Evs

29 Apr 23

This AI Hunts for Hidden Hoards of Battery Metals

Metallurgy & Material Science

In June 2022, six Boeing 737s—fully loaded with tents, food, satellite Internet equipment, drones, geophysical survey gear, drilling equipment, and a team of experienced geologists—flew to a remote airstrip in northern Quebec. The geologists were hunting for major deposits of the minerals needed to power a clean-energy future. Given the…

07 Apr 23

Fast Food, Fast Charge

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

It sounds so obvious: Public EV chargers should be located in public, where people tend to gather. The reality has often been otherwise, with too many chargers tucked into desolate parking lots or seemingly random locations. And since even the speediest DC chargers take roughly 30 minutes to juice up…

01 Apr 23

Download “The EV Transition Explained” E-book for Free

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Over the past several months, IEEE Spectrum has published a series of articles exploring the major technological and social transformations we face as the world moves from vehicles with internal-combustion engines to electric vehicles. We have now combined all articles into an e-book, “The EV Transition Explained,” in which author…

31 Mar 23

The Staggering Scale of the EV Transition

Civil, Structural & Architecture

Over the past 20 or so years, contributing editor Robert N. “Bob” Charette has written about some of the thorniest issues facing the planet at large and engineers in particular. For IEEE Spectrum, he’s dug into software reliability and maintenance, the so-called STEM crisis, and the automation paradox, examining those…

28 Mar 23

The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

Civil, Structural & Architecture

Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan boldly proclaims that electric vehicles will reach price parity with internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles by 2025. Not likely, counter Mercedes-Benz’s chief technology officer Markus Schäfer and Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo. The International Energy Agency predicts that EVs will make up more than 60 percent…

This AI Hunts for Hidden Hoards of Battery Metals

Fast Food, Fast Charge

Download “The EV Transition Explained” E-book for Free

The Staggering Scale of the EV Transition

The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

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