Mar 9, 2023 | Business, Mobility
Siemens Mobility plans to build a passenger rolling stock facility in Lexington, N.C., in a move that will increase its manufacturing capacity, create more than 500 jobs and a more sustainable option to meet the needs of its East Coast and Midwest customers. The $220...
Mar 9, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Climate
A recent paper by MIT researchers predicts that by 2050, the energy consumption and emissions of autonomous vehicles (AVs) will be comparable to that of data centers today, which is 1 percent of global energy consumption and 0.3 percent of global emissions. In order...
Mar 9, 2023 | Charging, Cyber Security, Electric Vehicles, Featured
As electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure rushes to keep pace with the dramatic rise in sales of electric vehicles in the United States, cyberattackers and security researchers alike have already started focusing on security weaknesses in the infrastructure. In...
Mar 9, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Insurance
There are certain nuances to insuring electric vehicles that car shoppers might want to know before they commit. Electric cars have a lot of similarities to gas-powered cars, but they also bring some distinct differences. Right now, new EVs cost more on average....
Mar 9, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Professor Weisong Shi this week announced the establishment of the five-year NSF eCAT Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) focusing on Electric, Connected, and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). ...
Mar 9, 2023 | Drones, Telecommunications
An Oregon man employed some creative thinking by attaching his phone to a drone to get cell service after becoming stranded on a snowy road in Willamette National Forest, authorities said on Facebook. The motorist was trying to travel across a remote road in the...
Mar 9, 2023 | Climate, Robots
A family of entrepreneurs teamed up with several other family dairy farmers to gain support from legislators and find investors interested in helping to fund the innovative transition they had in mind. With the groundwork laid, in 2013, the family installed a facility...
Mar 9, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence
Computers powered by human brain cells may sound like science fiction, but a team of researchers in Baltimore, Maryland believes such machines, part of a new field called “organoid intelligence,” could shape the future – and now they have a plan to...
Mar 2, 2023 | Aeronautics, Aviation, Hydrogen
A small crowd of investors, airline representatives and journalists at Moses Lake in Central Washington got a first look Thursday morning at whether hydrogen power might be the future of sustainable, zero-emissions aviation. A turboprop De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300...
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