Photo by Simone Ramella on Flickr Renault CEO Luca de Meo said today that automakers collectively may need to pay ~€15B in fines if they miss 2025 emissions targets, as they’ve failed to ramp up efficient vehicle production in line with EU guidance – even as consumer EV demand continues to rise in Europe. At […]
David Ramos / Getty Gold-medalist Mauricio Valencia of Team Colombia poses for a photo during the medal ceremony for the men’s shot put F34 final on day 10 of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games. Valencia had his canine teeth modified to look like fangs in order to break down any stereotypes people may have […]
Photo: Tesla Several new patent applications have revealed Tesla’s upcoming wireless home EV charging station. The automaker never seemed interested in wireless charging for its electric vehicles. The problem wireless charging solves is not a major one. It alleviates the need to plug in your car, which is not a super difficult or time-consuming task. […]
It’s been a big week for Bollinger and its Class 4 commercial EVs as the upstart electric box truck brand picked up twenty new TEC dealers and scored a strategic solution partnership with Texas consulting firm, TCD. TEC Equipment franchises support Volvo, Mack Trucks, and Wabash Trailers along the I-5 corridor, offering sales and support […]
Nuclear plants could become smaller, simpler and easier to build in the future, potentially revolutionizing a power source that is increasingly viewed as critical to the transition away from fossil fuels. New designs called small modular reactors, or SMR in shorthand, promise to speed deployment of new plants as demand for clean electricity is rising […]
Co-developed by Japanese construction giant Komatsu and the Asunaro Aoki Construction Co., this autonomous electric dozer is built with the underwater construction jobs of the future in mind. Set to make their public debut at the 2025 Future Society Showcase Project in Osaka, Kansai, Japan, Komatsu’s display is scheduled to showcase cutting-edge construction technologies like […]
Packing four electric motors pushing more than 1,000 hp through all four of its Yokohama Advan racing tires, the new Dodge Hornet R/T FC1-X can blast from 0-60 in just 1.4 seconds! “With four axial flux motors generating the equivalent of 1,070 horsepower, these machines don’t just accelerate – they bend the laws of physics,” […]
The poliovirus that paralyzed a child in Gaza, the first case in the region in 25 years, has traveled a long path. It most likely arose in Nigeria and made its way to Chad, where it was first detected in 2019, according to genetic analysis. It emerged in Sudan in 2020 and then found a […]
In “Broken,” a memoir published in 2006, William Cope Moyers wrote of his near fatal addiction to crack cocaine and his hard-fought recovery. The book proved to be a humble celebration about the potential for rehabilitation, and Mr. Moyers became a national champion for treatment and recovery. But then his addiction returned. In 2012, while […]
Nearly 160 people have reportedly been sickened this summer by eating mushroom-laced candy and chocolate bars that are widely available at vape and smoke shops, underscoring the dangers of a sprawling market of psychoactive products that pop up on store shelves with no review or regulation across the United States. Two deaths now under investigation […]
