Plenitude and Pininfarina partner to create a new design for electric vehicle charging areas

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Plenitude, through its subsidiary Plenitude On The Road, has entered into a strategic partnership with Pininfarina to transform the design of the areas hosting its electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The collaboration aims to redefine future charging spaces by combining functionality, aesthetics, ease of use, transparency, and high‑quality services for electric mobility…Continue Reading

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Taseko Mines says it has harvested the first copper cathodes from the newly completed commercial production facility at its Florence Copper operation in Arizona, marking what the company calls the first new US greenfield copper production since 2008. The company had announced startup of Florence Copper’s electrowinning plant in lateContinue Reading

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Cary, North Carolina has deployed a Pierce Volterra plug-in hybrid fire truck. The city adopted its first light-duty electrified vehicles a decade ago, and chose to electrify this heavy-duty truck in order to improve public health and air quality, firefighter working conditions, and long-term fleet resilience. The Pierce Volterra featuresContinue Reading

NASA’s DART asteroid smash shows we could deflect a future threat

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NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission did more than alter the motion of a small asteroid. New research shows the spacecraft’s deliberate collision with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022 also slightly changed the path of the entire asteroid system around the Sun. The finding provides strong evidence that a kinetic impactor couldContinue Reading

Congress wants the International Space Station to keep flying until 2032. Here’s why

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The International Space Station has been continuously occupied since November 2000. (Image credit: NASA) The International Space Station could keep flying a bit longer than we thought. The orbiting lab, which has hosted rotating astronaut crews continuously since November 2000, is currently slated to be deorbited in late 2030 . However, a newly advanced NASAContinue Reading