Oct 19, 2023 | Featured, Smart Cities
New York City has devised a new way to pilot emerging technologies. On Wednesday, the city’s Office of Technology and Innovation launched the “NYC Smart City Testbed Program,” an initiative allowing city agencies to collaborate with companies and academic institutions...
Oct 19, 2023 | Electric Vehicles
At least eight states, all but one controlled by Republicans, now require drivers of electric vehicles to pay a hefty annual registration fee of $200 or more. GOP lawmakers say it’s an effort to make up for lost gas tax revenue. EV advocates say it’s an effort to...
Oct 11, 2023 | Aeronautics
Electrically powered vertical-take-off-and-landing (evtol) aircraft—flying cars, to the layman—are an idea whose time has not quite yet come, but is fast approaching. Many firms are jostling with each other, offering designs that range from scaled-up multirotor...
Oct 11, 2023 | Industrial Automation, Internet of Things
We are a little tardy with this, but it is worth bookmarking in time for the upcoming RCR Wireless report and webinar on smart meters (October 19; sign-up here!), and memorialising for future IoT articles and reports. The GSMA’s new IoT SAFE standard, launched back in...
Oct 11, 2023 | Defense, Drones, Robots
On the second floor of the Walter E. Washington convention center in the District of Columbia sits a robot tanklet, designed to hunt drones. The uncrewed vehicle is the TRX SHORAD, and it is part of the display from defense giant General Dynamics Land Systems,...
Oct 11, 2023 | Agriculture, Featured, Robots
Autonomous farm robots guided by GPS can plant and harvest multiple crops in close proximity, enabling beneficial interactions between different plants and potentially boosting biodiversity. Strip cropping, which involves partitioning fields into narrow bands...
Oct 11, 2023 | Electric Vehicles
vernor Newsom says that a massive amount of Californians are now opting for electrical vehicles over gas powered when getting new cars. But, with so many making the change, can the state’s current infrastructure of chargers handle the influx of new EV drivers?...
Oct 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
On the picket lines at a Ford factory west of Detroit, many striking workers don’t think the electric vehicle revolution is coming for their jobs — at least not in the near future. But just in case, they’re backing United Auto Workers President Shawn...
Oct 11, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Insurance
European electric car sales growth will be hit by zooming insurance costs and expiring subsidies, while news of an out-of-control MG EV might spook some would-be buyers. Some positive claims are melting away as the electric car revolution gains momentum. Enthusiasts...
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