Jan 12, 2023 | Broadband, Satellites, Space
SpaceX launched a second batch of OneWeb internet satellites late Monday, helping the London-based company fill out its orbital constellation after Russia blocked planned Soyuz launches last year in the wake of western sanctions. Liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Space...
Jan 12, 2023 | Electric Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s gift to electric-vehicle shoppers (and global automakers) for the new year was to make many more EVs and plug-in hybrids eligible for the federal tax subsidy of up to $7,500 — including vehicles built outside North America — as long...
Jan 12, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles
This is part of the bipartisan infrastructure law, which will distribute those funds to PennDOT in the next five years. The money will be used for charging stations as well as workforce training, planning, and program management. More from CBS...
Jan 12, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Safety
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board expressed concern Wednesday about the safety risks that heavy electric vehicles pose if they collide with lighter vehicles. The official, Jennifer Homendy, raised the issue in a speech in Washington to the...
Jan 5, 2023 | Satellites, Space
NASA’s Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Artemis I mission will send the uncrewed spacecraft around the moon to test the vehicle’s...
Jan 5, 2023 | Satellites, Solar, Space
Harnessing the power of the sun is all the rage right now. At the end of 2022, US scientists announced a nuclear fusion breakthrough that could, in a few decades, see a clean, renewable and essentially unlimited energy source powering the world. In reality,...
Jan 5, 2023 | Robots, Wind
Aerones uses robots to repair, inspect, clean, and ice-proof wind turbines, and the Latvia-based startup just raised $38.9 million in funding. TechCrunch reported that the funding was raised this month “from dozens of undisclosed investors.” And according to...
Jan 5, 2023 | Energy, Wind
Germany produced a record amount of electricity from wind on Wednesday, helping to reduce the need to burn fossil fuels as Europe battles an energy crisis. The nation’s wind farms generated 50,232 megawatts, according to data from the European Energy Exchange....
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