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Purdue prototypes new EV fast charge cable
2022-02-07
The patent-pending charging station cable uses a novel cooling method to enable EV battery recharging in under five minutes.
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Bi-directional charging amps up
2022-01-18
Bi-directional charging is a value-added feature that seems certain to help accelerate EV adoption.
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Diesel engines continue to evolve to stay relevant while the industry intensifies its pursuit of zero emissions
2022-02-02
Diesel engines continue to evolve to stay relevant while the industry intensifies its pursuit of zero emissions
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Paving the way for the hydrogen highway
2022-04-22
Looking beyond EVs at other systems that can garner net-zero capabilities.
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Imaging radar is the next big thing
2022-01-24
The sensor technology is designed to bridge some of the gap between current-generation radar and lidar – while retaining the traditional advantages of RF-based sensors.
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Electric pickup trucks bring new surprise and delight
2022-03-09
New tech and unique designs aim to lure truck buyers to go electric.
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GM CEO Barra promises 30K Chevy Equinox EV SUV by fall 2023
2022-01-10
GM CEO Barra promises 30K Chevy Equinox EV SUV by fall 2023
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Commercial vehicles begin shift to R-1234yf refrigerant
2022-03-04
Commercial vehicles begin shift to R-1234yf refrigerant
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Boeing’s next ecoDemonstrator test bed will be a 777
2019-07-03
The Boeing Company is kicking off a new round of flight-testing to research approximately 50 technology projects related to safety, environmental sustainability, and passenger experience. More than a dozen partners are participating in the 2019 program.
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Israeli startup REE reinvents the wheel with a modular approach to future EV design
2019-07-11
By integrating all of the drivetrain components normally found under the hood of a car into the wheel of an EV, the platform optimizes freedom of design, multiple body configurations on a single platform, reduced vehicle size and weight, and increased energy and operational efficiency.
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Cepton Technology’s newest highspeed lidar sensor can spot a tow hitch on a vehicle traveling 50 miles per hour
2019-06-07
The SORA-P60 uses Cepton’s Micro-Motion Technology (MMT) to achieve an industry leading 1,200 scan lines per second, to provide accurate 3D scans and to enable automated classification of objects and volumetric scanning. The sensor is currently installed at an undisclosed highway tolling facility in the United States.
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Local Motors rolls out a new autonomous fleet challenge to the Pacific Northwest
2019-07-10
Local Motors by LM Industries Group, Inc. is launching a fleet challenge for its co-created, self-driving electric Olli shuttle in Washington and Oregon, asking “What would you do with a fleet of autonomous shuttles?”
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will acquire Bombardier’s regional jet program
2019-06-26
Under the definitive agreement – signed at Le Bourget during the 53rd International Paris Air Show – MHI will acquire maintenance, support, refurbishment, marketing, and sales activities for all Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) family of aircraft.
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Can the Air Force reach a 24-hour launch window?
2019-06-13
In a “sources sought” notice titled Rapid Space Launch Initiative, the service is reaching out to American space launch companies to identify technical risks and challenges and develop demonstrations that would result in a launch within 24 hours of a “call up,” versus weeks or months.
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Boeing’s CAV makes first outdoor flight
2019-06-06
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operated in a safe and controlled environment, successfully took off, hovered, transitioned to forward flight, and then landed safely.
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SAE course delivers an introduction to the latest aviation cybersecurity essentials
2019-06-11
SAE International’s two-day course, DO-326A and ED-202A: An Introduction to the New and Mandatory Aviation Cyber-Security Essentials, introduces attendees to industry best practices for real-world aviation cybersecurity risk assessment, development, assurance.
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Late Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch company cancels launch vehicle projects
2019-01-21
Months after founder Paul G. Allen’s death, Seattle-based Stratolaunch Systems Corporation will abandon several launch vehicle projects. The news comes days after a brief social media update on the massive Stratolaunch composite aircraft’s latest high-speed taxi test at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California.
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NATS will test AI at Heathrow to reduce weather-related flight delays
2019-01-28
By processing ultra-high-definition (UHD), 4K resolution camera images with state-of-the-art AI and machine learning systems at a new £2.5 million ($3.3 million) “digital tower laboratory,” NATS is investigating whether these technologies can improve Heathrow’s landing capacity during low-visibility periods and reduce flight delays.
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Rolls-Royce’s race to develop the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft
2019-01-08
The goal is a zero-emission, all-electric aircraft that must reach or exceed a target speed of 300 miles per hour (480 kilometers per hour) by 2020. The team plans to build, test, and commercialize the aircraft in a market that does not yet exist all within a 24-month span.
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Vertical Flight Society applauds eVTOL innovation, Bell Nexus UAM concept
2019-01-10
The electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) revolution is gaining momentum, as evidenced by the unveiling of the Bell Nexus hybrid-electric VTOL air taxi concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), affirms Mike Hirschberg, executive director at the Vertical Flight Society (VFS), a non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, in Fairfax, Virginia.
