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Toyota Motor and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge. This cartridge design will facilitate the everyday transport and supply of hydrogen energy to power a broad range of daily life applications in and outside of the home. Toyota and Woven Planet will conduct Proof-of-Concept (PoC) trials in various places, including Woven City, a human-centered smart city of the future currently being constructed in Susono City, Shizuoka Pr
Toyota has expanded its family of Corolla Cross models to include a hybrid version anticipated at 37 mpg. The Corolla Cross Hybrid has what Toyota terms its fifth-generation hybrid system—here in all-wheel-drive form. In the Corolla Cross Hybrid, it delivers 194 hp—equating to a 0-60 mph time of 8.0 seconds, more than a second better.
Panasonic shipped samples of its 4680 batteries to Tesla ahead of the production surge, Reuters recently reported. Mass production of the new battery is expected to begin at the plant in Wakayama in March of next year when the company’s fiscal new year begins and before production is moved to North America. Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO […].
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Lexus has revealed that hybrid technology will play a wider role in the fifth-generation version of its Lexus RX crossover, due to reach U.S. dealerships by the end of 2022. That means a new RX 450h+ plug-in hybrid will be joining the lineup, with details to be shared “at a later time,” according to Lexus. Meanwhile, the luxury brand.
I recently wrote an opinion piece about how the United States Postal Service (USPS) could look to solve its gas-guzzler truck problem by following Europe’s example of delivering mail with smaller electric cargo bikes. As it turns out, the postal service has already been testing this out, and the little electric mail bikes look pretty snazzy too. more….
I recently wrote an opinion piece about how the United States Postal Service (USPS) could look to solve its gas-guzzler truck problem by following Europe’s example of delivering mail with smaller electric cargo bikes. As it turns out, the postal service has already been testing this out, and the little electric mail bikes look pretty snazzy too. more….
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. This week is going to be a little bit on the short side, because Evan is getting married this weekend [!!!!!! – Ed. ] and is actually supposed to be writing his vows right now. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that Tesla’s AI Day #2 has been pushed back to September 30, 2022. He said on Twitter that Tesla may actually have an Optimus prototype working by the new date. He recently announced a second AI Day that was planned on the same date as last year’s. AI Day […].
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Lobbyists have been pressuring the Biden administration to add more ethanol to the nation's gasoline supply to cut gas prices. And while doing so has been a complicated and fraught decision for the administration, it appears those interests have won. According to Reuters on Wednesday, citing sources briefed on the matter, the Biden administration.
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