Feb 8, 2024 | Aerial Vehicles, Air Mobility
At Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility, founder and former Co-CEO Andre Stein was a pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM). Now, as new CEO of Eviation, he is shifting his focus to electrifying small commuter airplanes for regional air mobility (RAM) services. But despite...
Feb 1, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Roads, Safety, Trucks
Crash tests indicate nation’s guardrail system can’t handle heavy electric vehicles Battery weights are too much for current road safety equipment, since EVs are 25 percent to 50 percent heavier than gas-powered cars. Electric vehicles that typically...
Feb 1, 2024 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Roads, Smart Cities
The first wireless electric road in the US has been installed in Detroit, allowing electric vehicles to charge up as they drive along. But at nearly $2m (£1.6m) per mile, is this really the future of transport? It looks like any other stretch of asphalt in cities...
Feb 1, 2024 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence
Imagine a world where your farm talks to you. Not in some mystical, Farmer John kind of way, but in a language of data, insights, and predictions whispered by the wind, sung by the sun, and hummed by the soil itself. This, my friends, is the future of agriculture...
Feb 1, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Environment, Pollution
Fueled by increasing temperatures and droughts, severe wildfires are on the rise around the world—as are the smoke-borne contaminants that harm the environment and human health. In 2023, Canada recorded its worst wildfire season ever, with fires releasing more than...
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