Through its joint project, MaterialLoop, Audi is proving you can turn old cars into new ones. The project aims to “close the loop” on materials, such as steel, aluminum, plastic, and glass, recycling them to build new cars and significantly reduce emissions and waste. Gas-powered cars emit around 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide each […]
The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that will stop electric car companies from opening their own dealerships in the state, ensuring that the state famous for being last place in many rankings of all 50 states remains there. There is a saying used in the US: “Thank God for Mississippi.” This is a reference […]
Swedish power giant Vattenfall did a two-year, €3 million study of seabirds at an offshore wind farm off Scotland – here’s what it found. The aim of the 115-page study, which took place at Vattenfall’s 11-turbine Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, aka the European Offshore Wind Deployment Center, was: …to improve our understanding of seabird flight […]
Mere weeks after achieving experimental airworthiness certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Universal Hydrogen has successfully taken its 40-passenger regional hydrogen electric plane to the skies. The aircraft took off from Washington state this morning and ascended to an altitude of 3,500 mean sea level (MSL) before safely landing, as you can see in […]
Ford unveiled Thursday a new business unit called Latitude AI, designed to develop automated driving tech for future vehicles. The division will initially focus on a hands-free, eyes-off driver assist system to improve safety and the driver experience. In 2017, Ford injected $1 billion into Argo AI, a self-driving startup, along with Volkswagen, in a […]
Ford has announced that Lightning production will restart on March 13, after being paused for about a month while a battery issue was investigated. Currently, F-150 Lightnings are under a stop-shipment order, though not a stop-sale, until production restarts. Ford originally stopped production in early February after one vehicle displayed a battery issue during pre-delivery […]
Are you looking for a way to run your campsite this spring? Well, Renogy’s latest portable power station is up to the task. With a capacity of 495Wh (that can be increased to 990Wh), you’ll find three AC outlets capable of up to 800W, a 100W USB-C PD port, and many other outputs to keep […]
Redwood Materials’ EV battery recycling pilot program has been going on for a year in California, and today the company shared an update on how things are going. Redwood Materials was founded by JB Straubel, former Tesla CTO and one of Tesla’s five cofounders. The pilot program started a year ago, collecting old EV battery […]
The Federal Trade Commission has fined online therapy company BetterHelp $7.8 million for allegedly sharing consumer data with third parties like Facebook and Snapchat for advertising purposes. The proposed order — the second recent action by the FTC regarding data sharing by a digital health company — would also ban BetterHelp from disclosing health data […]
CodaMetrix, an AI-powered platform for healthcare revenue cycle management, secured $55 million in Series A funding led by SignalFire. Yale Medicine, Frist Cressey Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund and Martin Ventures participated in the round. Physician organizations from Mass General Brigham, where CodaMetrix was spun out of, also participated. The company utilizes machine learning, natural […]
