that can travel around 1000 km, or over 600 miles, on a single charge, scientists say. Drivers have consistently reported suffering...
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