Whenever oil prices go up, the mainstream press responds with a spate of articles about EVs. However, it’s not at all clear whether this corresponds to any substantial increase in EV sales. The link between oil prices and EV sales has always been tenuous—and temporary. As Viet Nguyen-Tien, Gavin D.Continue Reading
French multinational electric utility Engie has won a public contract to install and operate 2,926 EV charging points in the Belgian region of Wallonia. The new AC charging stations, each with a capacity of 22 kW per charging point, will be distributed across 242 municipalities in Wallonia. Installation will takeContinue Reading
Electric vehicles could store renewable energy when there is excess supply and give it back to the grid when demand peaks, but car companies disagree on the best way to do that…Continue Reading
It’s barely been a few days back since we discussed just how open to mistakes and abuse YouTube’s copyright takedown system is, when NVIDIA’s demo video for its controversial DLSS 5 tech got briefly pulled down because an Italian news channel did a piece featuring the footage which it copyrighted.Continue Reading
Tutorials are a fundamentally broken approach. There’s a much better way, and it applies to everything you learn, not just Linux…Read MoreContinue Reading
Valve has released a new beta version of Proton, the company’s official compatibility layer for improving Linux gaming. Proton 11.0-beta1 is a notable update for several reasons, including improved support for running classic games from the 90s. The release also lays the groundwork for further improvements expected in the near…ReadContinue Reading
Siemens, Nvidia, and UK robotics startup Humanoid have successfully deployed an AI-powered wheeled humanoid robot in live logistics operations at a Siemens electronics factory in Germany. The HMND 01 Alpha completed over eight hours of autonomous tote-handling at 60 moves per hour with a pick-and-place success rate above 90%…Continue Reading
John Ternus will take over the role of CEO in September, according to a press release., John Ternus will take over the role of CEO in September, according to a press release., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Google’s investment in Indonesia’s ride-hailing company GoTo wasn’t in anyway connected to the country’s Education Ministry’s decision to procure Chromebooks for schools during COVID-19 pandemic, former Google executives testified in court on Monday. The testimony undercut a central allegation by prosecutors in the closely watched corruptionContinue Reading
American Airlines is set to return to flying the Embraer 175 to South America, with the airline re-introducing a non-stop link from Miami to the capital of Venezuela. The service, which is set to launch from the end of this month, is currently scheduled to operate through until October, andContinue Reading
TheAirbus A340 is one of the most iconic jets ever produced by Airbus, and it is a long-range wide-body quad-engine passenger airliner that was originally developed alongside the twin-engine Airbus A330 in the 1980s. First launched commercially in June 1987, the Airbus A340-300, the first model to take to theContinue Reading
Transport agency De Lijn, which serves the Flanders region of Belgium, has commissioned its 1,000th electric bus, and is steadily ordering more. In 2025, De Lijn ordered more than 650 new e-buses, which will be deployed in phases in the coming years. By 2035, the company plans to phase outContinue Reading
Everrati Automotive is a UK-based conversion shop that repowers classic cars as EVs. Now the company is branching out into next-generation mobility platforms such as unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which also require advanced electric propulsion technologies. “Electric propulsion is no longer just about cars,” saidContinue Reading