When I visited Hyundai Motor’s “Metaplant” in May to drive the new Ioniq9 electric SUV, the facility was a symbol of everything right about U.S. auto manufacturing. It’s a US $7.6 billion showpiece of automation staffed by gung-ho and highly skilled workers, capable of churning out 500,000 EVs a year at full crank. The biggest… Continue reading Hyundai Factory ICE Raid Sends Chills Through EV industry
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Quantum Sensors Sidestep the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
A cornerstone of quantum physics is uncertainty. Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle states the more precisely you pinpoint the position of a particle, the less precisely you can know its momentum at the same time, and vice versa. However, a new study reveals that scientists have now discovered a way to sidestep this quantum tradeoff. This could… Continue reading Quantum Sensors Sidestep the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
The NEC-Approved Solution That’s Changing How Fleets Approach EV Charging
Register now free-of-charge to explore this white paper Overcome the Biggest Barriers to Fleet Electrification This whitepaper demonstrates how Automated Load Management (ALM) enables you to install charging stations that exceed your site’s grid capacity – legally and safely. No waiting. No massive utility bills. Just smart power distribution that works with your existing infrastructure.… Continue reading The NEC-Approved Solution That’s Changing How Fleets Approach EV Charging
Muscle-Bound Micromirrors Could Bring Lidar to More Cars
Five years ago, Eric Aguilar was fed up. He had worked on lidar and other sensors for years at Tesla and Google X, but the technology always seemed too expensive and, more importantly, unreliable. He replaced the lidar sensors when they broke—which was all too often, and seemingly at random—and developed complex calibration methods and… Continue reading Muscle-Bound Micromirrors Could Bring Lidar to More Cars
“Hearing Car” Detects Sounds for Safer Driving
Autonomous vehicles have eyes—cameras, lidar, radar. But ears? That’s what researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology’s Oldenburg Branch for Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology in Germany are building with the Hearing Car. The idea is to outfit vehicles with external microphones and AI to detect, localize, and classify environmental sounds, with the goal… Continue reading “Hearing Car” Detects Sounds for Safer Driving
Electric Boats Drive New England Aquaculture
This article was originally published by Canary Media. At a dock along the banks of the Cousins River, Chad Strater loaded up his small aluminum workboat with power tools and a winch. Strater, who owns a marine construction business, was setting out to tinker with floating equipment at a nearby oyster farm. On the quiet… Continue reading Electric Boats Drive New England Aquaculture
Is Pivotal Helix eVTOL a First Responder in the Sky?
When Sinatra sang “Come Fly with Me,” he couldn’t have imagined anything like the Pivotal Helix. The Helix is a single-seat, electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, or eVTOL. And where dozens of eVTOL start-ups have failed to take flight, Pivotal says it’s on track to deliver its first customer model in the first quarter… Continue reading Is Pivotal Helix eVTOL a First Responder in the Sky?
How Nauto’s AI Dashcam Reduces Driver Risk and Accidents
Driving trucks is one of the unappreciated backbones of modern civilization. It’s also hard and sometimes dangerous work. But technology is being spun up to make the job safer and easier. A new class of devices is being targeted at fleets that helps drivers elude accidents by flagging risky situations. The new systems use convolutional… Continue reading How Nauto’s AI Dashcam Reduces Driver Risk and Accidents
BMW Overhauls Its EV Approach With the iX3
Since creating its first innovative motorcycle in 1923, and a sporty small car in 1928, BMW built its “Ultimate Driving Machine“ reputation from literal nuts and bolts: Hardware, with thousands of parts engineered, tested, and tuned in the service of cars and motorcycles that would delight owners and guarantee fun. The automaker’s Neue Klasse (or… Continue reading BMW Overhauls Its EV Approach With the iX3
Despite Headwinds, EV Charging in the U.S. Is Booming
For EV charging companies, the obstacles are piling up like a nasty freeway wreck. There’s slowdown in EV adoption in the United States. The Trump administration has put EVs in the crosshairs by gunning for fuel-economy and climate-change standards, abolishing consumer tax credits on 30 September, and slapping stiff tariffs on EV makers. The current… Continue reading Despite Headwinds, EV Charging in the U.S. Is Booming