As sales of electric vehicles accelerate, the growth of charging infrastructure is in need of a big boost. Graham Anderson reports on whether Europe is up to it. Utilities, technology companies and vehicle manufacturers are battling to put in place new charging networks for electric vehicles (EVs) across Europe in response to a predicted dramatic surge in demand. Market experts believe that rapidly falling battery costs – which make up about one third of the costs of an electric car – and growing
US senator for Nebraska Deb Fischer confirmed the city of Lincoln will receive a $2.6 million grant to update its buses and related infrastructure.
Fischer, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, says the grant will help the city “improve and update its transit system, ensuring residents can travel places more safely and efficiently”.
The city will use the grant to purchase electric buses, charging stations and other infrastructure.
The grant is being provided by the Federal Transit Administr
At this year’s Vision show, Flir debuts the world’s first industrial camera supporting on-camera inference. The new Flir Firefly camera combines the best of machine vision with the power of deep learning. At just 27mm x 27mm x 14mm, 20 grammes weight, and 1.5W power consumption, it is ideal for portable devices. Excellent imaging is provided with the latest global shutter CMOS sensors, the company says. And, Flir adds, with its integrated Intel Movidius Myriad 2 vision processing unit (VPU), users deploy th
To help governments and stakeholders develop effective strategies to reduce distracted driving, the Canadian Coalition on Distracted Driving has launched a new web-based information hub at www.diad.tirf.ca/ehub. It is led by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) and its Drop It And Drive program, in partnership with The Co-operators.
