Jun 29, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Michigan
Former President Donald Trump is trying to tap into union autoworkers’ anxieties about the switch to electric vehicles, seeking a political vulnerability in one of the Biden administration’s signature economic policies. He aimed a barrage of attacks at...
Jun 29, 2023 | Oceanography, Robots
The mysteries of the ocean abound. And now, a group of student researchers is trying out a new way to gain better and more accurate information – with a robot fish. The robot, named Belle, was created by students at the university ETH Zürich. They designed...
Jun 22, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles
The Florida Department of Transportation and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 12 celebrating the official launch of the state’s first self-driving testing facility. SunTrax, under construction since November 2017, will allow...
Jun 22, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Satellites, Space
In pockets across the U.S., communities are struggling with polluted air, often in neighborhoods where working class people and people of color live. The people who live in these communities often know the air is polluted, but they don’t always have the data to...
Jun 22, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles
Texas says that it will require state-funded electric vehicle charging stations to have a connector for Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS). The news comes as automakers such as Ford, GM and Rivian shift to adopting the NACS and away from...
Jun 22, 2023 | Electric Vehicles
For decades, drivers in the United States have been able to think about the efficiency of their gas-powered vehicles with a simple criteria: miles per gallon. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency started publishing the mpg metric for vehicles in the...
Jun 22, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
A group of Senate Republicans introduced legislation Wednesday that would disallow regulations targeting traditional gas-powered vehicles. The Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act — introduced by Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., Pete Ricketts,...
Jun 22, 2023 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles
China-based company Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) has announced that it is almost ready to start production on a new type of electric vehicle (EV) battery that could turn the industry on its head. CATL’s “semi-solid state battery” will...
Jun 22, 2023 | Business, Charging, Featured
Electric vehicle maker Rivian says it will follow General Motors and Ford and join Tesla’s charging network next year. The startup truck, SUV and delivery van maker says Tuesday that like GM and Ford, it also will adopt Tesla’s charging connector, another...
Jun 22, 2023 | Featured, Robots
Engineers have built robots that are capable of learning new skills by watching videos of humans performing them. A team from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) developed a model that allowed robots to perform household tasks like opening drawers and picking...
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