May 16, 2024 | Detroit, Hydrogen
Mike Copeland takes a sharp right onto Grand River Avenue in Brighton, shifts gears and punches the throttle of his cherry red 1948 Chevrolet pickup. It’s a warm, sunny day in early May, and the 67-year-old Copeland flies down the road with the windows wide-open...
May 16, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Traffic
Anyone who has gotten behind a wheel knows the feeling of being stuck at a red light, and researchers are working on ways to reduce that occurrence. One way to do this is by changing traffic signals. A Detroit police officer is credited with adding the yellow light to...
May 16, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Transit
The Department of Transportation aims to incorporate artificial intelligence throughout the nation’s transportation infrastructure, seeking automated systems that can specifically aid in lowering long-term infrastructure costs and improve efficiency in transportation...
May 16, 2024 | Diesel, Energy, Hybrids, Trucks
When full-size pickup trucks were first equipped with diesel engines in the late 1970s, it wasn’t part of an effort to post huge performance numbers. Instead, General Motors’ much-maligned 350-cubic-inch diesel V8 was tuned primarily to sip fuel and spun out a paltry...
May 16, 2024 | Drones, Featured
Washington state is readying a $1 million anti-vandalism project, part of which involves testing a $30,000 drone that paints over graffiti. Signed into law on March 15 by Gov. Jay Inslee, the “Graffiti Abatement and Reduction Pilot Program” is scheduled to go into...
May 16, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Robots
How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job? It’s a new question for many workers amid the rise of ChatGPT and other AI programs that can hold conversations, write stories and even generate songs and images within...
May 16, 2024 | Energy, Featured, Solar
Solar farms produced over 60% of Germany’s electricity for several hours a day over the past week as bright sunshine combined with new solar generation capacity helped accelerate the country’s energy transition away from fossil fuels. During the week to...
May 16, 2024 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles
Lithium-ion battery prices have dropped nearly 90% since 2008, the year that Tesla released its first electric car. Since batteries are the most expensive part of an EV, that’s a big part of the reason that the cars are finally getting close to price parity with gas...
May 16, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, US Economy
As sales of electric vehicles continue to grow in 2024, many new and prospective customers have questions about qualifying for a federal tax credit on electric vehicles. Whether your vehicle qualifies or not is a simple yes or no question, but the amount you may...
May 8, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Military, Robots
The United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is currently evaluating a new generation of robotic “dogs” developed by Ghost Robotics, with the potential to be equipped with gun systems from defense tech company Onyx Industries,...
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