Dec 14, 2023 | Business, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Telecommunications
U.S. wireless carrier AT&T will purchase some electric vehicles from startup Rivian in a pilot program to evaluate ways to reduce cost, cut carbon emissions and improve safety, the companies said on Thursday. The deal is the first for Rivian after the company last...
Dec 14, 2023 | Featured, Healthcare, Robots
Robotic surgery is being used for all patients having colorectal procedures, a hospital has said. All six colorectal surgeons at Colchester Hospital have completed the training, in what managers describe as a first for a hospital in Europe. Surgeon Subash Vasudevan...
Dec 7, 2023 | Featured, Jobs, Robots
Amazon recently began testing a new robot in its warehouse operations — meet Digit, a humanoid bipedal robot with a turquoise torso and smiley eyes. Designed by Agility Robotics, which Amazon has invested in as part of its Industrial Innovation Fund, Digit is only the...
Dec 7, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Michigan
All state government vehicles in Michigan will be electric by 2040 after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive mandating the state fleet be converted to zero-emission on Dec. 5. Departments across the state have more than 8,000...
Dec 7, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, US Economy
Americans purchased one million fully electric vehicles in 2023, the first time that many EVs have ever been sold in this country in a single year. More than 960,000 purely electric vehicles had been sold through October, according to a report from Bloomberg New...
Nov 30, 2023 | Charging, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Crews have installed what’s billed as the nation’s first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street just west of downtown Detroit. Copper inductive charging coils allow vehicles equipped with receivers to charge up their...
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