The United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis has come at a critical juncture for the automotive industry, and the ongoing transition to electric vehicles could impact the outcome significantly, a new report states. Automakers are pouring billions of dollars into manufacturing new EV plants with additional support from government incentives,…
Entomologists in Thailand have been stunned by an electrifying new species of tarantula found in the southern part of the country. The spider, known as the Chilobrachys natanicharum, has a “blue-violet hue resembling the color of electrical sparks,” researchers from the Entomology Museum at Khon Kaen University and the Natural History Museum of the National Science…
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), the world’s largest technology manufacturer, has unveiled the new MODEL N electric cargo van at its 4th annual Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD23). At the same time, Foxconn signaled mass production plans for a sporty and intelligent crossover, the MODEL B; provided an update on the commercial production of…
Jaguar Land Rover announced Thursday that current Jaguar EVs will soon have access to Tesla Supercharger stations in North America, while all future EVs from the Jaguar brand will include the Tesla NACS charge port. Next-generation EVs from the brand, set to launch in 2025, will have the NACS port, with no need to use…
Tesla has been testing and rolling out its Autopilot and more advanced Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, which Chief Executive Elon Musk has touted as crucial to his company’s future but which has drawn regulatory and legal scrutiny. An attorney suing Tesla over a fatal accident cited an internal safety analysis conducted by the company that…
Long accused of being a latecomer to the electric vehicle game, Toyota has been busy lately telling the world how it’s going to reinvent the way it produces cars in order to become an EV powerhouse. And today we know more about how the world’s biggest automaker plans to get there. Under new CEO Koji…
According to the report, genAI transforms automotive safety by leveraging real-time data to enhance advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), improving collision detection, lane-keeping, adaptive cruise control, and parking assistance. With the automotive industry embarking on a technology-driven journey, generative artificial intelligence (genAI) emerges as an engine to help overcome some of its most pressing challenges…
Scammers are constantly coming up with new ways to try and trick us and steal our money. In our ongoing CyberGuy series, “Confessions from a scam victim,” today we are featuring Diane from Logansport, Indiana. She’s smart and avoids falling prey to these scammers. Yet, even smart people can be duped. She reached out to…
Subaru has outlined just where it thinks its incoming Solterra will outshine its core competitors, promising that its new electric SUV will be every bit as off-road ready as models like the Outback and Forester. It will mark a true point of difference between on-road focused electric SUVs like the BYD Atto 3 and incoming…
California-based startup Pebble is the latest to offer an electric travel trailer that uses battery power to assist a tow vehicle, potentially reducing the range loss of an electric tow vehicle. Debuting at the 2023 Los Angeles auto show next month, the Pebble Flow features a 45-kwh LFP battery pack and self-propulsion “providing just the…
