The Innovation Report
GM To Invest $625 Million In Joint Venture To Mine EV Battery Raw Materials In U.S.
General Motors has agreed to establish a joint venture with Lithium Americas Corp. that includes the automaker supplying $625 million in cash and credit to the Canadian mining business, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal is centered on the development,...
Army Closes In On Autonomous Boats To Ferry Supplies Into Battle
The Army is developing requirements to distribute supplies to troops on the battlefield in a contested environment using a network of autonomous boats and aircraft, according to the general in charge of logistics modernization. "Our focus is an...
Incentives Drive Up EV Sales In Third Quarter 2024 As Tesla Rebounds
Attractive lease deals, incentive offers from manufacturers, and an expanding charging network pushed a record number of consumers into combustion-free electric vehicles (EVs) in the third quarter of this year, According to industry analysts at Cox Automotive. More...
Farming On Mars & Lab Robots
Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped against shorelines, strong winds gusted and howled, and driving rain fell from thick, cloudy skies. It wasn’t really so different from our own planet 4 billion years ago, except for one crucial...
Self-Flying Black Hawk Helicopters May Soon Come To A Sky Near You
Autonomous helicopters have been in the works for years now, and that means we're already getting to see some incipient results. One such development might take the form of a self-flying Black Hawk helicopter, for which DARPA just gave one of the biggest names in this...
How Data From Space Is Transforming Mobility Services
The satellite industry has been transformed in recent years from one with a few, mostly government-controlled, high-orbit vehicles into one with a proliferation of smaller, low-orbit constellations of multiple satellites dominated by commercial enterprises. All that...
The Los Angeles Auto Show Announces Thrilling Lineup of Overland and Off-Road Vehicle Experiences for 2024 Event
The Los Angeles Auto Show Announces Thrilling Lineup of Overland and Off-Road Vehicle Experiences for 2024 Event LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The Los Angeles Auto Show® (LA Auto Show) today announced that the 2024 event will feature an...
Hyundai Motor Launches Original Series ‘Cities in Motion’, Exploring Urban Sustainability Issues and Solutions
Hyundai Motor Launches Original Series 'Cities in Motion', Exploring Urban Sustainability Issues and Solutions * The series, now viewable on YouTube, presents global cities' innovative solutions to tackle environmental challenges * Riding on IONIQ EV lineup, the...
Smart Mobility Today: 14 October 2024
One story stood out to me this week because it reached back in history with results set very much in the here and now of technology and discovery. Be sure to read about the "Ghost Ship" and how we get yet another glimpse at the USS. Stewert. Cindy Polakowski Host,...
We Have The Satellite Data To Show Climate Change Is Real — Now What?
Since 1972, the U.S Geological Survey Landsat Earth Observation satellites have been providing scientists and policy makers with up to date data on a range of features of Earth's surface, and the picture being painted is a grim one. Earth's surface is...
