How Electric Car Batteries Might Aid the Grid (and Win Over Drivers)
Automakers are exploring energy storage as a way to help utilities and save customers money, turning an expensive component into an industry asset.
Signals
The cult of Elon Musk was on full display at Tesla's shareholder vote
Fans wore Cybertruck shirts, signed shareholder banners, and praised Musk during the meeting's Q&A.
It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars
Ethiopia's Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter the country unless they are electric. (!)
China Launches World's Largest Electric Container Ship, Slashing 8,600 Pounds of Emissions per 100 Nautical Miles
China debuts the world's largest fully electric container ship, the Greenwater 01, revolutionizing maritime transportation with its eco-friendly propulsion system and potential for significant emission reductions.
Putting 10,000 EVs on African roads, the hard way
Benin-based Spiro exchanges old bikes for electric models across four African countries, but the experience has been a mix of pain and success.
Benin-based Spiro exchanges old bikes for electric models across four African countries, but the experience has been a mix of pain and success.
Car wars
A flood of cheap Chinese imports is upsetting the global industrial order.
Researchers Propose a Fourth Light on Traffic Signals – For Self-Driving Cars
The new light would enable autonomous vehicles to help control traffic flow – and let human drivers know what’s going on.
This concept we’re proposing for traffic intersections, which we call a ‘white phase,’ taps into the computing power of autonomous vehicles (AVs) themselves,
possible for AVs to communicate wirelessly with both each other and the computer controlling the traffic signal
mobile control paradigm
Australian student invents affordable electric car conversion kit
Australian design student Alexander Burton has developed a prototype kit for cheaply converting petrol or diesel cars to hybrid electric.
Driverless Tesla Crashes Into $3 Million Private Jet
A video of a driverless Tesla Model Y slowly crashing into a private jet worth around $3 million is going viral. Shared on Reddit, the user said that the car...