Jan 15, 2026 | Smart Cities, Transit
Cities are investing in less costly bus rapid transit over light rail systems, says Yonah Freemark of The Transport Politic. More than 160 miles of new rail, bus and other fixed-guideway transit lines opened in the U.S. in 2025, and about 94 miles more are...
Jan 15, 2026 | California, Electric Vehicles, Featured
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this month that he is seeking $200 million in state funding to provide electric vehicle (EV) tax rebates to offset the loss of the federal EV tax credit, which was recently eliminated under legislation supported by President...
Jan 15, 2026 | Chemistry, Metals, Robots
An iridium metal complex has been identified as a promising, if unconventional, new antibiotic drug, a new study finds. The compound is one of more than 600 produced in a study published in December in the journal Nature Communications. The researchers used a...
Jan 15, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, First Responders
AI image analysis helped rescuers detect anomalies and locate a missing Italian doctor, highlighting AI’s life-saving potential in emergencies. A recent report from Italy has highlighted how AI can play a crucial role in saving lives during emergencies. The incident...
Jan 15, 2026 | Featured, Hydrogen, Michigan, Power
In her keynote remarks at the Detroit Auto Show on Thursday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that earlier Thursday morning, she had signed an executive directive to develop geologic hydrogen as a new source of clean energy in Michigan. “We’re...
Jan 15, 2026 | Auto Industry, Events, Featured, Smart Mobility Today
Smart Mobility Today Host Cindy Polakowski spoke with Ed Perosky, Senior VP for Product Development at Aisin Corporation. They met at the Detroit Auto Show at Huntington Place. Ranging from how Aisin is leading through change, to a discussion around technology and AI,...
Jan 15, 2026 | Auto Industry, Featured, Michigan
Michigan needs to confront risks to its $348 billion piece of the global automotive industry this year and move decisively toward keeping jobs, engineering and production in the state. That message comes from Glenn Stevens, executive director of statewide industry...
Jan 15, 2026 | Auto Industry, China, Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned Thursday, Jan. 15, that tariffs and global competition, particularly from China, threaten Michigan’s auto industry during her keynote address at the Detroit Auto Show. Speaking during her final auto show as governor, Whitmer said the auto...
Jan 15, 2026 | Auto Industry, Detroit, Tariffs, US Economy
President Donald Trump arrived in Detroit on Tuesday to celebrate what he called a historic manufacturing revival, boasting that “investment is booming” and turbocharging growth. But the auto industry’s supposed recovery has yet to show up where it matters most for...
Jan 12, 2026 | Smart Mobility Today
A few years back on a family excursion, we spent the morning at the Kellogg Biological Station-W.K. Kellogg Farm Pasture Dairy Center in Kalamazoo County, MI. I stood mesmerized as the cows filed in at their own leisure to the automatic milking stations; no stress, no...
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