Electric 2/3 wheelers (e-2/3Ws) offer the greatest potential for EV adoption in India, accounting for 79% of passenger road activity and are already cost-competitive relative to conventional vehicles. Mumbai: Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) has announced a new scheme under which it will provide direct finance at competitive rates for the purchase of… Continue reading Sidbi offers scheme to help small cos buy EVs
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Two U.S. Senators write to Tesla CEO Elon Musk after Reuters probe
It alleged that Tesla employees accessed customer data for “tasteless and tortious entertainment” and “the humiliation of those surreptitiously recorded.” Two U.S. senators have written to Elon Musk, Tesla Inc’s chief executive, questioning him about the sharing by employees of sensitive images recorded by cameras in customers’ vehicles. “This apparent willful disregard for the privacy… Continue reading Two U.S. Senators write to Tesla CEO Elon Musk after Reuters probe
Coventry University to upskill 1,200 Jaguar Land Rover engineers for EVs
Coventry University is helping 1,200 Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) engineers learn the key skills in electric vehicle development and drive the company forward through new bespoke courses. The university has delivered a pilot training scheme with JLR to build key skills within its workforce to develop systems underpinning electric vehicles as the company realises its… Continue reading Coventry University to upskill 1,200 Jaguar Land Rover engineers for EVs
Coventry University to upskill 1,200 Jaguar Land Rover engineers for EVs
Coventry University is helping 1,200 Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) engineers learn the key skills in electric vehicle development and drive the company forward through new bespoke courses. The university has delivered a pilot training scheme with JLR to build key skills within its workforce to develop systems underpinning electric vehicles as the company realises its… Continue reading Coventry University to upskill 1,200 Jaguar Land Rover engineers for EVs
Revealed: India’s Top 30 utility vehicles in FY2023
India’s passenger vehicle (PV) industry has closed FY2023 with record 3.89 million-unit sales, an increase of 20% over FY2022. Powering this growth, even as demand for mass-market entry level hatchbacks remained tepid, is the utility vehicle (UV) segment with all-time high sales of 20,03,718 units, up 35% year on year (FY2022: 14,89,219 units). With this… Continue reading Revealed: India’s Top 30 utility vehicles in FY2023
Montana’s Looming TikTok Ban Is a Dangerous Tipping Point
Montana lawmakers voted 54-43 today to ban TikTok from operating in the state and forbid app stores from offering it for download. The legislation is likely to become law, which would make Montana the first state in the US to ban the popular social media platform—a move that could spark a constitutional battle and endanger… Continue reading Montana’s Looming TikTok Ban Is a Dangerous Tipping Point
The US Supreme Court Restores Access to Abortion Pills—for Now
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday stepped in to temporarily block lower courts’ decisions to impose restrictions on mifepristone, a pill used for medication abortion. The measure is essentially a pause on a Texas judge’s ruling last week to void the drug’s approval by the Food and Drug Administration. It also overrides the Fifth Circuit… Continue reading The US Supreme Court Restores Access to Abortion Pills—for Now
Elon Musk has created his own artificial intelligence company
The executive submitted filing for a company named ‘X.AI Corp.’ last month. Elon Musk, who’s been vocally critical about artificial intelligence lately, seems to be planning something AI related. According to The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, Musk has founded a new artificial intelligence company called X.AI Corp. Based on a state filing… Continue reading Elon Musk has created his own artificial intelligence company
Remembering Virginia Norwood, the ‘mother’ of NASA’s Landsat program
The pioneering inventor died on March 27th at the age of 96. If you haven’t heard of Virginia Norwood, it’s about time you did. An aerospace pioneer whose career would have been historic even without its undercurrent of triumph over misogynistic discrimination, she invented the Landsat satellite program that monitors the Earth’s surface today. Norwood… Continue reading Remembering Virginia Norwood, the ‘mother’ of NASA’s Landsat program
Montana is about to become the first state to ban TikTok
The state legislature passed a bill that requires app stores to block the service. Montana is poised to become the first state to ban TikTok. The state’s legislature passed a bill requiring app stores to block the app in the state. The bill, which passed 54 – 43, will now head to Republican Governor Greg… Continue reading Montana is about to become the first state to ban TikTok