The Innovation Report
With New Study, NASA Seeks the Science behind UFOs
On June 9, with only a few hours’ notice, NASA held a press conference to announce a study it was commissioning on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). The acronym is a rebranding of what are more popularly known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, a topic...
Three Ways Manufacturers Can Embrace Industry 4.0
Global supply chains are buckling under the strain of unprecedented demand and constricted logistics capacity. Added to skyrocketing inflationary forces, it's no wonder that an increasing number of OEMs are embracing Industry 4.0 to bolster enterprise efficiency by...
States with Most EVs on the Road
If you thought you were seeing more electric vehicles on the road today - it's not your imagination. While not everyone is ready to ditch the gas station, the number of people making the switch from the gas pump to a charging station is growing. But as you'd imagine,...
Forget Those Tesla Crashes: GM Says You Can Trust Its AVs
General Motors is racing to electrify its vast lineup of vehicles in a concerted bid to outpace Tesla as the No. 1 seller of EVs in the world. But it’s also competing with Tesla on a whole other front: autonomous vehicles. On this front, GM feels like it has an edge....
White House Summit on Advanced Air Mobility Addresses Security Concerns, and the Need to Authorize cUAS Systems
Wedneday, at the White House Summit on Advanced Air Mobility, stakeholders expressed concerns over security, the possibility of uncrewed technology being used by bad actors for terrorism or warfare, and the critical need for the reauthorization and expansion of...
This Company Claims Its Boats Can Save Venice
That Venice is in peril is indisputable. That it is ultimately saveable is up for discussion. Now, one company thinks they can make a difference to the floating, sinking city – with “flying” boats. Swedish company Candela thinks that its electric boats can help fight...
Germany to Reduce EV Subsidies in 2023
Germany will reduce financial incentives to buy electric cars next year after an agreement within the governing coalition, as the vehicles' growing popularity makes government subsidies unnecessary, Germany's economy ministry said on Tuesday. The incentives, or...
LG Chemical to Supply Materials for 5M GM EVs
South Korea's LG Chemical has agreed to supply 950,000 tons of cathode active material to General Motors, enough to build some 5 million electric cars. CAM is a crucial element in the lithium-ion battery products, representing about 40% of the cost of a battery...
GM And Ford Will Put 5,000 AVs on the Road Without Pedals or Steering Wheels
The race to create reliable, safe, and production-ready autonomous vehicle technology is only getting hotter these days. Now, General Motors and Ford have both petitioned the NHTSA to allow each of them a special exemption in an effort to further their...
How Driverless Delivery Vehicles Really Work
The electric revolution is in full swing and has opened the doors to an autonomous, self-driving future. Today's modern cars are capable of Level 2 autonomy using an array of ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems) driving aids like adaptive cruise control and...
