Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2020
Ford is using two four-legged robots leased from Boston Dynamics at its Van Dyke Transmission Plant in early August to laser-scan the plant, helping engineers update the original computer-aided design. Equipped with five cameras, the robots can travel up to 3 mph on a battery lasting nearly two hours.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 13, 2019
BAE’s series hybrid system features no mechanical link between the diesel engine and the axle. All power comes from the electric motor. Power flows in series from engine to generator to traction motor. —Steve Trichka, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems’ Power and Propulsion Solutions business.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Boston Dynamics put together a behind-the-scenes video of sorts about the Super Bowl commercial they did in collaboration with some beer company or other. Boston Dynamics ] Power-line perching could be an easy way for urban drones to keep their batteries topped up, but landing on power lines can be tricky.
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
In a new report (its fourth on electric car adoption) the Boston Consulting Group forecasts that a combination of hybrid and fully electric powertrains will cut the global market share of pure internal combustion engines (ICEs) by about 50% by 2030.
Cars That Think
APRIL 24, 2022
Six months later, at the Urban Circuit event, held at an unfinished nuclear power station in Satsop, Wash., CoSTAR’s pack of quadrupeds, consisting of Spot robots from Boston Dynamics modified with customized autonomy payloads [middle], undergo a hardware check before their final competition run. IEEE Spectrum.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 19, 2009
News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. In a similar vein, batteries will be a competitive advantage for the auto-makers of the future.
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