GM spending $760M to convert Toledo factory to make EV parts
General Motors says it will spend $760 million to renovate its transmission factory in Toledo, Ohio, so it can build drive lines for electric vehicles.
Sep 23, 2022
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Robotics
Soft robots that grip with the right amount of force
Tool use has long been a hallmark of human intelligence, as well as a practical problem to solve for a vast array of robotic applications. But machines are still wonky at exerting just the right amount of force to control ...
Sep 23, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go, study finds
The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight. We're doing it wrong, according to a new Stanford study.
Sep 22, 2022
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Business
Reaching national electric vehicle goal is unlikely by 2030 without lower prices, better policy
The United States government has set an ambitious national goal of reaching 50 percent penetration of plug-in electric vehicles by 2030, but a new study from researchers at Indiana University's Paul H. O'Neill School of Public ...
Sep 13, 2022
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Engineering
Electricity-driven water purification method may extend to saltier waters
While on missions without access to clean water, U.S. Marines face the challenge of procuring and storing enough drinking water to sustain them. Penn State researchers, led by Chris Arges, Penn State associate professor of ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A new laser-based chlorination process to create high doping patterns in graphene
In recent years, electronics and chemical engineers have devised different chemical doping techniques to control the sign and concentration of charge carriers in different material samples. Chemical doping methods essentially ...
Automotive
Safe sea crossings for electric vehicles and more
Electric vehicles are booming, with more than a million on German roads as of this year. This, in turn, means that an increasing number of alternative fueled vehicles are transported on ferries. However, there are particular ...
Sep 1, 2022
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Automotive
The surprising history of how electric vehicles have played the long game and won
Electric vehicles, we are often told, are the future. A whole range of carmakers and nations have plans to go electric.
Sep 1, 2022
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Business
Six things Australia needs in its national EV strategy
At Australia's first National Electric Vehicle Summit recently, long-awaited discussions focused on EVs (electric vehicles), their stymied rollout and the introduction of measures—such as fuel efficiency standards—to ...
Aug 29, 2022
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LG, Honda to set up US joint venture to make EV batteries
Major South Korean battery maker LG and Japanese automaker Honda are investing $4.4 billion in a joint venture in the United States to produce batteries for Honda electric vehicles in the North American market, the two companies ...
Aug 29, 2022
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