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May 10, 2024

Tony Seba just revealed why Elon Musk is no longer interested in EVs

Posted by in categories: economics, Elon Musk, robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation

Disruptive innovations in technology, such as humanoid robots and electric vehicles, will lead to significant changes in labor, economy, and society, posing both opportunities and challenges for the future Questions to inspire discussion What are the predictions about the future of electric vehicles? —Tony Seba and hi.

May 9, 2024

On board Sharjah’s sky pods aiming to take UAE public transport to new heights

Posted by in categories: futurism, transportation

The National’s Andy Scott offers a rare look at the futuristic sky pods being tested in the UAE before launch news.ae/3UTyOG4


USky Transport unveils 2.4km aerial transport route as part of ambitious congestion-busting plans.

May 9, 2024

Elon Musk outlines upcoming Tesla Full Self-Driving updates

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

Elon Musk has given an update with an outline for Tesla’s upcoming Full Self-Driving (FSD) software updates.

With FSD v12 and the upcoming launch of Tesla’s dedicated Robotaxi, there’s a lot of excitement around Tesla’s self-driving effort.

Musk is again in the too-familiar position of predicting that the automaker is close to releasing a true self-driving system, but the path to get there is still far from clear.

May 9, 2024

Old electric-vehicle batteries can find new purpose — on the grid

Posted by in categories: energy, health, information science, transportation

An algorithm can monitor the health of retired vehicle batteries used to store surplus power fed into the electrical grid.

May 9, 2024

EA is going all in on generative AI, will train models on 40 years of EA game data

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

EA CEO Andrew Wilson says developers have a ‘real hunger’ for generative AI, so expect the next Battlefield to include some form of AI.

May 8, 2024

One quarter of German car exports in 2023 were fully electric, earning $62 billion

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

The number of electric vehicles (EVs) exported from Germany rose sharply in 2023, meaning that EVs accounted for about one quarter of all car exports that year, the country’s statistical office Destatis has said.

The country exported about 786,000 fully electric cars for a total value of roughly €36 billion ($A61.8 billion) – an increase of 58 per cent compared to 2022.

The most important destinations for EVs produced in Germany were the Netherlands, the UK and Belgium, Destatis added. Imports of EVs to Germany climbed about 23 percent to 446,000 units, with more than a quarter coming from China.

May 8, 2024

Elon Musk Says Warren Buffett Should Buy Tesla Stock

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

Warren Buffett addressed Tesla’s Full Self-Driving over the weekend.

May 7, 2024

Warren Buffett’s Take on Tesla’s Self-Driving Tech and Insurance Industry

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Brighter with Herbert.

May 7, 2024

This Highly Reflective Black Paint Makes Objects More Visible to Autonomous Cars

Posted by in categories: mapping, robotics/AI, transportation

Driving at night might be a scary challenge for a new driver, but with hours of practice it soon becomes second nature. For self-driving cars, however, practice may not be enough because the lidar sensors that often act as these vehicles’ “eyes” have difficulty detecting dark-colored objects. Research published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces describes a highly reflective black paint that could help these cars see dark objects and make autonomous driving safer.

Lidar, short for light detection and ranging, is a system used in a variety of applications, including geologic mapping and self-driving vehicles. The system works like echolocation, but instead of emitting sound waves, lidar emits tiny pulses of near-infrared light. The light pulses bounce off objects and back to the sensor, allowing the system to map the 3D environment it’s in. But lidar falls short when objects absorb more of that near-infrared light than they reflect, which can occur on black-painted surfaces. Lidar can’t detect these dark objects on its own, so one common solution is to have the system rely on other sensors or software to fill in the information gaps. However, this solution could still lead to accidents in some situations. Rather than reinventing the lidar sensors, though, Chang-Min Yoon and colleagues wanted to make dark objects easier to detect with existing technology by developing a specially formulated, highly reflective black paint.

May 7, 2024

China’s new water-based battery can revolutionize EVs

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability, transportation

Researchers in China have developed a water-based battery, which is claimed to be much safer and energy-efficient than “highly flammable” non-aqueous lithium batteries.

Interestingly, the researchers say that these new batteries will be twice as energy-dense as traditional lithium-ion options. This holds the potential to revolutionize the electric vehicle industry.

Moreover, aqueous batteries use water as the solvent for electrolytes, enhancing their safety. Traditional non-aqueous lithium-ion batteries have a high energy density, but their safety is compromised due to the flammable organic electrolytes, a component that allows the battery to charge and discharge, they utilize.

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