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We’ll explore the evidence that suggests it is. Stay tuned for January’s piece, when we’ll dive into the technology working to make it happen. There’s increasing evidence that the Biden Administration’s EV push may unravel. The administration’s regulations seem to necessitate an increase in EV sales from 8.5% to 67% of all U.S. auto sales
A large variety of power solutions exist between silicon (Si) to wide bandgap (SiC and GaN), enabling design criteria to meet performance, efficiency, reliability, and cost. GaN is becoming the technology of choice. Compared with legacy silicon solutions, it enables lighter, smaller, and more efficient onboard chargers and inverters. In the data center, GaN power
What Could Go Wrong? So, the railroad strike was averted the day before the walkout, but what would a strike have meant? Freight railroads transport approximately 40% of long-haul cargo and 125,000 railroad workers. The strike would have crippled the country’s supply chain on many levels. Since trains are thought to be most important to
It’s an understatement to say there’s a global push for electric vehicles. While numbers are increasing, there are still underlying concerns regarding the availability of an E.V. infrastructure including charging capabilities. We have several options when setting up charging opportunities, and from a logistics point of view, the globe is working in overdrive to provide sufficient
Collaborative robots, or cobots, designed to share a workspace with human colleagues and physically interact with them, deliver productivity at lower production costs with high repeatability and strength. Their presence enables their human counterparts to retain decision-making roles within the collaborative environment while the robots do the heavy lifting. Cobots vary, from autonomous robots that
I started researching this article on labor shortages to find out why they are an increasing and dangerous thorn in the side of supply chains. What I found was a ton of contradictions. Opinions ran the gamut from political ones along party lines, others involving an “us vs. them” view of age-related approaches to work,
In a recent Fox Business report, Elon Musk cites major industry-wide supply chain price pressure for raw materials and semiconductors for a string of price hikes on his Tesla Model 3 and Model Y. Tesla instituted production suspensions earlier this year based on parts shortages. Tesla is not alone. Expectations are that the automotive segment
Amidst much anticipation, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk presented a live demonstration of NeuraLink technology. Neuralink launched in 2016 with the goal of creating implantable brain-machine interfaces. Such technology could ultimately help humans obtain symbiosis with Artificial Intelligence (AI) but, could have many practical applications even before it reaches that level. Neuralink implants, theoretically,
We’re not even at the end of the first quarter of 2020 and already tariff wars seem to be the least of our problems. Even before the coronavirus started to disrupt supply chains, procurement analysts had identified several things to watch out for and necessary transformations that need to happen within the procurement world. Here
The phrase “up-time” is an oft-repeated phrase for IT professionals, reflecting the fact that a key measure of their success is service availability. Modern climate control systems support “up-time” but to understand why, you first need to consider the impact of poor climate control in order to decide which equipment to employ to take an