article thumbnail

Ukraine Is the First “Hackers’ War”

Cars That Think

Rapid and resourceful technological improvisation has long been a mainstay of warfare, but the war in Ukraine is taking it to a new level. During a training exercise in southern Ukraine in May 2023, a drone pilot maneuvered a flier to a height of 100 meters before dropping a dummy anti-tank grenade on to a pile of tires.

Ukraine 142
article thumbnail

Puzzling Out the Drone War Over Ukraine

Cars That Think

Eight years later, the Russians are again invading Ukraine. Russia’s fleet of drones includes models in each of these categories. These include the Eleron-3SV and the Orlan-10 drones, both of which have been used extensively in Syria and Ukraine. unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs). The difference is on defense.

Ukraine 145
article thumbnail

Ukraine confirms second batch of Starlink terminals from Elon Musk have arrived

Teslarati

Ukraine Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov recently confirmed that a second truckload of Starlink terminals has arrived in Ukraine. Thank you for supporting Ukraine and peace in the entire world!” “Received the second shipment of Starlink stations! “You’re welcome.

Ukraine 98
article thumbnail

Mitsubishi Motors delivers 635 Outlander PHEVs to Ukranian police; largest PHEV fleet order yet for MMC

Green Car Congress

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) delivered 635 Outlander PHEV vehicles to the National Police of Ukraine on 25 May through its local importer and distributor MMC Ukraine. The vehicle order stems from an emissions trading agreement signed by a number of Japanese companies with the Government of Ukraine.

PHEV 170
article thumbnail

Navigant forecasts global natural gas fleet of 34.9M by 2020

Green Car Congress

Light duty vehicles (LDVs) account for almost 95% of NGVs on roads today, but trucks and buses are growing at a faster rate and are anticipated to account for 9% of the total fleet by 2020. Italy and Ukraine, the largest markets, are slowest growing (3% and 4% CAGR, respectively) due to their relative maturity.

2020 321
article thumbnail

Tesla pledges to keep Ukrainian workers’ employment and salary if they serve in military

Teslarati

Tesla employees from Ukraine who have been asked to return to their country to fight in the ongoing war against Russia will keep their employment and be paid their salary for three months. The message was sent on Monday to employees in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, 12 days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine 98
article thumbnail

IDTechEx: future of the electric ship industry lies with hybrid cargo vessels

Green Car Congress

However, the recent climate of uncertainty and inflation arising from the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war has had a negative impact on new-build contracts, including on ship-types targeted for electrification. The potential is huge.