More frequent extreme weather, triggered by climate change, caused losses of uninsurered properties to increase. To manage the risks of climate change is ...
Tesla gigafactory faces fierce competition
Tesla will be operating in an increasingly competitive European market when its gigafactory opens. In Europe a trend towards gigafactories is emerging. The ...
The need to develop an age-friendly city
People around the world are living longer and thereby the requirements for their surrounding environment change. City planners have to take the demographic ...
Judicial support for Samsung in patent fight with Apple
The U.S. Supreme Court backs Samsung in its smartphone patent fight with Apple. The court decided that Samsung does not have to pay a penalty of 399 ...
VW und Wolfsburg starten Initiative zur digitalen Großstadt
Der Autokonzern VW und die Stadt Wolfsburg starten eine gemeinsame Initiative zur Entwicklung der digitalisierten Großstadt. Wolfsburg soll sich zum einen ...
Narrower lanes for safer cities
Against common belief that broader streets create safer streets, a new study shows that streets broader than 3.25 m trigger more traffic fatalities. On the ...
Audi cars can tell when traffic lights are changing
Audi launched a vehicle-to-infrastructure communication system that tells the driver when the traffic lights will change. The Audi A4, Q7 and A4 allroad ...
Ford plans to raise money to develop autonomous cars
Ford announced to raise USD 2.8 billion for research and development of new technologies. The focus will be on electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and ...
Neue VW Marke entwickelt vollelektrische Shuttle-Fahrzeuge
Volkswagen neue Marke “MOIA” zielt darauf ab sein eigenes, vollelektrisches Shuttle-Fahrzeug zu entwickeln. Bereits Ende 2017 soll das Projekt ...
Who gets cleaner air from EVs in the US?
The US National Bureau of Economics published a working paper that shows how unequal the air quality benefits of electric cars are distributed in the US. ...
