Humanity has come a long way over the last few hundred years, but we are still terrifyingly vulnerable and susceptible to fires. Firefighters have employed tank-like robots that carry hoses into burning structures to minimize the amount of time that humans must endure the unpredictable dangers of a rampant fire, but researchers have a new … Read more
BORMIO, Italy – Maserati has sold more than 100,000 cars with a V8 engine. Its smallest V8s had 3.2 liters of displacement; its biggest were 4.9-liter units. Its first V8 powered the rare, short-lived V8RI race car released in 1935; its final V8s will be built in December 2023 for the Ghibli, Quattroporte and Levante. … Read more
The U.S. is running out of miners. More than half the nation’s mining workforce, about 221,000 workers, is expected to retire by 2029, according to the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, and the number of candidates willing to fill those slots is shrinking. “Our workforce is aging,” said Bold Baatar, chief executive of copper at … Read more
In a remarkable feat, India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has swiftly emerged as the leading SUV manufacturer, surpassing its initial goal set in 2022. With an ambitious plan to capture the numero uno spot in the SUV market by the end of FY 2023-2024, Maruti Suzuki not only met but exceeded expectations, doubling its overall … Read more
Hyperloop One is the company born to bring Elon Musk’s much hyped contention that it would be possible to engineer underground or above-ground virtually airless tubes to facilitate ultra-high speed mass transit to life. That dream now appears dead as the company has laid off most of its employees and is trying to sell its remaining … Read more
Rivian’s showroom in Laguna Beach, Calif. (Getty Images) U.S. new-vehicle sales are expected to rise about 13% in December from a year earlier, driven by strong discounts and vehicle availability, industry consultants J.D. Power and GlobalData said in a joint report on Thursday. Total new-vehicle sales, which include retail and non-retail transactions, are estimated … Read more
The automotive industry is undergoing a digital revolution, driven by breakthroughs in accelerated computing, AI and the industrial metaverse. See how automakers are digitalizing every phase of the product lifecycle — including concept and styling, design and engineering, software and electronics, smart factories, autonomous driving and retail — using the NVIDIA Omniverse platform and AI. … Read more
Prices of used electric vehicles are down roughly 30% year over year, according to market research studies using data from September and October. The cheaper prices might bode well for buyers, but they raise concerns that low resale values could hurt EV adoption among mainstream consumers. The falling prices also add fuel to a debate … Read more
TVS Motor eyes to capture a bigger market share in the premium motorcycle segment, which they believe is about to pick further momentum amid rising wealth of Indians, a senior official of the two and three-wheeler manufacturer said on Wednesday. “In India, the infrastructure is growing fast and the disposable income is growing too. People … Read more
A woman who served as an assistant to Vin Diesel is alleging that the actor and star of the Fast and Furious movie series sexually assaulted her in 2010. The allegations, as reported by Vanity Fair, come from a suit filed by Asta Jonasson in Los Angeles. In the suit, Jonasson claims that when she was … Read more
