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Paralympics Photo of the Day: A Vampire Who Bites Medals

  • September 7, 2024
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David Ramos / Getty Gold-medalist Mauricio Valencia of Team Colombia poses for a photo during the medal ceremony for the men’s shot put F34 final on day 10 of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games. Valencia had his canine teeth modified to look like fangs in order to break down any stereotypes people may have […]

Tesla reveals its wireless home EV charging station in patent filings

  • September 7, 2024
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Photo: Tesla Several new patent applications have revealed Tesla’s upcoming wireless home EV charging station. The automaker never seemed interested in wireless charging for its electric vehicles. The problem wireless charging solves is not a major one. It alleviates the need to plug in your car, which is not a super difficult or time-consuming task. […]

Bollinger adds 20 West Coast dealers, TCD to its commercial EV sales network

  • September 7, 2024
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It’s been a big week for Bollinger and its Class 4 commercial EVs as the upstart electric box truck brand picked up twenty new TEC dealers and scored a strategic solution partnership with Texas consulting firm, TCD. TEC Equipment franchises support Volvo, Mack Trucks, and Wabash Trailers along the I-5 corridor, offering sales and support […]

Small nuclear reactors could power the future — the challenge is building the first one in the U.S.

  • September 7, 2024
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Nuclear plants could become smaller, simpler and easier to build in the future, potentially revolutionizing a power source that is increasingly viewed as critical to the transition away from fossil fuels. New designs called small modular reactors, or SMR in shorthand, promise to speed deployment of new plants as demand for clean electricity is rising […]

E-quipment highlight: Komatsu autonomous, electric, amphibious dozer

  • September 7, 2024
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Co-developed by Japanese construction giant Komatsu and the Asunaro Aoki Construction Co., this autonomous electric dozer is built with the underwater construction jobs of the future in mind. Set to make their public debut at the 2025 Future Society Showcase Project in Osaka, Kansai, Japan, Komatsu’s display is scheduled to showcase cutting-edge construction technologies like […]

1,070 hp, AWD electric Dodge Hornet R/T goes from 0-60 in 1.4 sec. (!)

  • September 7, 2024
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Packing four electric motors pushing more than 1,000 hp through all four of its Yokohama Advan racing tires, the new Dodge Hornet R/T FC1-X can blast from 0-60 in just 1.4 seconds! “With four axial flux motors generating the equivalent of 1,070 horsepower, these machines don’t just accelerate – they bend the laws of physics,” […]