Sep 13, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation, Trucks
The California State Senate this week passed a bill that, if signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will ban driverless autonomous trucks on the state’s roads. Basically, Assembly Bill 316 prohibits autonomous trucks weighing 10,001 pounds or more from...
Sep 13, 2023 | Robots, Weather
To better understand the world’s largest storms, submersibles known as “gliders” are being deployed underneath hurricanes to monitor and collect data that help create more accurate forecasts. The gliders are torpedo-shaped watercraft developed by...
Sep 13, 2023 | Featured, Robots
Origami has inspired yet another robot—in this case, one that dynamically changes its shape after dropping from drones in order to glide through the air while collecting environmental data. As detailed via a new study published in Science Robotics,...
Sep 13, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, US Economy
President Biden has been highly attuned to the politics of electric vehicles, helping to enact billions in subsidies to create new manufacturing jobs and going out of his way to court the United Automobile Workers union. But as the union and the big U.S....
Sep 13, 2023 | China, Electric Vehicles, Featured
The European Union is launching an investigation into subsidies that China provides to electric vehicle makers, the head of the bloc’s executive branch said Wednesday, as concern grows that the aid is harming European companies. “Global markets are now...
Sep 6, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
Much has been written about the failures of autonomous driving cars in places like San Francisco. But the real success and perhaps even bigger opportunity is in industrial vehicles in ports, factories and airports. In fact, the global heavy-duty autonomous vehicle...
Sep 6, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles
During a recent trip in an electric car, I stopped to top up at a charging station. Recharging went smoothly — and that’s not always the case in these early, glitchy days. Then I realized I needed to use the restroom. But there was a problem. The...
Sep 6, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, US Economy
As electric-vehicle adoption rates steadily rise around the world, a growing chorus of car executives are criticizing governments on the grounds that they’ve picked the winning horse. Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has been among the most...
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