Feb 26, 2026 | Africa, Freight, Solar, Trucks
Africa’s freight corridors, long dominated by diesel trucks and constrained by unreliable power grids, are emerging as a new frontier in the global shift toward clean logistics, with solar-powered charging hubs designed specifically for heavy-duty electric trucks. In...
Feb 26, 2026 | Boats, Electric Vehicles
Balboa Island’s ferries are one step closer to going green after receiving more funding to convert their fleet to an all-electric design. “We can’t live in the past forever,” Seymour Beek, president of the Balboa Island Ferry. The Balboa Island...
Feb 26, 2026 | Auto Industry, Auto Tech, Automotive Ethernet, Featured, Training
AUTOMOTIVE ETHERNET FROM INTREPID CONTROL SYSTEMS The automotive industry is undergoing a very significant technological shift: Electrification is reshaping powertrains, autonomy is redefining vehicle intelligence, and software‑defined architectures are transforming...
Feb 26, 2026 | Detroit, Education, Engineering, Featured
Another installment in our video series from Wayne State University: The Global Auto Mobility and Smart Mobility Today team spent the day on the WSU campus. During our visit, John Petty and Cindy Polakowski met with some facinating people at the CARES Lab. The...
Feb 25, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Events, Featured
More than 250 students gathered for the first-ever 24-hour AI Hackathon from 5 p.m. Thursday to 4 p.m. Friday. The event was a partnership with the technology company Oracle, alongside the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering....
Feb 24, 2026 | Smart Mobility Today
My mom had a love of star gazing. As a child, I recall she would walk out our west side Detroit bungalow and traverse the narrow strip of concrete that led along the space between our single-car detached garage, past the swing set and the tomato patch, and lean...
Feb 19, 2026 | Climate, Energy, Hydrogen, Michigan
Michigan might be at the forefront of a new clean fuel source — and it’s buried right under the state. Last month, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said her administration wants to make the state a hub for geologic hydrogen, a potentially untapped reserve of clean fuel below...
Feb 19, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Trucks
Aurora’s self-driving trucks can now travel non-stop on a 1,000 mile route between Fort Worth and Phoenix — exceeding what a human driver can legally accomplish. The distance, and the time it takes to travel it, offers up positive financial implications for Aurora —...
Feb 19, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Events, Smart Cities
Can artificial intelligence be ethical? No, according to a panel of experts. But neither can a car. “When there’s a vehicle crash, no one says a car was being unethical,” said Bennett Gebken, CTO of Huntridge Labs, who spoke at a Jan. 22 CivicLabs Roundtable Series on...
Feb 19, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Military
OpenAI has partnered with two defense technology companies that the Pentagon has selected to compete to develop voice-controlled, drone swarming software for the military, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. OpenAI’s technology would only be used to...
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