Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Satellites, Space, Telecommunications
SpaceX successfully sent text messages via Starlink satellites using T-Mobile’s network, it announced Wednesday, as Elon Musk’s company aims to bring its direct-to-device cell service to market in the coming year. The recent test comes as major...
Jan 11, 2024 | 6G, Semiconductors
A first-of-its-kind chip architecture that uses both electronic- and light-based components could pave the way for 6G technology. The research, published Nov. 20 in Nature Communications, offers a blueprint for communications chips needed for advanced radar,...
Jan 11, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Testing
Waymo’s days of avoiding freeways are finally coming to an end. The Alphabet-owned company announced today that its fully driverless vehicles would begin tackling the higher speeds of Phoenix’s freeways, all while ferrying passengers to and from their destinations....
Jan 11, 2024 | Electric Vehicles
Hertz, which has made a big push into electric vehicles in recent years, has decided it’s time to cut back. The company will sell off a third of its electric fleet, totaling roughly 20,000 vehicles, and use the money they bring to purchase more gasoline powered...
Jan 11, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Unions
Factory workers at Tesla have been told to expect pay raises this year, a move that comes as the United Auto Workers union tries to organize the electric vehicle maker’s U.S. plants. The UAW said Thursday that Tesla workers have told the union about company...
Jan 4, 2024 | Autonomous Ships
The rising popularity of autonomous vehicles has spurred significant research interest in the maritime industry, particularly for developing maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS). An essential requirement of MASS is the ability to follow a pre-determined sea path,...
Jan 4, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Disabilities
Myrna Peterson predicts self-driving vehicles will be a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people like her, who live outside big cities and have disabilities that prevent them from driving. Peterson, who has quadriplegia, is an enthusiastic participant in an...
Jan 4, 2024 | Aviation, Featured
The Chinese manufacturer EHang made commercial demonstration flights in two cities, marking the first passenger-carrying eVTOL trips. The hype around electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis is growing, even in non-aviation circles. Chinese manufacturer...
Jan 4, 2024 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured, US Economy
General Motors said on Wednesday it is offering incentives of $7,500 on its electric vehicles that earlier this week lost a U.S. government tax credit, while Ford Motor said it is hiking the prices of some of its F-150 EVs by $10,000. The Treasury issued guidelines in...
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