08 Nov 2023 | Synopsis
"The Electric Regional Airliner [ERA] Auro Aero is a 19-seater with eight motors...claims a hybrid speed of 250 knots and a range between 200 and 900 NM.Aura...cannot provide what US regionals must deliver. The regional jets that work best now seat about 76. They fly up to 750 miles at 0.8Mach...All electric-hybrid OEMs face the same challenge: Can you sell 100 aircraft to SkyWest? That is the acid test." See also Electric Planes: Fantasy to Reality
08 Nov 2023 | Synopsis
"Unless changes are made, the Euro 7 standard will allow new petrol and diesel cars to emit harmful levels of toxic fumes for years to come"Conservative Europe has teamed up with the car industry to centre the debate on competitiveness and prices, instead of healthy and clean air...70,000 Europeans die prematurely due to pollution from road transport. The parliament will decide what it deems more important: the car industry or the people."
07 Nov 2023 | Synopsis
"The Ramcharger does have a 92 kilowatt-hour battery pack with 145 miles of range. It also happens to have a 3.6-liter V6 engine on-board 130 kilowatt generator. That combo gives the Ramcharger a targeted range of 690 miles...The V6 engine generates mechanical power and sends it to the on-board 130 kW generator, which is mounted directly to the engine. The generator converts this to electrical power, which can be used to charge the 92 kW battery or be applied to the two electric drive modules."07 Nov 2023 | Synopsis
"When not driving around, electric buses and other vehicles could help utilities by storing their solar and wind energy and releasing it to meet surges in demand."Electric school buses, in particular, could be very useful to the grid because of their limited use during school days and broad availability during summer’s sweltering temperatures...Schools in every state except Wyoming have committed to begin using electric buses,
07 Nov 2023 | Synopsis
"...the sway of oil and gas companies has watered down language on fossil fuels, to universities and think tanks, climate research and policymaking is awash in influence-peddling."... involvement in academia may provide oil and gas companies a sheen of respectability while potentially influencing those whose research and scholarship drive climate policy...led advocates to demand stringent regulations around, if not outright bans on, fossil-fuel-funded climate change research."
07 Nov 2023 | Synopsis
"...nuclear is completely fine as a low-carbon electricity generation technology... It's efficient enough, it's effective, it doesn't emit greenhouse gases in operation...successful nuclear programs of the past like France's, the USA's, and South Korea's share common traits. They were national strategic programs"While market economics work brilliantly for lowering costs of modular, manufacturable, and simpler solutions, they don?t work for commercial nuclear generation."
07 Nov 2023 | Synopsis
"The commerce and industry, heavy industry, and electronics and IT ministries are actively engaged in talks following Musk’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the U.S."...vision to establish car and battery production bases in India, eyeing the country not just as a market but also as a potential hub for its global supply chain. Officials are urging the government to iron out any issues with Tesla to accelerate the announcement of its manufacturing plans."
06 Nov 2023 | Synopsis
"Under the new agreements, the three companies will significantly boost pay and benefits and improve job security. But the agreements also provide a blueprint for which cars and trucks they intend to build..."The automakers have all embraced the transition to electric vehicles as a large-scale and long-term commitment. The companies have set goals of having EVs represent roughly half their U.S. sales by 2030."
06 Nov 2023 | Synopsis
"While communication strategies for drone swarms are typically designed to simulate bee and ant colonies, the Chinese team designed swarms with the ability to talk and collaborate like humans."The technology equips each drone with a 'human brain', allowing them to chat with each other using natural language...The capacity for dialogue enables both operators and drones to communicate in human language, breaking down barriers between humans
06 Nov 2023 | Synopsis
"The challenge lies on the production line where Tesla's groundbreaking gigacasting methodology is redefining the rules of the game...it finds itself in a challenging position due to Tesla's innovative assembly process, termed "gigacasting"...unlike conventional assembly techniques that necessitate the welding or stamping of several parts, utilizes casting machines to produce sizable aluminum body components."
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