Jun 1, 2023 | Disabilities, Featured, Robots
They look like freezer coolers on wheels, Lisa Johnson head of public affairs at Starship Technologies says. “It trundles along on its six little wheels and it can climb up and down the kerbs as well.” But as a robot designed to use pavements, it could...
Jun 1, 2023 | Business, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Ford is teaming up with Uber to offer flexible leases on electric vehicles to rideshare drivers. Uber is under pressure from governments around the world to get more of its drivers into EVs to reduce tailpipe pollution and fight climate change. And Ford is...
Jun 1, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Imagine driving an electric car without ever needing to stop and recharge. Sounds like witchcraft, right? Well, it’s possible. And the answer isn’t in the car itself — it’s in the road. Electreon, an Israeli startup founded in 2013, is...
Jun 1, 2023 | Featured, Satellites, Space
A team of researchers want to put a wooden satellite into orbit. It’s not as outrageous as you might think. Results from a recent test aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which exposed different woods to the vacuum of space, have been...
Jun 1, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
With the cost of sensors ranging from $15 to $1,000, carmakers are beginning to question how many sensors are needed for vehicles to be fully autonomous at least part of the time. Those sensors are used to collect data about the surrounding environment, and they...
Jun 1, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Robots
When we think of an electric vehicle (EV) charger, we think of a string of fixed charging stations installed on highways or outside a retail corporation like Walmart. But with the U.S. recording a sale of approximately 225,000 EVs in 2023’s first quarter alone,...
Jun 1, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles
Plus, formerly known as Plus.ai, is a pioneer in autonomous driving technology—and a company that I have been watching closely for many years. Over the past year or so, it has made huge moves in the trucking industry. For example, I’ve written about its partnerships...
May 25, 2023 | Power, Solar, Wind
The growing importance of wind and solar energy to the U.S. power grid, and the rise of electric vehicles, are all key to the nation’s growing need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lower carbon emissions and mitigate climate change. But at the same time,...
May 25, 2023 | Charging, Europe
France has belatedly passed a national goal to establish 100,000 public charging stations for electric cars as the country seeks to accelerate the development of a sector deemed critical for fighting climate change. AVERE, the European Association for Electromobility,...
May 25, 2023 | Business, Electric Vehicles
Mercedes finally had some good news as it revealed at a North American dealer event last week in Vancouver, British Columbia, that in 2024 it plans to deliver its new all-electric, compact CLA sedan that will compete with Tesla’s Model 3 and an...
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