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Tesla Debuts New Feature For EV Owners That Maximizes Value Of Home’s System

SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla is the leading manufacturer of electric vehicles, and among many new improvements to its cars, you can now charge your EV with the Charge on Solar feature using excess energy produced by the Tesla solar panels on your house. These panels can look like a regular roof, but they actually capture and store the sun’s energy, creating a more sustainable

By |2023-08-16T18:57:44-04:00August 16th, 2023|Industry 4.0|

GM Invests $60 Million In California Battery Materials Maker Mitra Chem

DETROIT - General Motors is investing $60 million in a Silicon Valley-based battery materials company to help GM bring more affordable electric vehicles to market faster. GM on Wednesday announced the stake in Mitra Chem, an AI-enabled battery materials innovation company. It is part of a Series B financing, which further establishes a startup after

By |2023-08-16T18:48:13-04:00August 16th, 2023|Auto Tech, Clean Update, Featured|

Solar-Powered Reactor Converts CO2 and Plastic Waste Into Sustainable Fuels

CAMBRIDGE, UK - Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed into clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from the Sun. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed a solar-powered reactor that converts captured CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable

By |2023-08-16T18:39:26-04:00August 16th, 2023|Industry 4.0|

GM Ready To Start Commercial Hydrogen Fuel Cell Deployment

DETROIT - A year and a half after first announcing its intention to move in this direction, it is ready to begin. General Motors first announced in January 2022 that it was working on a Hydrotec hydrogen fuel cell technology that would be used for commercial vehicle applications. The company has been developing this project

By |2023-08-16T18:32:10-04:00August 16th, 2023|Auto Tech, Clean Update|

GoHealthUSA Coming To Michigan To Provide Alternative To Private Medical Insurance

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla - A new bundle of medical, legal, drug discount and more services, called GoHealthUSA, is coming to Michigan. Shantell Robinson, who created this package in Oklahoma, now is offering it in Michigan to become an alternative to private insurance. It only costs $99 a month to subscribe. Watch this video to learn

ITC Michigan President Reflects On 20th Anniversary Of 2003 Blackout

NOVI - On MITech TV Aug. 14, we joined Simon Whitelocke, president of ITC Michigan, to celebrate the company’s 20-year anniversary. ITC Michigan was established just a few months before playing an instrumental role in determining the cause of the North American Blackout of 2003. Since then, ITC has worked to increase reliability of its

By |2023-08-16T14:52:13-04:00August 16th, 2023|Clean Update, mitechtv|

Protecting Player Privacy: Leveraging IoT To Ensure Confidentiality In Cryptocurrency Gambling

As cryptocurrency gambling gains momentum, preserving player privacy has become a critical need. We are witnessing regulators attempting to curtail player privacy by forcing licensed operators to perform thorough Know Your Customer verifications that are in direct conflict with the anonymity that comes along with using cryptocurrencies. However, with the powerful Internet of Things (IoT)

By |2023-08-16T14:27:58-04:00August 16th, 2023|Guest Columns|

General Motors Outlines Ultium-Based BEV Rollout Plan For H2 2023

DETROIT - General Motors announced recently that during the second half of 2023, it will begin production of several new all-electric vehicles based on the all-new Ultium platform. The company already produces the Cadillac Lyriq, GMC Hummer EV Pickup/SUV and BrightDrop Zevo 600, but the volume remains relatively low (see Q2 2023 sales results) and even GM CFO

By |2023-08-16T17:26:32-04:00August 15th, 2023|Auto Tech, News|

ChatGPT Isn’t Good Enough To Take Jobs And Is Unlikely To Cause Mass Layoffs

NEW YORK - It was so over. Remember? As soon as artificial intelligence began to read, write, and code, all manner of professions were supposed to automate — fast. Lawyers were toast. Entry-level engineers commodified. And journalists, well, it's a small miracle we're writing this story. And yet, eight months after the release of ChatGPT — and several years

By |2023-08-15T19:37:40-04:00August 15th, 2023|Artificial Intelligence|