How does an electric truck, claimed to be “nearly impenetrable” by its maker, and built with “ultra hard 30X cold-rolled stainless steel,” fare in a crash test? New pictures from a drone flyover might have some initial clues. Drone pilot Joe Tegtmeyer released images of a crash-tested Tesla Cybertruck from a flyover above the Gigafactory Texas….
The Automotive Mobility Center of Excellence (CoE) of Valtech in Pune will introduce expertise in shared mobility, connected vehicles, electrification, and data monetization. Valtech, a global business transformation agency, is expanding its operations to Pune by bringing in Valtech Mobility to provide mobility and automotive solutions. The Automotive Mobility Center of Excellence (CoE) of Valtech…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently had an opportunity to visit the Tesla Giga Berlin-Brandenburg plant in Grünheide near Berlin, Germany. Tesla‘s boss congratulated the team and praised the factory, which makes the Tesla Model Y for the European market. He also revealed that the entire factory will be covered with art. There are already multiple…
Reiss’s research on dolphin cognition is one of a handful of projects on animal communication that dates back to the 1980s, when there were widespread funding cuts in the field, after a top researcher retracted his much-hyped claim that a chimpanzee could be trained to use sign language to converse with humans. In a study…
Eaton officially announced that it will add Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector option to its Green Motion EV chargers. That’s another Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) manufacturer that is preparing for the ongoing switch from the Combined Charging System (CCS1)/SAE J1772 charging plugs to NACS. In the case of Eaton, the NACS charging…
Tesla is leading the EV race in the United States in terms of new registrations and market share, according to data from Experian published by Automotive News. In the first seven months, thanks in part to the somewhat chaotic price reductions, the Elon Musk-led car manufacturer saw 390,377 new registrations in the US, a 50…
Bus drivers often do not get the full vision of what’s behind their vehicles or in their blindspots. ‘Indirect vision’ devices or more simply, camera systems and digital monitors that help mitigate this problem. According to a fresh draft proposal, the Road Transport Ministry has submitted their intention to add two new mandates, to improve…
As iconic as the Mini marque is, it’s clear that the brand has a clear vision for the future. Its latest crop of electric cars make this clear as day. On top of that, the brand has also ventured into the e-bike space, most recently with a partnership with French bicycle brand Angell Mobility. The…
People in New Orleans are used to preparing for hurricanes and floods. So when they learned of a new threat — an infusion of salty water creeping slowly up the Mississippi River, threatening municipal drinking water supplies — they did what comes naturally: strip bottled water from grocery store shelves. But this is a crisis…
Electrify America, one of the U.S.’ largest EV fast-charging networks, this month opened its first station in North Dakota. It’s an important step to expand the network nationwide along major routes coast-to-coast. As we can see on the map, there are still big gaps in the northern part of the country, where the EV infrastructure…
