Nov 16, 2023 | 3D Printing, Robots
3D printers are capable of producing complex shapes, but making functioning objects from multiple materials in a single print-run has proved challenging. To overcome this, a team has combined inkjet printing with an error-correction system guided by machine vision, to...
Nov 16, 2023 | Featured, Hydrogen, Trucks
Jim Gillis is making a big bet on hydrogen-powered big rigs. Gillis, president of the Pacific region for Collierville, Tenn.-based IMC, will take delivery in the coming weeks of his first hydrogen electric fuel-cell Nikola trucks long before the technology is proven...
Nov 16, 2023 | Charging, Diesel, Solar
An Oct. 25 Instagram video (link) shows an Australian electric vehicle charging station that includes a large blue diesel generator. “Look! It’s an electric charger for an electric car, and right there that is a diesel-powered generator to run your electric charging...
Nov 16, 2023 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Featured
In September, car manufacturer Toyota published a battery technology roadmap, outlining their research focus and their goals for producing a diverse, all-electric fleet in the next decade. This alone is not that surprising – the electrification of the automotive...
Nov 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
NASA has temporarily stopped sending commands to its Mars-exploring robots, but there’s nothing to worry about. We’re currently experiencing a “Mars solar conjunction,” a two-week stretch in which Earth and the Red Planet are situated on...
Nov 16, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
The Vatican on Wednesday signed an agreement with German carmaker Volkswagen to replace the city-state’s entire car fleet with electric vehicles by 2030. The governor’s office of the world’s smallest state gave no financial details of the deal in a...
Nov 15, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Uncategorized
Cruise, General Motors’ embattled driverless car unit, said Tuesday it will pause all public road operations — both supervised and manual — in an expansion of last month’s pause of driverless operations. “This orderly pause is a further step to...
Nov 15, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Trucks
Autonomous trucks are slowly hitting the road, mostly on interstates in Texas and the Southwest, with a human driver on board, standing by, or traveling in platoons behind a lead truck driven by a person. Maersk is running Kodiak Robotics trucks between warehouses in...
Nov 9, 2023 | Energy, Hydrogen, Power
GE Vernova is in partnership to develop a green-hydrogen peaking power supply for a Duke Energy power plant in Florida, adapting a GE gas turbine to operate with flexible fuel sources, including 100% green hydrogen. GE Vernova is joining Duke Energy in its development...
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