Infrastructure
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National Grid is expected to install the devices for 121,000 customers in the city. They will enable people to track energy usage via a portal, and will immediately alert the utility to power outages. -
A new report from the Urban Institute outlines how many of the projects developed as part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including technology work, have been slow to finish and deploy.
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Data center development, the subject of much public-sector conversation and policy, is predicted to expand, driven by the growth of AI. It's also expected to come at a cost and bring a selective benefit.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is testing "smart tires" on city-to-city mobility service Tesloops' semi-autonomous electric cars.
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Production sites haven't been decided upon yet, but the electric vehicle architecture underpinning EVs is expected to come to North America.
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Under Trump's loose regulations, automakers and technology companies will be asked to voluntarily submit safety assessments to the U.S. Department of Transportation — if they feel like it.
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Tech companies stress the notion that the market today is strong at the mid-size and small city levels.
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Cities still haven't recovered from the recession, and a new report concludes that they might instead be sliding into another fiscal contraction.
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The changes come as part of the administration of President Donald Trump’s first formal statement on autonomous vehicles.
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Predictions for their widespread adoption and the impacts they will have vary wildly. It will be up to government to sort out the issues.
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Lawmakers began reviewing a series of amendments to alter the structure of the governing body that oversees the California Independent System Operator, a move that may surrender California’s control over its own electricity system.
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Built at GM’s Orion Assembly plant in Michigan, the car incorporates all of the sensors, computing power and redundant systems needed to operate completely without a driver, even though the software to do so remains under development.
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The Ohio Transportation Research Center is in the midst of researching technology that would allow the roads to speak to vehicles, telling them when to slow down or speed up.
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Drones are playing a transformative role in post-hurricane operations in the Houston area, and the FAA had to give clearances quickly.
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Royal Oak, Mich.-based company Tome is drawing up a plan to make bikes (or their accessories) smarter. This would allow them to talk to and communicate with the cars and trucks that occupy the streets.
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The technology in essence places huge structures like buildings, refineries, and bridges on rolling casters that absorb the shocks from epic earthquakes.
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A spokesman states that an international hacking campaign targeting energy companies has not penetrated the operating systems of the corporation that runs a good portion of California’s electricity grid.
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Taxi companies are being presented problems from outdated business models and government regulations.
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In the pilot project, 2,000 volunteers will pay a “mock tax on the number of miles they drive on Washington state roads, rather than on the amount of gas they use.”
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Experts cite tax and other incentives, improving vehicle range and increased charging locations are fueling the growth of interest in electric vehicle ownership.
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Opponents say utility-built charging stations make all consumers pay for a service only a few relatively affluent people will use. Proponents say utilities can direct service to low-income areas that would not be served by private industry.
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