Jun 25, 2026 | Robots, Space
Two tiny transforming robots landed on the moon! They accompanied Japan’s first successful lunar lander called SLIM – Smart Lander for Investigating Moon and are the size of a baseball. They rolled out of SLIM as balls and transformed into a rover by...
Jun 25, 2026 | China, Electric Vehicles
The war in Iran has helped reshape the global electric vehicle market, giving Chinese automakers an opening across the developing world as soaring fuel prices push drivers towards electric vehicles, even as charging infrastructure lags behind a wave of imports. The...
Jun 25, 2026 | Featured, Manufacturing, Space
SpaceX launched a demonstration mission Tuesday to send a reusable capsule into space and then recover it, part of a new program that may allow the Elon Musk-led company to tap into the emerging market of in-space manufacturing. Under the Starfall program, which...
Jun 25, 2026 | Education, Engineering, Featured
The Global Auto Mobility and Smart Mobility Today team spent the day on campus at Detroit’s Wayne State University just before winter break. During our visit, Cindy Polakowski and John Petty met with Marcis Jansons, Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering...
Jun 25, 2026 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Power
When some EV owners in California and Massachusetts plug in their cars, the large batteries inside now serve a second purpose: sending power back to the grid when the vehicles do not need it and earning cash for their owners in the process. In one Massachusetts pilot...
Jun 23, 2026 | Auto Industry, Automation, Featured, Jobs, Robots
Dozens of new robot arms have been installed at General Motors’ flagship electric vehicle factory in Detroit—even as 1,300 workers remain out of work following what was supposed to be a temporary layoff. The latest automation push has spurred union pushback over a...
Jun 22, 2026 | AI Stories, Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Manufacturing
In the volatile world of manufacturing, one factor is emerging as the ultimate differentiator in 2026: speed, and in particular, operational velocity. This is the ability to sense market changes, make decisions quickly and decisively, and recover swiftly across the...
Jun 18, 2026 | Electric Vehicles, UK
The UK government is set to water down its target for how many new cars that are sold need to be electric vehicles (EVs). Under the current rules, 80% of all new cars sold in the UK need to be EVs by 2030, but car makers and trade unions have been lobbying government...
Jun 18, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Wind
Ocean Winds (“OW”), the international offshore wind energy company jointly owned by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, announces the successful installation of the first wind turbine at the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm (“EMDT”), marking a key...
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