Environmental Sustainability

electrification of automotive - Electric vehicles are fast becoming a mainstream option for drivers and solve many of the challenges facing our cities. - image courtesy of Pixabay

Innovation

Australian Labor party announces 50% electric car target by 2030

The Grangemouth Refinery, Scotland - image courtesy of APS

Innovation

UK CO2 emissions fell for sixth consecutive year in 2018

Aurrigo claims autonomous pods are zero carbon, safer, reduce operators’ labour costs and require no dedicated route infrastructure – image courtesy of Aurrigo.

Innovation

Autonomous pods: From Coventry to Las Vegas

The robotics market, due to the increase in demand for artificially intelligent robots, is estimated to grow by almost 14% annually from 2016 to 2025

Robotics & Automation

AI and robotics: don’t think of asking for faster horses

Clean Mobility - BEV - Automotive charging points electric and hybrid vehicles batteries thermal runaway – shutterstock image.

Leadership & Strategy

Electric Vehicle Batteries: Managing Thermal Runaway vital to raising safety

The research will develop cost effective, scalable carbon fibre composite solutions - image courtesy of Martin Neeves Photography & Film.

Innovation

Lightweight cars: How important are they?

The Ocean Cleanup System 001 floating in the lagoon in front of the assesmbly yard - image courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup.

Innovation

The Ocean Cleanup of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch will start this Saturday

The global forklift truck market is expected to grow year-on-year by at least 100,000 - 150,000 for the next five years – image courtesy of MCFE.

Innovation

MCFE: Elevating the forklift industry

Manufacturers Cox and Plant Products, a manufacturer of conveying systems for major processing plants has plans to increase sales to £3m within 12 months and ambitious targets to more than double that figure by 2018.

Leadership & Strategy

Servitization + digital tech = ↓ food waste & ↑ competitiveness

BusinessModels

Rare earth minerals are vulnerable to supply disruption and demand spikes. Image courtesy of the US Department of Agriculture

Innovation

Toyota develops new motor using less rare earth minerals

A worker inspects a solar panel prior to installation - image courtesy of SunPower

Digital Transformation

World’s largest virtual power plant to be built in South Australia