The Innovation Report
Autonomous Robots Track Plankton In The Arctic Ocean
It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean. Long bright days and rising temperatures have awakened the phytoplankton. The spring bloom has begun, and populations of these tiny plankton are...
Western Campus Acts As ‘Living Lab’ For Building Smart Cities
‘Work smarter, not harder’ aren’t just words to live by for Western engineering professor Ayan Sadhu. For Sadhu, Canada Research Chair in Smart and Sustainable Civil Infrastructure, it’s how cities like New York, Singapore and Seoul grew to become...
Autonomous Truck Rules Discussed In 11 Statehouses
Discussion about autonomous trucks continues to be a hot topic at statehouses across the country. More than half of all states have acted in recent years to put in place rules related to autonomous trucks. South Dakota established a regulatory framework a year ago to...
Smart Mobility Today: 18 February 2025
I thought there were two articles that were very interesting when considered together in the most recent Smart Mobility Today. The first, Ford's uptick in electric car sales at the end of last year and second, studies showing that BEVs are reaching the same level of...
AI-Powered Material Detection For Sustainable Urban Planning
A new study has unveiled a cutting-edge framework that harnesses deep learning and remote sensing to identify building materials with remarkable accuracy. This innovative approach enables the development of high-resolution material intensity databases—an essential...
Toyota-Based Skydrive Aims Japanese Flying Car At Daily Driving Masses
SkyDrive has long taken a leadership role in Japan's nascent eVTOL industry with sights on eventually making its flying cars as ubiquitous as automobiles. With time winding down on its long-time goal of unveiling its first production-bound multirotor electric aircraft...
Ford EVs Set New Sales Records In The U.S. In January
In January, Ford set new records for overall electric vehicle sales and for Mustang Mach-E sales. Last month, the American automaker sold a total of 5,666 EVs stateside–a 21.2% increase over the same period last year. The Mustang Mach-E electric...
Study: EVs Rival Gas Vehicles For Reliability & Longevity
Reliability and longevity concerns may once have been among the most common reasons for not buying an electric vehicle. A new study published in Nature Energy claims that the reliability of battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) has increased considerably...
Ohio Hits Brakes On Building Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Amid Trump Spending Freeze
Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration has embraced federal funding to install new electric-vehicle charging stations along highways around Ohio, erecting nearly a third of the 58 stations set up nationwide so far with the money. But it’s now unclear whether Ohio will...
Finland’s First Green Hydrogen Plant Starts Commercial Production
Finnish company P2X Solutions has started commercial green hydrogen production at its facility that is first-of-a-kind in Finland and one of the first in Europe, it said on Wednesday. A number of European companies, such as oil majors British BP (BP.L),...
