article thumbnail

British company develops fire truck to extinguish electric vehicle and car park fires

Electric Cars Report

The booming number of electric vehicles on the roads may be considered good for the environment, but it is causing concern among fire fighters.

article thumbnail

Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

Green Car Congress

The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

article thumbnail

Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

Cars That Think

Three years later, the company was acquired by Compaq and his project was terminated. The company housed its servers at leased space in third-party data centers, which were basically cages in which a few racks of computing equipment were placed. For his discoveries, Rao received the 2023 International Prize in Statistics.

Google 142
article thumbnail

Hyundai makes strategic investment in deep learning computer vision startup allegro.ai

Green Car Congress

Hyundai CRADLE, Hyundai Motor Company’s corporate venturing and open innovation business, has made a strategic investment in allegro.ai , an Israeli technology company specializing in deep learning (DL)-based computer vision. This is our fifth investment in an Israeli company and our activities will continue to grow the coming year.

Hyundai 249
article thumbnail

Tesla heading towards new delivery record in Q4 despite demand concern narrative

Teslarati

It remains to be seen if the potential milestone would be enough to reassure investors and analysts, considering the challenges being faced by the company, such as inflation, production headwinds in China, and the rise of legitimate competitors, among others. “I’m worried about the general economic environment. .”

Tesla 98
article thumbnail

Dot Transportation deploys Orange EV electric yard truck at California distribution center

Green Car Congress

Truck data is reported using Orange EV’s web-based telematics system (standard equipment on all Orange EV trucks) that provides instant feedback, real-time performance statistics, and hard data that helps fleets understand system status, fuel efficiency, cost savings and more. —Mike Saxton, Orange EV Chief Commercial Officer.

article thumbnail

Firstgreen remote operated electric skid steer hopes to reduce mining deaths

Baua Electric

The CBL (for “Clean Building Logistics”) is designed to enable fully remote operation , reducing the risk of operator injury or exposure to hazardous materials like asbestos and radiation in high-risk demolition environments. Now, FIRSTGREEN is offering that same functionality to underground miners with the new ROCKEAT equipment line.