Elon Musk was right to drop his bungled plan to take Tesla private
Elon Musk shocked the world – including his own car company’s board – on Aug. 7 when he tweeted that he had the “funding...
New gallium oxide device could advance renewable energy, electric cars and more
The electronic transistor you’ve been waiting for
How do you pack more power into an electric car?
The answer may be electronic transistors made of gallium...
A.I. camera could help self-driving cars ‘see’ better
Researchers have devised a new type of artificially intelligent camera system that can classify images faster and more energy-efficiently.
The image recognition technology that underlies...
How do you prolong the useful life of lubricants?
A new study explores one of the core problems, whether it's in a turbine or your car: foaming oil.
Wind turbines towering hundreds of feet...
Orphaned elephants have a tougher social life, says new study
Young female orphan elephants have a tougher social life than non-orphans, a new study suggests, adding to a growing body of evidence of how...
Liquid battery could cut the charging time of electric cars from hours to seconds
A new type of energy storage system could revolutionize energy storage and drop the charging time of electric cars from hours to seconds.
In a...
New AI camera could revolutionize autonomous vehicles
The image recognition technology that underlies today’s autonomous cars and aerial drones depends on artificial intelligence:
The computers essentially teach themselves to recognize objects like...
Engineers taught a drone to herd birds away from airports
With a new algorithm, a drone can autonomously protect airfields
Engineers at Caltech have developed a new control algorithm that enables a single drone to...
Car 3.0? A robot with wheels
Nio U.S. CEO explains that cars of the future will be built on software
You may have seen photos of “driverless” cars cruising down the...
Apartments rarely come with access to charging stations. But electric vehicles need them
Americans have now purchased more than 800,000 electric vehicles, counting both plug-in hybrids and all-electric models.
That may sound like a lot of EVs, and...