Apr 6, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Safety
Government regulators have been increasingly scrutinizing claims about the tech’s capabilities while companies have shifted to focus on developing and improving advanced driver-assist systems. Ford is one of these companies, recently withdrawing a petition to federal...
Apr 6, 2023 | Agriculture, Autonomous Vehicles
Tesla may be synonymous with semi-autonomous cars on the road, but self-driving tractors are taking over fields. A new study finds that global positioning satellite (GPS) systems are used on over 40 percent of all US farm and ranch acreage for on-farm...
Apr 6, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive said Monday that its first-quarter deliveries were in line with expectations and that it remains on track to produce 50,000 EVs in 2023. Rivian said in a statement that it produced 9,395 EVs in the first...
Apr 6, 2023 | Batteries, Charging, Electric Vehicles
As we head into a world of electric cars, charging is the biggest concern for many first-time buyers. It makes sense. While the hype for electric cars themselves is arguably justified, the biggest drawback is the fact that you have to charge them, and right now, that...
Apr 6, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
General Motors rode strong first-quarter sales of the Chevrolet Bolt to bump crosstown rival Ford out of second place in the U.S. electric vehicle sales race. But GM’s EV sales of 20,670 were still far below those of industry leader Tesla, which...
Apr 6, 2023 | Oceanography
Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern Pacific Ocean. Scientists from University of Western Australia and Tokyo...
Mar 30, 2023 | Robots, Space
NASA has unveiled a draft strategy for long-term robotic exploration of Mars that emphasizes low-cost missions and potential commercial partnerships. At a meeting of two committees of the National Academies’ Space Studies Board March 29, Eric Ianson, director of the...
Mar 30, 2023 | Oceanography, Robots
The global ocean economy — everything from food and transportation to energy and telecommunications — is predicted to amount to $3 trillion by 2030, more than most countries’ GDP. And it will only grow as the world transitions to renewable energy...
Mar 30, 2023 | Digital Twins, Smart Cities
According to the World Economic Forum, the global digital twin market is booming. Last year, it projected that the sector would be worth US$48.2 billion by 2026, a compound annual growth rate of 58 per cent. Another report, published by tech firm ABI Research,...
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