Transportation
Tesla has applied slight price increases to its refreshed Model 3 and Model Y electric cars in China, but it does not appear to be linked to demand and supply. The move was expected and carried out in two steps. First, Tesla increased prices of the Model 3 Long Range AWD and Model Y Long…
Steer-by-wire and shift-by-wire systems, which control steering and transmission through electronics instead of using mechanical and hydraulic means, have become increasingly popular in recent years, especially with the advent of software-defined vehicles (SDVs) and electric vehicles. We may also soon add brake-by-wire technology to the list of electronics-driven vehicle functions if auto parts and tech…
Fisker announced its third-quarter financial results, revealing an improving level of electric car production and customer deliveries. During Q3 2023, Fisker Ocean production increased to 4,725 units, which is a noticeable jump from 1,022 units in Q2 and 55 units in Q1. Let’s recall that the model is produced in Graz, Austria (at Magna Steyr’s…
Even as the price of new electric cars continues to drop, $50,000 – which is roughly the average transaction price of a new electric car in the United States – is still a lot of money to spend on a car for a lot of people. So many people are turning to the used EV…
Do you remember your first bike? I sure do, it was a rickety old mountain bike that was way too big for any six-year-old to start out on. However, despite it being way too big for me, I remember riding around the neighborhood with relative ease until I was big enough to ride a grown-up…
Rivian, the maker of the R1S SUV, R1T pickup, and Electric Commercial Van (ECV), got the final approval for its second EV plant from Georgia officials, two years after the facility was announced. Construction on the $5 billion factory east of Atlanta was supposed to begin in the summer of 2022, but a legal battle…
“Reshoring is increasingly viewed as a way to address the challenges of disruptive supply chains and uncertainty, but it can introduce complexities of its own,” Joerg Reger, Managing Director of ABB Robotics Automotive Business Line. New Delhi: ABB’s YuMi cobots are enabling the reshoring of production and helping to address challenges presented by workforce shortages…
US vehicle fuel efficiency standards administered by NHTSA have encouraged automakers to build larger vehicles. The bigger the vehicle, the lower the fuel efficiency target it has to meet. Trucks and sport utility vehicles with hood heights greater than 40 inches are about 45% more likely to cause fatalities in pedestrian crashes than shorter vehicles…
The craft can recharge in about five minutes, while passengers are unloading and boarding, said CEO JoeBen Bevirt. The idea is that travelers will book their trip, similar to a rideshare app. Electric air taxis could be transporting passengers from JFK Airport to downtown Manhattan by 2025 – on quiet, emissions-free journeys that take around…
The brake system was developed at ZF’s development centers in China, the USA, and Germany for the global market. New Delhi: At its Next Generation Mobility Day in Shanghai, ZF presented a new, purely electro-mechanical brake system for the first time. Braking force is generated at each wheel by an electric motor without a hydraulic…
