Features
Tesla is rapidly increasing production of its Optimus humanoid robot, with output reportedly reaching hundreds of units — around ten times the level recorded in the second quarter of 2026. If the current production ramp...
By DCB Editorial
September 29, 2026
Humanoid robotics are closely aligned with autonomous-driving technology. Sensors, perception, real-time decision-making and machine learning are fundamental to both. In many respects, they are different applications of the same underlying technological stack. That is what...
By Brian Denton
September 23, 2026
According to retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell, the world is facing a diesel shortage crisis. The crisis is being intensified by the war involving...
By Adam Ferraresi
September 21, 2026
Xpeng makes electric cars. It also makes robots. At first glance, the two businesses appear to belong to different worlds. One moves people from A to B; the other is intended to move, think and...
By DCB Editorial
September 14, 2026
BMW’s Hydrogen Fantasy: The Infrastructure Simply Isn’t There BMW continues to talk up hydrogen as though it is some inevitable part of the automotive future. But look at the numbers and the argument starts to...
By Chris Ward
September 11, 2026
We have spent years being told that electric aviation is just around the corner. The trouble is that the corner keeps moving. Batteries are heavy, aeroplanes are fussy, and physics remains annoyingly difficult to negotiate...
By Brian Denton
September 10, 2026