The Innovation Report
GM CEO Stands By Her Bet On Autonomous Vehicles
General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra had a message on Friday for investors and rivals who see no profitable future in autonomous vehicles: You're wrong. Barra told attendees at a Sanford Bernstein conference that she sees a "giant growth opportunity" in GM's...
AESC Opening Huge EV Battery Factory In South Carolina To Supply BMW
Battery tech firm AESC is partnered with BMW, and it broke ground today on a 30 GWh EV battery factory in Florence County, South Carolina. Construction of the 1.5 million-square-foot plant is now under way, and it’s expected to be fully operational in 2026....
Review: Can Car Parks Cope With More EVs?
Engineers will investigate if multi-storey car parks are strong enough to hold electric vehicles (EV) on upper floors, the government confirmed. Importing petrol or diesel vehicles will be banned in Jersey by 2030, in line with its Carbon Neutral Roadmap....
The Future of Electrification
Jim Castellano, Vice President, Design Engineering xEV at Hitachi Astemo, spoke with Nathan Keelan from Detroit Media Productions about the future of electrification. The conversation ranged from Jim’s education and history, to his thoughts about where the industry is...
Electric Vehicle Adoption In US Will Save A Massive Number Of Lives, Report Says
Waukegan, Ill., is an industrial suburb located about 26 miles north of Chicago's city limits. Nicknamed "Wauk Town," it is the birthplace of science fiction writer Ray Bradbury and has appeared in many films including "Groundhog Day," "Contagion," and "The Dark...
Northbrook Lab Aims For Safe Turn To Green Tech By Testing Electric Car Batteries
Some people would argue the future is here. Not because of flying cars, but vehicles that run on electricity. Even if you're not feeling EVs yet, a scientific testing company wants to make sure the technology is ready for you. CBS 2's Lauren Victory took us inside...
Volvo Finding Fuel Cell Success In Arctic Conditions
Volvo Trucks is taking its hydrogen fuel-cell testing to new heights. The global truck OEM recently completed its first public road tests of the technology it is developing in a joint venture with Daimler Truck called cellcentric. Those tests were...
Europe On Verge Of Permitting Leap For Wind, Solar Farms
At the end of March, European Union officials provisionally agreed to reform permitting procedures in a suite of revisions to the 2018 EU Renewable Energy Directive that aim to accelerate wind and solar growth and hit a new higher renewable energy target of 42.5% of...
Spying On Antarctic Moss Using Drones, MossCam, Smart Sensors And AI
The Antarctic continent conjures visions of white ice and blue sky. But not far from Australia's Casey Station, 3,880km due south of Perth, moss beds emerge verdant and green. Sadly, the health of these moss beds is declining due to changing climate...
Making AI Delivery Robots Disability-Friendly
They look like freezer coolers on wheels, Lisa Johnson head of public affairs at Starship Technologies says. "It trundles along on its six little wheels and it can climb up and down the kerbs as well." But as a robot designed to use pavements, it could have become...
