The Innovation Report
The Transportation of Tomorrow Will Address Climate Change
As the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States, the transportation industry will play an enormous role in efforts to reduce emissions in the face of climate change. When releasing in November the administration's long-term climate-change...
GM Unveils Electric Pickup Truck at CES
General Motors CEO Mary Barra unveiled the automaker's new electric truck at this year's CES event in Las Vegas on Wednesday, calling the Chevy Silverado EV a "revolutionary" automobile that will disrupt the electric vehicle market. The new pickup, set to be released...
Holcim, Magment to Develop Concrete Solutions for Road to Recharge EVs
Swiss building materials company Holcim AG (HCMLY.PK, HCMLF.PK) Thursday said it is partnering with the German startup Magment GmbH to improve its magnetizable concrete technology for road surfaces enabling electric vehicles to recharge wirelessly while in motion. The...
Mercedes Reveals Electric Car Made of Mushroom Fibers
Luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz revealed a highly anticipated concept of its Vision EQXX, an electric car that’s capable of going more than 620 miles on a single charge. Mercedes unveiled the Vision EQXX virtually during the Consumer Electronics...
Ford F-150 Lightning, PowerBoost Hybrid Can Charge Other EVs
Ford's new F-150s don't have to keep their power all to themselves. They can share it. The two variants of America's best-selling truck have the capability to supply electric vehicles (EVs) with a charge when they run low. The Ford F-150 Powerboost Hybrid...
Progress on a Technical Solution for Aviation Safety and 5G
The plan was for Verizon and AT&T to rollout 5G in the C-band on December 5, in time for the holiday broadband binging period. But the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a cryptic advisory on November 2 saying that while there was no evidence...
Uber-Backed Robotics Startup Predicts Autonomous Food Delivery Will Be in All Major Cities Within Five Years
Consumers want food delivery faster and more frequently than ever, but the economics still do not work. With leading services raising prices from their initial venture capital-subsidized rates and yet still typically failing to make a profit, with customers growing...
Underwater Drones? DARPA’s Manta-Ray Project Just Moved to Phase 2
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Phase 2 contracts for its unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) program called Manta-Ray, the agency said in a press release. When it comes to drones, usually aerial vehicles come to our...
U.S. Faces Tough Choices in 2022 on Mines for EV Metals
The United States has enough reserves of lithium, copper and other metals to build millions of its own electric vehicles (EVs), but rising opposition to new mines may force the country to rely on imports and delay efforts to electrify the nation's automobiles. The...
NASA to Kick Off Holidays with Christmas Day Telescope Launch
NASA is scheduled to deliver a big, shiny present to the astronomy community on Christmas Day. The space agency, along with its counterparts in Europe and Canada, will launch the James Webb space telescope 25 years after it was first announced. The new instrument will...
