Jun 15, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety
Automakers reported nearly 400 crashes of vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 involving Teslas, according to statistics released by U.S. safety regulators on Wednesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cautioned...
Jun 9, 2022 | 3D Printing, Featured, Sports
European aerospace company Airbus will send a metal-crafting 3D printer to the International Space Station next year as a first step in its plans to set up an orbital satellite factory. The printer, called Metal3D, can work with metals that melt at temperatures...
Jun 9, 2022 | Jobs, Robots
As if electric vehicles, space exploration, and social media platforms weren’t enough for the headline-grabbing billionaire, Elon Musk tweeted Thursday that Tesla’s prototype for a human-like robot, called Optimus, could be functioning within the...
Jun 9, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Europe, Mobility
Switch Mobility, the British subsidiary of the Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland, has presented the new generation of its e1 electric bus, which was developed specifically for markets in continental Europe. The new e1 is a twelve-metre long electric...
Jun 9, 2022 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles
Solid Power, a Colorado-based battery developer, moved one step closer to producing solid-state batteries for electric vehicles on Monday. The company has completed an automated “EV cell pilot line” with the capacity to make around 15,000 cells per year,...
Jun 9, 2022 | Batteries, Charging, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Ford has been vocal about the new F-150 Lightning’s bi-directional charging capability that enables owners to use the electric truck’s massive battery to charge other EVs. And, now, the company is apparently including a new accessory so these Good Samaritan truck...
Jun 9, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Oceanography, Satellites
A new dataset featuring hundreds of satellite images of whales has been published to support the development of artificial intelligence systems which will aid crucial conservation work. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists Hannah Cubaynes and Peter Fretwell have...
Jun 9, 2022 | Batteries, Charging, Electric Vehicles
One of the largest barriers for electric vehicle (EV) buyers is charging speed. Nobody wants to hang around a roadside station for 40 minutes. Let’s take a closer look at why EVs take so long to top up, and what is being done to overcome this major hurdle to EV...
Jun 9, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Drones, Featured
Flying stun gun plan in response to US school shootings was expression of potential, not launch timetable, says CEO Axon, the company formerly known as Taser, has abandoned plans to build a stun gun-equipped drone intended for deployment in schools after an “exodus”...
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