Originally published on opportunity:energy. It’s been a bad start of the year for the Italian car market, as 2022 inherited crises that had been brewing since the covid pandemic. With an ongoing chip (and broader materials) shortage, policy uncertainties, inflation spiking, and a war in Europe, among other things, car sales crashed and electrified options… Continue reading Clean Technica: Lost Quarter For Italy’s Electric Mobility — Will New Incentives Re-Ignite The EV Race?002023
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Cleantechnica: Germany’s Plugin EVs Continue To Grow, Despite Headwinds 002022
Europe’s biggest auto market, Germany, saw plugin electric vehicles grab 25.3% share in May 2022, from 23.4% YoY. Full battery electrics increased their share by close to 1.25×, whilst plugin hybrid share dipped slightly. Overall auto volume fell 10% YoY, and was down by 35% from the 2018–2019 seasonal average. Market Share Trends May’s total… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Germany’s Plugin EVs Continue To Grow, Despite Headwinds 002022
China Now Producing Cloned Pigs Using Only Robots
This could change world food systems. E-I-E-I-O Old McDonald had a… pig-cloning robot? According to the South China Morning Post, a fully-automated cloning process now exists, and it apparently works like a charm. In fact, in a slightly brutal blow to human scientists, the AI-powered system is alleged to have drastically reduced the amount of… Continue reading China Now Producing Cloned Pigs Using Only Robots
Physicist Begs Colleagues Not to Build Another Large Hadron Collider
Tell us how you really feel! Another One! The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN’s 16 mile high-energy particle collider in Switzerland, has led to some groundbreaking discoveries in the world of theoretical physics, most recently allowing scientists to round out the Standard Model of particle physics with the Higgs boson. Building on the LHC’s success,… Continue reading Physicist Begs Colleagues Not to Build Another Large Hadron Collider
Best Remote Control Cars of 2022
Driving a remote control car combines the thrill of video game racing with a real-world environment. From track cars and drift missiles to monster trucks and off-roaders, there’s something for everyone. And like real racing, it’s easy to get hooked. Before you know it, you’re going down the rabbit hole of part upgrades and searching… Continue reading Best Remote Control Cars of 2022
ZeroAvia and MONTE Strike Deal for 100 Hydrogen-Electric Powertrains to Enable Zero-Emission Aircraft Leasing
Under the deal, MONTE will purchase up to 100 ZA600 powertrains to be installed on existing and new Cessna Caravan, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Dornier 228 and HAL-228 aircraft. MONTE and ZeroAvia aim to retrofit the aircraft for clients starting in 2024 and will provide and finance maintenance and hydrogen availability services to support these operations.… Continue reading ZeroAvia and MONTE Strike Deal for 100 Hydrogen-Electric Powertrains to Enable Zero-Emission Aircraft Leasing
XCMG se classe dans le top 3 de la Yellow Table de KHL Group pour la deuxième année consécutive
XCMG a obtenu de bons résultats dans d’autres indicateurs de performance globale : les grues mobiles et le forage directionnel horizontal se classent au premier rang, les grues à tour au deuxième rang, les grues sur camion et les machines routières au troisième rang pour la première fois, les équipements d’excavation de surface des mines au cinquième rang, et les ensembles… Continue reading XCMG se classe dans le top 3 de la Yellow Table de KHL Group pour la deuxième année consécutive
XCMG rangiert das zweite Jahr in Folge unter den ersten drei in der Yellow Table der KHL Group
XCMG hat auch bei anderen globalen Leistungsindikatoren gut abgeschnitten: Mobilkräne und Horizontalbohrgeräte belegten den ersten Platz, Turmdrehkräne den zweiten, Autokräne und Straßenbaumaschinen zum ersten Mal den dritten, Ausrüstungen für den Tagebau den fünften und komplette Sätze von Ramm- und Betonmaschinen den ersten Platz. XCMG steht mit seinen Baggern an zweiter Stelle in China und an… Continue reading XCMG rangiert das zweite Jahr in Folge unter den ersten drei in der Yellow Table der KHL Group
Disinfo and Hate Speech Flood TikTok Ahead of Kenya’s Elections
By its very nature, TikTok is harder to moderate than many other social media platforms, according to Cameron Hickey, project director at the Algorithmic Transparency Institute. The brevity of the videos, and the fact that many can include audio, visual, and text elements makes human discernment even more necessary when deciding whether something violates platform… Continue reading Disinfo and Hate Speech Flood TikTok Ahead of Kenya’s Elections
Amazon VP tries to convince sellers to oppose antitrust bill
Amazon made an appeal to its third-party sellers to oppose a Senate antitrust reform bill aimed at helping their businesses. In a post on Amazon’s internal forum for third-party merchants, the company’s vice president of worldwide selling partner services Dharmesh Mehta urged sellers to oppose The American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S.2992), and asked… Continue reading Amazon VP tries to convince sellers to oppose antitrust bill