Toyota is doubling down on Joby Aviation with a $ 500 million investment into the California-based company that’s developing electric air taxis. Toyota’s total investment in Joby, which includes a $ 394 million capital injection back in 2020, is now $ 894 million. The funds will be used to help Joby complete the lengthy Type […]
Electric outboard startup Pure Watercraft is selling itself for parts
A hopeful entrant in the emerging market of electric watercraft is out of action and being sold for parts. Pure Watercraft was founded in 2011 with the intention of replacing gas-based outboard motors with fully electric ones. We covered the company in 2016 when it began taking preorders for its first commercial outboards, and in […]
Korean Police Investigates Superstar Soccer Player’s Unlicensed Operation Of An Electric Scooter
A popular ex-Premier Leaguer, Jesse Lingard, faces a possible police investigation in South Korea. Jesse Lingard | Newsis Lingard, an attacking midfielder known for his tenure with Manchester United in the English Premier League before his recent move to FC Seoul, shared a photo of himself operating an electric scooter on the streets of Seoul […]
These sub-1mm robots morph and crawl with an electric zap
Cornell University researchers this week unveiled tiny “metasheet” robots capable of transforming into pre-determined shapes and crawling around when electricity is applied. Along with biological organisms, the robots were inspired kirigami, a variation of origami wherein objects are cut in addition to folded. The “metasheet” bit of the name, meanwhile, is based on the word […]
Korean Woman Dies After Being Hit By An Electric Scooter
A tragic accident in Goyang has resulted in the death of a woman in her 60s after she was hit by an electric scooter ridden by two high school girls. The accident occurred on June 8 in Ilsan Lake Park, where the woman and her husband were taking a walk. Ilsan Lake Park | Wikipedia […]