Jan 16, 2025 | Batteries, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
General Motors Co. has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with Norway-based graphite manufacturer Vianode for materials for electric-vehicle batteries. The deal comes as GM looks to boost EV profitability. The agreement “covers development of large-scale manufacturing...
Jan 16, 2025 | Featured, Space
On Thursday morning, at a time when most people in the United States were sleeping, Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit. At 2:03 a.m. Eastern time, seven powerful engines ignited at the base of a 320-foot-tall rocket named New Glenn. The flames...
Jan 9, 2025 | Featured, Solar
The US has approved plans to construct one of the nation’s biggest power-producing solar projects. The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has authorized Jove Solar to develop a large-scale solar energy facility in La Paz County, Arizona. Located about 30 miles west of...
Jan 9, 2025 | Electric Vehicles, Featured
Electric vehicle demand is expected to keep rising this year, but uncertainty over policy changes and tariffs is clouding the forecast. S&P Global Mobility expects global sales of 15.1 million battery electric vehicles in 2025, which would mark a 30% jump. Battery...
Jan 9, 2025 | Featured, Healthcare, Robots
Patients are recovering quicker and receiving improved care, thanks to robotic assisted surgery, a hospital trust has said. More than 200 patients at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have had the surgery, which uses a system called Da Vinci XI,...
Jan 9, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Sensors
If you live in one of the roughly dozen US cities where autonomous vehicles are present, you likely recognize them by their eye-catching, spinning tops. These high-tech flappers are filled with sensors—usually a mix of LiDAR, radar, and cameras—that serve as the eyes...
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