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Oct 1, 2022
Tata Motors launches $10,000 electric car
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: sustainability, transportation
Tata Motors, an India-based automaker, has launched a new small hatchback all-electric vehicle starting at just over $10,000.
The Indian auto market has been lagging behind its peers when it comes to electrification.
This is due to many factors, but not the least of which is the fact that the country has strong protectionist laws when it comes to its auto industry and it makes it hard for foreign automakers to launch new vehicles in the country without producing them there.
Oct 1, 2022
American Airlines signs for up to 60 Boom Supersonic jets
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in category: transportation
Aiming to become the world’s largest operator of supersonic aircraft fleet, American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) has signed an agreement with Boom Supersonic for the purchase of what will be the world’s fastest commercial airliners.
American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) committed to purchasing up to 20 Boom Supersonic Overture aircraft with an option for an additional 40 jets, it announced on August 16, 2022. Showing its intent, the Texas-based air carrier said it has already transferred a non-refundable payment to the manufacturer for first 20 planes. However, it did not specify the worth of the recent deal.
According to the terms of the deal, the manufacturer must meet industry-standard operating, performance, and safety requirements, as well as other American Airlines’ (A1G) (AAL) requirements, before any Overture jets are delivered to the airline.
Sep 30, 2022
Researchers successfully capture the first images of carbon dioxide emissions in aircraft engine
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: energy, transportation
Capturing combustion on a large scale is now possible.
The first cross-sectional photos of carbon dioxide in a jet engine exhaust plume were taken by researchers using brand-new near-infrared light imaging technology.
The research was published in Applied Optics’ 28th issue.
Sep 30, 2022
The Cybertruck will also be a boat, says Elon Musk
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
He made the announcement as usual over Twitter.
Over the years, we have watched with excitement as Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed more and more details about the Cybertruck. On Thursday, he took to Twitter to share one more feature of the truck: it will be waterproof enough to briefly serve as a boat.
Tesla.
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Sep 29, 2022
Watch the world’s first hydrofoiling ground effect vehicle take off
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: energy, sustainability, transportation
Regent has released video of its remarkable Seaglider prototype in flight testing. The first machine to combine the efficiency advantages of ground effect and hydrofoiling in a single design, it promises revolutionary speed and range in coastal areas.
Wing-in-ground effect (WIG) aircraft such as the Soviet-era Ekranoplan have shown promise in the past, but they’re yet to take off, so to speak, as a mainstream form of transport. These low-flying birds ride on a cushion of air between their wings and the surface, which gives them a significant lift and efficiency boost over regular planes flying higher in the air – as long as they stay within their own wingspan of the surface beneath. This extreme altitude restriction means that while ground-effect aircraft could fly over land, it’s too dangerous for regular operations, and they typically stay over water.
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Sep 29, 2022
AI Day 2022: Tesla may unveil a major milestone for its Optimus robot
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation
We wonder what Tesla is going to reveal.
Once again, it is that time of the year. The annual Tesla AI Day, a demonstration of the most cutting-edge technologies from all of the company’s operating divisions is tomorrow. While Tesla vehicles receive the majority of press attention, the company has a wide range of other applications and products that it is constantly developing and improving.
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Sep 29, 2022
Google’s New Self-Driving Robot Is Amazing! 🤖
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
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📝 The paper “LM-Nav: Robotic Navigation with Large Pre-Trained Models of Language, Vision, and Action” is available below. Note that this is a collaboration between UC Berkeley, University of Warsaw, and Robotics at Google.
https://sites.google.com/view/lmnav.
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Sep 27, 2022
Meet Sky Whale: A 3-story aircraft concept that can seat 755 passengers
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: sustainability, transportation
The AWWA Sky Whale concept represents luxurious and greener aviation.
AWWA Sky Whale, a large, intriguing-looking flying machine, is meant to represent the pinnacle of luxury, performance, and sustainability.
At a recent exhibition on future transportation hosted at Kuwait’s Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Center, the design of Oscar Vinals was on display.
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Sep 26, 2022
Magnetic field helps thick battery electrodes tackle electric vehicle challenges
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: sustainability, transportation
As electric vehicles grow in popularity, the spotlight shines more brightly on some of their remaining major issues. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are tackling two of the bigger challenges facing electric vehicles: limited range and slow recharging.
The researchers fabricated a new type of electrode for lithium-ion batteries that could unleash greater power and faster charging. They did this by creating thicker electrodes—the positively and negatively charged parts of the battery that deliver power to a device—using magnets to create a unique alignment that sidesteps common problems associated with sizing up these critical components.
The result is an electrode that could potentially facilitate twice the range on a single charge for an electric vehicle, compared with a battery using an existing commercial electrode.
