Driventic has begun manufacturing the VEDS 1.5, the latest version of the electric drive system (VEDS) it supplies to bus and truck manufacturers. The main change is a new drive inverter system (DIS) that carries an integrated drive management unit. The DIS weighs 22 kg and uses a connector systemContinue Reading
Mercedes-Benz has opened two new production halls at its Kecskemét plant in Hungary and begun building the new all-electric C-Class there. The company says it is the first time the site has manufactured a battery-electric core model. The expansion took the plant’s footprint from 200 to 440 hectares. Alongside theContinue Reading
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 flying from Thessaloniki, Greece to Memmingen, Germany had to return to its point of departure on Friday, July 10th after debris from an engine failure caused damage to the aircraft’s window. Most notable, the incident injured one of the plane’s passengers, with some reports suggesting thatContinue Reading
Virgin Atlantic has confirmed that it will reduce flights from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bengaluru, Boston, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. The change, while only temporary, will see roughly half as many flights as previously planned.Continue Reading
Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi was accused of helping an Iranian business associate get around American export control laws., Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi was accused of helping an Iranian business associate get around American export control laws., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official on Monday called for limits to be placed on children using social media as a special EU panel looking into the challenge recommended forbidding access for those under 13 until tech companies can prove their platforms are safe. Growing awareness of theContinue Reading
AMD’s latest Radeon drivers hide a Multi-Frame Generation mode that goes up to 8x, going one better than NVIDIA’s 6x. Here’s what it could mean for your frame rate…Continue Reading
SpaceX’s massive Starship , the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, is scheduled to launch its critical test flight no earlier than Thursday, July 16, at 6:45 p.m. EDT (2245 GMT) from Starbase, Texas. Our live webcast will begin about 30 minutes prior to liftoff. You can see our latest updates on the Starship V3Continue Reading
NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Soyuz MS-29 Launch – YouTube Watch On Three people will launch toward the International Space Station on Tuesday (July 14), and you can watch the action live. NASA’s Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina are scheduled to lift off atop a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome inContinue Reading
Debian released important point updates for both its current stable and previous stable versions on July 11, with Debian 12 officially entering its Long Term Support phase. The Debian project released updated point versions for both its current stable release and the previous one on July 11, 2026. Debian 13.6Continue Reading
A tsunami of leased electric vehicles are coming back to dealers as we speak, and it’s causing chaos for both dealers and consumers alike. Electric vehicle leasing exploded in 2022, thanks to the primarily to the Inflation Reduction Act, which allowed dealers to pass along a $7,500 incentive to consumers who opted to lease insteadContinue Reading
Test equipment maker Chroma has introduced the Chroma 8000 EV & EVSE automated test system (ATS), which the company says is built for simultaneous multi-connector testing of DC EV supply equipment (EVSE), EV charging compatibility validation and liquid-cooled high-current charging tests. Paired with the Chroma 80713 EV & EVSE simulator,Continue Reading
Michelin’s Connected Solutions Division (CXS) has added 19 new EVs to its UK fleet. The 3 Ford Transit Custom and 16 Ford Transit Courier EVs will replace legacy diesel vehicles, and will be used to support customers in the passenger transport sector. The company began deploying EVs in 2024, andContinue Reading