Toyota is debuting a new concept vehicle for the forthcoming Tokyo Motor Show, and it’s a fuel cell vehicle that’s designed to get around 1,000 km (around 621 miles) on
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Amazon patents a drone that delivers a charge to power up EVs on the go
A recent Amazon patent could be an answer to range anxiety, albeit one that sounds a bit more sci-fi than practical solution at the moment: the newly granted patent (via
LG to open Europe’s largest EV battery factory in Poland next year
LG is opening Europe’s largest factory for building lithium-ion batteries destined for use in electric cars, the company announced. Its LG Chem division is going to open the doors for
Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell trucks put to work in Port of LA pilot
Toyota has hydrogen fuel cell transport trucks that generate no local emissions, and that have 670 horsepower and an 80,000 lb total weight capacity. The powertrain includes two of Toyota’s
Deutsche Post DHL to deploy self-driving delivery trucks by 2018
At Nvidia’s GTC Europe conference today, one of the company’s partners detailed plans to bring an autonomous delivery fleet to operating status starting in 2018. Deutsche Post DHL Group wants
Puerto Rico governor says ‘Let’s talk’ after Elon Musk offers to solve the island’s power crisis
Puerto Rico’s power grid has been practically demolished in the wake of hurricane Maria. It now has a once in a lifetime opportunity to rebuild and the island’s governor Ricardo
The new electric utilities
Stonly Baptiste is a co-founder and partner with the investment firm Urban.us, the venture fund for startups that make cities and the environment better. An ideal electric utility costs less,
How Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric planes aim to transform flight starting in 2022
Consumer passenger flight could be the next industry that’s transformed by electric powertrains, and Seattle’s Zunum Aero wants to be at the forefront of that change. The Seattle-based company, which
Airbus on track to fly its electric aerial taxi in 2018
Airbus is looking to put its flying taxi in the air next year, confirmed CityAirbus chief engineer Marius Bebesel this week. The schedule is on track after CityAirbus conducted successful
Boeing to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences in bet on autonomous flight
Boeing is acquiring Aurora Flight Sciences, a company that focuses on autonomous flight systems designed to make robot aircraft and vehicles a reality. Boeing says that its acquisition of Aurora
Dyson seeks to beat rivals on range with its electric car
Dyson is building an electric car, the company revealed last week, and now we know a bit more about their specific plan to bring one to market. Dyson won’t look
Irish High Court asks European Court to order on legality of EU-US information transfers
Court hears new justification on US surveillance The decider indifferent settlement on a 21-day box in March, though after concluded to a ask from a US supervision to accept information
Tesla electric semi truck possibly spied in new photo
Is this the new semi truck Tesla is set to unveil at the end of this month? The truck, posted to Reddit (then deleted, then re-posted) bears more than a
Tesla made only 260 Model 3 cars in Q3, but is ‘confident’ it can fix bottleneck
Tesla has released its quarterly vehicle production numbers for the third quarter of 2017, which it says was its “all-time best quarter for Model S and Model X deliveries” —
GM to introduce two new all-electric cars by 2019 in path to zero emissions
GM today announced a strategy to eventually deliver a zero emission product line across all its segments, though it didn’t put a specific timeline on when it would achieve that
