If you’ve followed my writing or videos, you’ll know I’m a “life on two-wheels” kind of guy. If there’s an electric motorcycle, e-bike, scooter, or anything else remotely rideable out there, I’ve probably thrown a leg over it at least once. Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to learn how each type of vehicle […]
Vietnam has millions of e-scooters and an unstable power supply. One might think that these two things signal trouble when put together, but here’s how some Vietnamese are using their e-scooters to improve stability of the electrical grid and help small businesses avoid blackouts. In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s most populous city, power outages […]
I’m no stranger to collecting weird Alibaba electric vehicles, and that includes aquatic vessels. But after buying an ultra-cheap Chinese electric boat last year, this new one makes my own lazy lake cruiser look like a luxury yacht. Compared to my $1,080 boat, this $680 masterpiece is a tad bit less decked out. Sure, it’s […]
The phone awakened Doug Nordman at 3 a.m. A surgeon was calling from a hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., where Mr. Nordman’s father had arrived at the emergency room, incoherent and in pain, and then lost consciousness. At first, the staff had thought he was suffering a heart attack, but a CT scan found that […]
An Overview of the Wearable Market in Healthcare MarketsandMarkets suggests that the global market for wearable healthcare devices will approach $70 billion by 2028, with annual growth in the market exceeding 11 percent per year. Devices fall into two broad categories. One is medical-grade wearables such as blood pressure, glucose and heart monitors. These devices […]
Photo by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels.com Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data. FERC reports in its latest “Energy Infrastructure Update,” with data through January 31, 2024 (which was reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign) […]
Mercedes-Benz is joining a wave of automakers offering significant discounts on its 2023 EV models as it looks to clear inventory. The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS is being offered at up to $20,000 off MSRP, but the deals won’t last long. Mercedes ups discounts to clear 2023 EQS EV models Mercedes launched the EQS electric sedan […]
Photo: PSNH/Flickr Both of New Hampshire’s coal plants are shutting, making New England the second coal-free region in the US. That’s following a settlement between Sierra Club, The Conservation Law Foundation, EPA, and Granite Shore Power. The Bow, New Hampshire-based power station has committed to retiring the coal-burning units at Merrimack and Schiller Stations in […]
Conversational AI organization Openstream.ai announced a new patent for automated digital twin technology that gives EVA, or enterprise virtual assistant, users the ability to utilize virtual assistants that are digital twins of human experts in their respective fields. The digital twins share their human counterparts’ knowledge and unique personas and engage in empathetic, hallucination-free conversations […]
Tesla has announced that it produced its 6 millionth electric vehicle – a big milestone amid a major slow down in its growth rate. While BYD has recently surpassed Tesla in terms of new BEV production capacity, Tesla is still the kind in terms of overall BEV deployment. Today, the automaker announced that it produced […]
