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Slate’s $25K Electric Pickup Will Shake Up The Auto Industry

“It’s a real truck.” That was my first thought as a $24,950 2027 Slate electric pickup accelerated down Figueroa Street on a cool Los Angeles morning this week. I didn’t realize...

Spacex Launches Starfall Mission For In-Space Manufacturing

SpaceX launched a demonstration mission Tuesday to send a reusable capsule into space and then recover it, part of a new program that may allow the Elon Musk-led company to tap...

Astemo Engineering Careers Tour Meets Marcis Jansons, Wayne State University

The Global Auto Mobility and Smart Mobility Today team spent the day on campus at Detroit’s Wayne State University just before winter break. During our visit, Cindy Polakowski...

EVs Can Power The Grid; Why Aren’t More Of Them Doing It?

When some EV owners in California and Massachusetts plug in their cars, the large batteries inside now serve a second purpose: sending power back to the grid when the vehicles do...

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NYC’s 15 MPH E-Bike Speed Limit Will Take Effect In October

New York City's 15 mph speed limit for e-bikes and scooters will take effect in October, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday.  The new rule will officially be enforced as of Oct. 24.  It wasn't immediately clear how the administration intended to enforce...

Military Ground Robots Now Come With Amphibious Skills

Rheinmetall Canada said it has successfully tested an unmanned ground vehicle in a novel scenario, plunging the robot into the Atlantic Ocean to see it crawl out on a sandy beach here as part of a NATO military exercise. The vehicle was the latest version of the...

Smart Mobility Today: 25 September 2025

Since I was a kid, sci-fi has shown us a world of impossible futuristic things: robots, space exploration, medical miracles, phasers, and flying cars. Slowly, we have seen these innovations creep into our daily lives. Your house is automatically vacuumed, why not take...