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Toyota is set to reinforce its manufacturing presence in India with the announcement of a new plant, marking a significant milestone for the automaker in its 25th year in the country. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Toyota and the Karnataka government outlines plans for a third manufacturing facility in Bidadi, Karnataka. This strategic move will require an investment of approximately Rs 3,300 crores and is expected to generate around 2,000 job opportunities. The new plant, anticipated to be…

Additionally, Motional and the Group revealed today that the IONIQ 5 robotaxi is one of the first SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles (AVs) to be certified under the U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS).New Delhi: Hyundai Motor Group (the Group), and Motional — a global autonomous technology leader, have opened the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore (HMGICS). Hyundai and Motional’s jointly developed all-electric IONIQ 5 robotaxi will be…

Becky Hill has released new drum ‘n’ bass track ‘Disconnect.’ Produced by the legendary drum ‘n’ bass pioneers Chase & Status, the song further solidifies Hill’s status as an undeniable force in the scene. With previous genre-defining hits like ‘Afterglow’ with Wilkinson and ‘Here For You,’ as well as her insightful podcast ‘The Art of Rave’, featuring interviews with DJ Zinc, Roni Size, and Fabio & Grooverider, Hill has firmly established herself as a prominent figure in the genre.‘Disconnect’ embodies everything…

After , it looks like the Cybertruck is finally on its way to consumers. On early Saturday morning, Tesla tweeted out a photo of a Cybertruck that recently rolled off the company’s Giga Texas assembly line in Austin. “First Cybertruck built at Giga Texas!” the automaker . As , the vehicle in question is likely a production intent model Tesla designed to identify the most efficient way of making the new vehicle at scale. The fact the company shared a photo of a finished Cybertruck would suggest it’s on track to meet the…

California-based Fisker Inc. dropped its Q2 production numbers Friday, showing over 1,000 Ocean electric SUVs built over the past three months. Although this is up significantly from the first quarter, the total falls short of Fisker’s guidance due to supplier challenges. Fisker produces 1,022 EVs in Q2, falling short of its target After starting production this past November, Fisker delivered its first Ocean SUV model in May, marking a major milestone. Despite the progress, the EV…

Electricity generated from wind and solar outproduced coal and nearly tied nuclear during the first four months of 2023 in the US, according to new data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The latest issue of EIA’s “Electric Power Monthly” report (with data through April 30, 2023) reveals that in the first third of this year, electricity generated from solar (including small-scale distributed systems) grew by 10.24%, compared to the same period in 2022 – faster than any other…

More than 200,000 lightning flashes, shown as blue dots, occurred throughout the duration of the eruption at Tonga’s Hunga Volcano on January 15, 2022. New analyses of the eruption’s lightning intensity revealed the volcanic storm was the most intense ever recorded and provided new insights into the eruption’s progression. Credit: Van Eaton et al. (2023), Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2022GL102341The eruption produced 2,600 flashes per minute at peak intensity. Scientists used the lightning to peer into the…

The eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Volcano on January 15, 2022, lasted at least 11 hours and produced a record-breaking amount of lightning. The information gathered about the eruption can be used to better monitor aviation-related hazards arising from these sorts of eruptions.The Hunga Volcano in the southern Pacific Ocean is a submarine volcano. The volcano began rumbling in December 2021, with its explosive activity ramping up on 13 January 2022, culminating in a plume of ash, water and magmatic gas being shot at least 36…

Maps of volcanic plume and lightning development on 15 January 2022, with times shown in UTC. Grayscale gives stereoscopic cloud heights, blue dots show lightning flashes detected by ground-based radio frequency networks over the following minute, and purple-yellow color scale shows optically detected lightning from the GLM sensor. (*) indicates frames with optically detected lightning. At least four distinct lightning rings occur from 04:16 to 05:51…

Tesla announced it produced 10 million 4680 battery cells at Gigafactory Texas. It is a good sign for the automaker’s production ramp-up, which relies heavily on the new cell. The 4680 battery cell format has taken the industry by storm since Tesla unveiled its own cell strategy at Battery Day in 2020. The automaker claimed a potential to reduce battery cost by over 50% with the new design; it has been trying to bring it to volume production since, but it has run into some bottlenecks.…