Daily Archives: December 4, 2013

German Federal Motor Transport Authority clears Tesla Model S after fires

The lithium ion battery in this Model S caught fire after the vehicle collided with a large metallic object on a road in the U.S. state of Washington.

Tesla Model S electric car is being investigated for a possible U.S. recall, but was cleared of any safety defect in a review by Germany’s transportation regulator, the company said.

Three lingering American issues, Federalism, fuel and energy policy

Three lingering American issues, Federalism, fuel and energy policy

How much should the U.S. government be involved in controlling how states produce their own energy, and supply energy to their citizens?  That complex question has constitutional and political questions that remain open as energy problems become more complex.

Big data in the driver’s seat of connected car technological advances

Big data in the driver’s seat of connected car technological advances

Growth in the automotive industry’s highly integrated and highly saturated connected car systems will yield approximately $14.5 billion in revenue from automotive data assets by 2020, according to a connected car study from IHS Automotive, driven by Polk.

A New Product Delivery Vehicle Courtesy Amazon

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was already flying high on “60 Minutes,” wowing Charlie Rose with his company’s formidable logistics and fulfillment system, when the manic-eyed tech exec busted out a little something extra: aeronautic robots.

U.S. EPA chief to share air pollution lessons with China

The China Central Television (CCTV) building is seen next to a construction site in heavy haze in Beijing

China can learn from U.S. struggles to reduce pollution as it confronts recent high-profile incidents of poor air quality paralyzing major cities, the top U.S. environmental regulator said on Monday.