Top

Category: Industry Focus Areas


Energy, Industry Focus Areas, News

Nel Hydrogen Will Build $400M Gigafactory In Southeast Michigan

September 27, 2023

Via: Business Facilities Magazine

Oslo, Norway-based Nel Hydrogen will invest $400 million to build a new automated gigafactory in Plymouth Charter Township, Michigan. The facility will create 517 jobs to produce green hydrogen using electrolyzer technology. The company announced the project in May, at […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Joby Delivers 1st eVTOL Aircraft to Edwards AFB Ahead of Schedule

September 26, 2023

Via: ASD News

Joby Aviation, Inc., a company developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial passenger service, today announced it has delivered its first aircraft to Edwards Air Force Base approximately six months ahead of the expected 2024 delivery date. […]


Industry Focus Areas, Workforce Development

Addressing semiconductor workforce shortage

September 26, 2023

Via: Today's Medical Developments

The U.S. semiconductor industry is facing a troubling workforce gap nationwide, highlighted in a recent report by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The report says the workforce needed in the semiconductor industry is expected to grow 33% from approximately 345,000 […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Boeing: Fast-growing China Domestic Air Travel Driving 20-year Demand for 8,560 Airplanes

September 20, 2023

Via: ASD News

Boeing is forecasting that China will need 8,560 new commercial airplanes through 2042, driven by economic growth well above the global average and increasing demand for domestic air travel. China’s commercial airliner fleet will more than double to nearly 9,600 […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Pixel-by-Pixel X-ray Analysis Yields Insights Into Lithium-Ion Batteries

September 20, 2023

Via: Metrology and Quality News

By mining data from X-ray images, researchers at MIT, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator, and the Toyota Research Institute have made significant new discoveries about the reactivity of lithium iron phosphate, a material used in batteries for electric cars and […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Rising Demand for Low Carbon Space Will Outstrip Supply

September 19, 2023

Via: Industry Today

As corporates eye their upcoming 2030 sustainability targets and re-assess their post-Covid workplace strategy, focus is sharpening on low carbon buildings. Energy efficient, electrified space powered by clean energy is in growing demand, not only because it’s resilient to changing […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Three Targets of Commerce Solar Investigation Now Planning to Manufacture in the U.S.

September 19, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

Three major international solar panel companies this year have announced plans to build manufacturing facilities in the United States. Two will be in Texas and one in Ohio. They aren’t the only ones building in the States, of course; solar […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Nigeria’s Overland Airways Receives its 1st E175

September 18, 2023

Via: ASD News

Overland Airways of Nigeria has received the first of three new E175 E-Jets. The aircraft was delivered to the airline last week. The twenty-year old West African carrier, an affiliate of the Landover Aviation Services Company, also holds options for […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Just How Much Money Has Been Invested into Clean Energy Technology? A New Project is Keeping Track

September 14, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

Industrial policy designed to spur clean energy manufacturing and technology adoption led to $213 billion worth of public and private investments over the past year, according to a new real-time tracker that’s monitoring the manufacture and deployment of greenhouse gas […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

China Has a Huge Car Overcapacity Problem, and It’s Building an Armada to Ship It Worldwide

September 13, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

China will likely be the world’s largest auto exporter in 2023, but it’s a title that comes with dubious glory. For decades, European, American and Japanese cars have dominated world auto exports, but massive auto overcapacity in China has made […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Fossil fuel demand to peak this decade: IEA chief in FT

September 12, 2023

Via: Phys.org

World demand for oil, gas and coal is forecast to peak this decade for the first time as the use of cleaner energy and electric cars accelerates, the International Energy Agency’s chief wrote Tuesday in the Financial Times. The IEA’s […]


Aerospace & Defense, Industry Focus Areas

Moon lander company announces $20 million equity investment

September 8, 2023

Via: Electronics Weekly

Its Nova-C lander (pictured) – chosen by Nasa to deliver small commercial payloads to the lunar surface in the upcoming IM-1 mission – will return the United States to the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai Achieves Milestone: 2 Millionth Electric Vehicle Rolls Off Production Line

September 7, 2023

Via: Tech Times

Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai has reached a remarkable milestone by producing its two millionth electric vehicle (EV). This significant accomplishment solidifies Gigafactory Shanghai’s position as the most productive EV factory globally, surpassing even Tesla’s Fremont Factory. A Rapid Ascent to the […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Daimler, Cummins and Paccar Partner on EV Battery Plant

September 6, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

Daimler Truck Holding, Accelera by Cummins and Paccar are forming a joint venture to build a battery plant in the U.S. to help accelerate production of electric trucks. The factory is expected to cost between $2 billion and $3 billion […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

What is green hydrogen and why is it touted as a clean fuel?

September 6, 2023

Via: Phys.org

Green hydrogen is being touted around the world as a clean energy solution to take the carbon out of high-emitting sectors like transport and industrial manufacturing. The India-led International Solar Alliance launched the Green Hydrogen Innovation Centre earlier this year, […]


Industry Focus Areas, Medical

Beta Bionics raises $100M to challenge Medtronic, Tandem for automated insulin dosing market

September 1, 2023

Via: MedTech Dive

Beta Bionics raised a $57 million series C financing round early last year. That financing, which was co-led by a syndicate of venture capital funds with an assist from strategic partner Novo Nordisk, equipped the company to develop iLet, file […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Autotalks and Hyundai developing V2X modules

August 30, 2023

Via: Electronics Weekly

Next year, Auto-talks, the V2X specialist, and Hyundai Mobis intend market their latest joint effort: Hyundai Mobis’ MTCU (Multi-functional Telematics Control Unit) connectivity modules. MTCU Gen1 supports Day-1 V2X services in all geographies. Powered by Autotalks’ V2X chipset, the MTCU […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle

Toyota to Resume Japan Plants After Rare System Malfunction

August 29, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

Toyota Motor Corp. said it will gradually resume operations at its 14 domestic plants Aug. 30 after a system malfunction suspended production, a rare glitch for the world’s biggest carmaker as it rushes to reboot its famed production system. The […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Duke Energy to pilot EV charging subscription service in North Carolina

August 28, 2023

Via: PR Newswire

As North Carolina looks toward a cleaner energy future with reduced greenhouse gas emissions and clean transportation, Duke Energy, General Motors, Ford Motor Company and BMW of North America are teaming up to launch a new electric vehicle (EV) pilot […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas

Researchers evaluate potential land use of solar panels on Tennessee farmland

August 28, 2023

Via: Phys.org

While the nation sharpens its focus on decarbonizing the electric grid, researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have completed a timely study to determine Tennessee’s current and projected land use for utility-scale solar energy production and possible […]