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Whisper Unveils Autonomous Aircraft Family For Contested Logistics

08 May 2025 | Synopsis

"Collaborative Logistics Aircraft (CLA) family comprises the clean-sheet Group 3 uncrewed CLA Light, with a 500-lb. payload, and the Group 5 optionally piloted CLA Heavy, a retrofitted nine-passenger aircraft able to carry 3,000 lb. of cargo...The CLA Light has a 40-kW powerplant that drives an array of 12 eQ250s on the wing leading edge...The 10,140 lb. CLA Heavy has a 600-kW powerplant driving 30 ducted fans on the leading edge of a new 50-ft.

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Hackers Manage To Take Control of Nissan Leaf's Steering Remotely

08 May 2025 | Synopsis

Researchers from Budapest-based PCAutomotive traveled to Black Hat Asia 2025 to demonstrate how they managed to hack into a 2020 Nissan Leaf...With some lines of code and used parts sourced from eBay and a junkyard, the hackers could record passenger audio, sound the horn and, yes, yank the wheel...The team identified a list of 10 vulnerabilities that allowed it to access the Leaf's infotainment system and notified Nissan."

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Connected Energy and Forsee Power to Develop Grid-Scale Energy Storage Using Second Life Batteries From Electric Buses

08 May 2025 | Synopsis

Connected Energy and Forsee Power...(a)greement to jointly design and develop a modular, scalable energy storage solution...second life technology with Forsee Power's ZEN 35 and ZEN 42 battery packs, which are deployed in about 1,500 electric buses in Europe

"The first 2.5MWh system will be operational in the UK in the final quarter of 2025. Following this first project, it is anticipated that further projects, each typically exceeding 25MWh

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Fuel-Cell Solution Promises To Solve Power Issues For Dismounted Operations

07 May 2025 | Synopsis

"The fuel-cell solution is aimed at use in battery-powered drones, satellite-based systems, location and identification sensors, and other communication systems...Based on the direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology, those products were engineered to be silent, emission-free and signature-free...The best lithium-ion technology these days achieves roughly 200 to maybe 300-watt hours per kilogram. [SFC] fuel cells exceed 1400."

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Indian and Malaysian Researchers Team Up To Create Bio-Based Membranes For Fuel Cells

07 May 2025 | Synopsis

"...team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal" ...and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia..."have been exploring the potential of natural materials to replace Nafion...three natural ingredients: sulfonated poly(vinyl alcohol) (SPVA), chitosan (CH), and cellulose nanocrystals (CNC)...The membrane with 3% CNCs had the highest selectivity among all the ones they tested, meaning it did the best job overall at its two main tasks."

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Toyota Issues Urgent Warning: Falling Behind China Goes Far Beyond Just EVs

07 May 2025 | Synopsis

"Last year, over 17 million EVs were sold globally. According to Rho Motion, China accounted for 11 million, or over 60%...Data...shows that CATL and BYD alone accounted for over 55% of the global EV battery market in 2024... BYD confirmed that most of its vehicles, including its ultra-low-cost Seagull, will now include its new 'Gods Eye' driver-assistance system... Toyota's hydrogen boss explained, 'China is the most advanced in the world for hydrogen trucks."

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Rethinking Hydrogen's Role in Decarbonization

07 May 2025 | Synopsis

"...a new paper from Nature Reviews shows that there is still hope for hydrogen within a cleaner energy future, but that we will have to be more selective about its applications...still holds critical potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in industry, long-duration energy storage and long-haul transport. On the other hand, hydrogen likely does not hold a solution for fuel cell cars and space heating..."

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Electric Cars Are More Reliable Than Gas Cars - New ADAC Study

05 May 2025 | Synopsis

"German Automobile Club (ADAC) tells us...electric cars are much more reliable than gasoline-powered cars...responding to 3.6 million breakdowns last year, for example...

"While it responded to more EV calls for service than ever before, those accounted for just 43,678 out of the 3.6 million total or just 1.2%electric vehicles experienced 4.2 breakdowns per 1,000 vehicles...In comparison, cars powered by fossil fuels... had 10.4 breakdowns per 1,000 vehicles."

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"Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World"

05 May 2025 | Synopsis

Sarah Bronin "...highlights how zoning decisions have shaped the physical and social fabric of cities across the United States...Bronin's book arrives at a crucial moment when zoning is becoming an increasingly hot topic in national and state-level debates on housing and urban development...advocates for reforms that can transform zoning into a force for good, enabling cities to become more sustainable and socially just."

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Chargepoint Uses Its Carbon Credits to Solar Power Senegal Community's Microgrid

05 May 2025 | Synopsis

"ChargePoint has partnered with Africa GreenTec to install solar energy infrastructure for about 1,000 people in the Senegal village of Keur Niangane. The project, called Solartainer, was funded by carbon credits generated from about 10,000 EV chargers...the system included 55 solar-powered street lights, 4,860 meters of cables, and 119 poles. The community of over 150 families previously relied on diesel power."

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South Korean Scientists Make Surprising Finding That All Electric Vehicle Drivers Should Hear

05 May 2025 | Synopsis

"Giving common lithium-ion batteries a break could be key to extending their lifespan...Pohang University of Science and Technology has a simple tip: "Don't use your battery until it runs out."

"The researchers surprisingly found damage happening during stable voltage operation near depletion...the gassy condition that can shorten the pack's lifetime. Swelling became worse as the battery emptied."

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Ford Announces Breakthrough With LMR Battery Chemistry

03 May 2025 | Synopsis

"Ford's LMR battery technology has three main benefits when compared to existing chemistries: safety, energy density, and cost reduction...this breakthrough is being labeled as critical to achieving cost parity with gasoline vehicles...the breakthrough came out of Ford Ion Park - the company's dedicated battery research and development center...potentially signaling that batteries utilizing LMR chemistry will arrive as soon as 2027."

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