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Google's self-driving cars aren't perfect, but it's important to emphasise that they're still better than human drivers. The company has revealed that its human drivers had to take control of its robotic vehicles 341 times in the last 14 months, after a total of 424,999 miles (468 682,361km) of driving.

In a perfect world, all industries and applications would be fuelled by renewable energy and provide us with sustainable power. Unfortunately, as Steve Hughes, Managing Director of power quality expert, REO UK, explains, there are many problems to resolve before industries can fully rely on a consistently sustainable source of power.

Developments in the rapidly evolving wireless charging market are improving the technology’s speed and efficiency, but a confusing standards situation is still holding things back, writes Sally Ward-Foxton.

If we were to personify the variable speed drive (VSD), it would have to be the underrated middle child in the family. Motors would be the problematic first born - the result of parenting inexperience - and PLCs represent the youngest child, the know-it-all. Although often overlooked, the VSD is the apple of our energy efficiency eye. Here, Jonathan Wilkins, Marketing Director, European Automation, discusses the milestones in the history of the v...

A new ultra-fast charger for electric vehicles has been introduced by Delta Electronics. The system has the capability of charging as many as four vehicles simultaneously. It complies with CCS-200A, CHAdeMO-125A, as well as Typ2-63A, and is therefore open to all electric vehicles.

Elon Musk recently announced the use of silicon by Tesla in its automotive batteries: “This is just sort of a baby step in the direction of using silicon in the anode, but we will be increasing the use”. This unusual side comment has nonetheless triggered renewed interested in the topic. IDTechEx Research has been studying the topic for some time and finds that Si anode batteries will generate more than $4bn in 2026. By Franco Gonzal...

Physicists at the Technical University of Munich, the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Stanford University (USA) have tracked down semiconductor nanostructure mechanisms that can result in the loss of stored information – and halted the amnesia using an external magnetic field. The new nanostructures comprise common semiconductor materials compatible with standard manufacturing processes.

Along with the launch of a software update for its Model S electric car, Tesla has accelerated the development of its AutoPilot software to help bring full automation of the company’s cars ever closer.Company Chief Executive Elon Musk recently took to Twitter to appeal for engineers in an effort to increase the AutoPilot software team.

In October 2014 Tesla started equipping their Model S electric vehicle with hardware to allow for the incremental introduction of self-driving technology: a forward radar, a forward-looking camera, 12 long-range ultrasonic sensors positioned to sense 16ft around the car in every direction at all speeds and a high-precision digitally-controlled electric assist braking system.

Coil winding breakthroughs will help make electric cars cheaper to build, more efficient to operate and even better for the environment, says Konstantinos Laskaris, Chief Motor Designer, Tesla. As the market for plug-in electric cars expands globally, even as petrol prices remain low, increasing vehicle efficiency continues to be the top priority for manufacturers. Recent developments in regenerative braking, which captures a car’s kinetic ...