Aug 29, 2024 | Electric Vehicles
The latest advancements in radiant heating could reduce energy consumption by around 17% Hyundai Motor Group, recently announced plans to embrace radiant heating. While Lexus was more focused on the comfort aspect, Hyundai is playing up the efficiency benefits as they...
Aug 29, 2024 | Batteries, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Production at an electric vehicle battery cell plant jointly run by General Motors and Samsung SDI has been delayed as EV sales have slowed in the U.S. The companies finalized their agreement Tuesday to jointly run the new factory in New Carlisle, Indiana, near South...
Aug 29, 2024 | Biotech, Robots
Cornell researchers have pioneered a new method for controlling “biohybrid” robots by harnessing the natural electrical signals of fungal mycelia, the vegetative part of mushrooms. These robots, which integrate living material into their design, can react to...
Aug 29, 2024 | Internet of Things, Smart Cities
“Smart city” is a buzzword, but what is so “smart” about a “smart city?” Cities have evolved over the last few decades along the same lines that we moved from landline phones to regular cell phones to present-day smartphones. This...
Jul 25, 2024 | Featured, Industry 4.0, Jobs, Talent
If you want to learn how to get a job as an engineer on the modern manufacturing floor overseeing improvements and collaborating with both people and robots, it helps to ask an expert for her advice. The UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science consulted with...
Jul 25, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Imaging, Robotaxis, Transit
Urban waterways like rivers and canals have gone from essential travel and trading corridors to urban afterthoughts. They’re used by freighters or limited ferry services, but are otherwise mostly forgotten and largely untouched by the millions who live on their...
Jul 25, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Transportation
The world of micromobility has long been a wild west of innovative designs, spanning everything from e-bikes and e-scooters to self-balancing electric unicycles and more. The proliferation of small, inexpensive electric motors and batteries has allowed companies to...
Jul 25, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, India, Transportation
Ola’s founder Bhavish Aggarwal laid out plans in 2022 to launch an electric sports car with an all-glass roof in two years that could reach 100 km per hour within four seconds. Aggarwal reiterated those plans as recently as Sept. 2023 in an interview with...
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