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Wind over its wing: NASA's X-66 model tests airflow
NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel tests of its X-66 semi-span model in partnership with Boeing. The model, designed to represent half the aircraft, allows the research team ...
Feb 6, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
How workplaces can better support the growing number of EV drivers
A new study from the University of California San Diego has developed an innovative computational tool that can help institutions to better design electric vehicle (EV) charging networks by focusing on how real drivers use ...
Feb 6, 2025
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Alternative to studded winter tires reduces airborne particles by 20%
On icy roads, studded winter tires can save lives—but they pulverize pavement and fill the air with dangerous, inhalable particles. A new Swedish study, published in Tribology International, shows that both road wear and ...
Feb 6, 2025
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Volvo Cars anticipates bumpy 2025 as demand slows
Sweden's Volvo Cars, owned by China's Geely Group, said Thursday that annual profits rose in 2024 despite a final quarter slowdown but that the outlook for this year is tougher.
Feb 6, 2025
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Honda-Nissan merger talks 'basically over': source
Nissan's board is in the process of abandoning merger talks with Honda and could be open to other partners, a source close to the matter told AFP on Thursday and local media reported.
Feb 6, 2025
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Automotive

Toyota announces Lexus EV plant in Shanghai
Japan's Toyota said Wednesday it will build an electric vehicle plant in Shanghai for its luxury Lexus brand as it raised its annual net profit forecast to almost $30 billion.
Feb 5, 2025
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Engineering

Charging electric vehicles while driving: Engineers model grid demand challenges
Running out of gas in a remote area far from a gas station is every driver's worst nightmare. A similar stressor, known as "range anxiety," exists for owners of electric vehicles who worry about how far their EV's can drive ...
Feb 4, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech

Experts offer recommendations for EV battery recycling problem
Recyclers, battery manufacturers, and electric vehicle manufacturers must work together to revolutionize lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling processes to meet ever-growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage ...
Feb 4, 2025
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Automotive

Ferrari races to another record-breaking year, e-model set for Oct. 9
Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari posted another set of record results on Tuesday, with net profit surging to more than 1.5 billion euros last year.
Feb 4, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation

AI-powered self-healing asphalt: A step toward sustainable net-zero roads
Self-healing asphalt roads, made from biomass waste and designed with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), could offer a promising solution to the UK's pothole problem, which is estimated to cost £143.5 million a year.
Feb 3, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech

Norway nears 100% goal of all-electric cars
Almost 96 percent of new cars registered in Norway in January were electric, an unparalled number in the world and close to the country's goal of selling only zero-emission vehicles as of this year.
Feb 3, 2025
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Engineering

Simulator characterizes air pollution in aircraft cabins
"Fume events" occur when fluids such as engine oil or hydraulic fluid contaminate the air inside an airplane cabin via the "bleed air" used for air supply and conditioning. Measurements taken in flight do not allow for determination ...
Feb 3, 2025
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Automotive

Autonomous cars don't understand how blind people move around—researchers are trying to boost safety
At the Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, one of the autonomous Toyota vehicles designed to ferry people around the two-week event collided with a blind athlete at an intersection in the Olympic Village, causing minor injuries. ...
Feb 3, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech

World's longest cargo sail ship launched in Turkey
The world's longest wind-powered cargo ship was launched Friday in Turkey, offering a promising way to slash carbon emissions from merchandise trade.
Jan 31, 2025
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Engineering

Planes have high-tech systems to stop midair crashes. So what went wrong in Washington?
On Wednesday night, US time, a passenger jet and a US Army helicopter collided at a low altitude near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and crashed into the Potomac River.
Jan 31, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech

Improving the range of electric vehicles using aluminum
There are many electric vehicles in Norway, and each contains many electrical conductors. These electrical conductors contribute significantly to the overall weight of the vehicles.
Jan 31, 2025
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Business

Canada's electric vehicle industry is facing existential threats: How it can still flourish
The electric vehicle (EV) industry has been one of the most defining technological trends of the past decade, transforming the automotive sector while fueling advancements in manufacturing.
Jan 31, 2025
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Engineering

Shark-inspired design could make air travel faster and more efficient
The same flow dynamics that allow sharks to swim easily through Earth's oceans could also allow humans to fly faster through the air, according to a University of Mississippi professor. His research aims to prove it.
Jan 30, 2025
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Automotive

E-mobility: AI system accelerates the development of powertrains
The development of vehicle components is a lengthy and therefore very costly process. Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have developed a method that can shorten the development phase of the powertrain ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech

'Sustainable' aviation fuel and other myths about green airport expansion debunked
Environmentalists and locals have resisted a third runway at London's Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, for more than two decades. Today, their efforts took a major setback.
Jan 30, 2025
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Automotive

Tesla Q4 results fall short of forecasts. Musk sees unsupervised full self-driving in Texas in June
Tesla's fourth-quarter adjusted profits rose slightly amid a big push to sell its electric vehicles with offers of zero financing and other incentives, but the results still fell short of Wall Street forecasts.
Jan 30, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation

Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test flight Tuesday in the ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Automotive

EU vows 'action plan' for beleaguered auto sector
The EU promised Thursday an "action plan" to help the bloc's beleaguered auto sector as it faces mounting pressure to ease green targets for an industry beset by Chinese competition.
Jan 30, 2025
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