All-electric Ford Explorer (Source: Ford) The all-electric Ford Explorer is finally launching in Europe. With up to 374 miles range and a starting price under £40,000 ($50,000), Ford hopes the new and improved Explorer EV can help boost sales in the region. German engineering meets American style Ford revealed the fully electric Explorer just over […]
Photo by Marcus Reubenstein on Unsplash Australia will introduce a bill to parliament this week containing its first-ever vehicle emissions rule, a huge step forward for the country. But the rules make the same mistakes that have caused ballooning vehicle sizes in the US over the last decades. Australia doesn’t have its own fuel efficiency […]
Photo: BMW Battery tech firm AESC, which is partnered with BMW, is investing $1.5 billion to expand its EV battery factory in South Carolina. AESC’s EV battery factory expansion AESC’s latest EV battery manufacturing expenditure follows its initial announcement to build the Florence County factory in December 2022 and its $810 million expansion announcement in December 2023. That’s […]
Severe-duty vehicle manufacturer Autocar has partnered with Rocsys to deploy the latter’s hands-free EV chargers, expanding the technology across the former’s electric terminal tractors. Together, Autocar and Rocsys have already secured an initial fleet customer en route to full-scale integration of easier, intuitive charging infrastructure across the entire segment. Autocar, LLC describes itself as the […]
An all-electric Toyota pickup may be closer than expected. According to the company’s Thailand president, Toyota will launch an electric Hilux pickup by the end of 2025. The move comes after Japanese rival Isuzu is set to reveal its first 100% electric truck later this month. An all-electric Toyota Hilux pickup is (finally) coming Toyota’s […]
Northwestern University researchers have developed a new soft, flexible, battery-free implant and associated smartphone app that wirelessly transmits data to a smartphone app, so users can monitor their bladder fullness in real time. The implant marks the first example of a bioelectronic sensor that enables continuous monitoring of bladder function for a prolonged period. While […]
Northwestern University researchers have developed a new soft, flexible, battery-free implant and associated smartphone app that wirelessly transmits data to a smartphone app, so users can monitor their bladder fullness in real time. The implant marks the first example of a bioelectronic sensor that enables continuous monitoring of bladder function for a prolonged period. While […]
Tesla has made a return to Facebook after leaving 6 years ago and even started to buy ads on the platform – sending money into Zuckerberg’s pockets. Back in 2018, Elon Musk made Tesla deleted its Facebook page, which had millions of followers, amid the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Tesla ended up keeping its Instagram page, […]
2024 Fiat 500e (Source: Stellantis) It’s not a good week to be working at Stellantis. As it (finally) moves to try to sell EVs in the US, the automaker just laid off 400 US salaried tech workers and software engineers on Friday. Today the company announced that it was slashing more than 1,500 jobs in […]
“In my lifetime, I never dreamed that we would be talking about medicines that are providing hope for people like me,” Oprah Winfrey says at the top of her recent prime-time special on obesity. The program, called Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution, is very clear on which medicines she means. At one point, […]
