The best way to imagine a fuel cell is to imagine a regular chemical battery like that which powers your cell phone or watch. Like a battery, a fuel cell has a “positive” and a “negative” side. The difference between a battery and a fuel cell is that a battery …
Embark unveiled its self-driving truck technology. The company gained approval by the State of Nevada earlier this year to begin testing its truck on public roads. Embark has created a technology that allows trucks to drive from exit to exit on the freeway without any human input. Read more at EVmeme.com.
EVmeme was at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show last week during their press preview days and we saw a lot of great stuff. While the expected muscle and power displays were on hand, there were also a lot of new-tech and plug-in displays to see. Here’s a photographic roundup of …
The electric truck market is on the verge of becoming one of the fastest-growing EV markets. Much of the research and development being done for electric vehicles is happening in the commercial sector because, of all the automotive markets, the commercial market is the most likely to be willing to …
The term “road train” or “road platoon” is used to describe groups of vehicles that drive along in a line, one after the other, in a “follow the leader” fashion. The idea is to have the lead vehicle controlling the pace of the platoon with the vehicles behind following along at …
Google is well-known for having pioneered self-driving vehicles and the automated “Google Car” has itself become a sort of go-to image of what an autonomous car will look like. Now the division of Google working on vehicle automation has spun off into its own little company. Read about it at …
Nissan has introduced Intelligent Vehicle towing (IVT), a fully automated vehicle towing system to be used at its Oppama Plant in Japan. The IVT system uses a Nissan LEAF modified with the company’s prototype autonomous driving system and the newly-developed IVT. It will tow trailers and vehicles around the plant …
