Cars That Think
DECEMBER 15, 2023
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. If you go back far enough, a bunch of the initial funding for quadrupedal robots that enabled the commercial platforms that are available today was tied into the idea of robotic pack animals.
EV Adoption
OCTOBER 29, 2022
Out of 82 BEVs and PHEVs that are either currently available for sale in the US, or expected to be so by the end of 2022, 67 of them, or 81.7%, have a base manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) higher than $39,999, according to new analysis from EVAdoption. See notes and methodology at the end of this article.).
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 20, 2010
Nissan began accepting reservations for its eagerly anticipated Nissan Leaf today. Funny that this article cites “a shortage of public charging stations&# as the sole reason for auto makers scrapping electric vehicles in the 1990s. Here is the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. By Dana Hull.
Cars That Think
MARCH 2, 2023
The robot that Figure is working towards is a “commercially viable general purpose humanoid,” which is going to look something like this: Obviously, the above video (and all of the robot images in this article) are renderings, and do not show a real robot doing real things. The final robot will be fully electric, 1.6m
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
Furthermore, the batteries in a PHEV are generally smaller than those in any other electric vehicle constructed today and the battery savings in the PHEV from a pure BEV can easily make up for the cost of the small liquid-fueled engine, resulting in a lower-cost production vehicle for mass distribution.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The hybrid models available today use lead-acid ornickel-metal hydride batteries that are are proven, reliable, and fairlycheap, but their limited storage capacity means that the cars’ driving rangeusing electricity alone is short. Their solution to the cost of thenew-generation batteries is to separate them from the car itself.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
A couple of drawbacks to consider might be the capitalization costs of building these stations and the batteries that they would have to have in stock. Most charge points available today take much longer to re-energize batteries than it does to fill a gas-powered cars tank. Hey, maybe you got an email during the drive, right?
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