Chrysler aims to be all electric by 2028
Chrysler plans go all electric by 2028, the latest automaker to announce a shift away from gasoline-powered engines under rising pressure to act on climate change.
Jan 5, 2022
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News tagged with propulsion
Engineering
Microwave-powered rocket propulsion investigated
Sending a rocket into space typically requires about 90% of the rocket's initial weight to be fuel. This limitation could be overcome by wirelessly transmitting the needed power to the rocket through a beam of microwave radiation. ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
GM's bold move could spark a major shift in the auto industry
While the concept of the electric vehicle has been around since the 1890s, it would take another 100 years before a major automobile manufacturer would mass produce the first modern electric car. But that first electric car ...
Feb 5, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Flying cars could cut emissions, replace planes, and free up roads – but not soon enough
When Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released 50 years ago, flying cars were a flight of fancy. Now, these futuristic vehicles are entering the outer fringes of reality. According to a new study published in Nature, for some ...
Sep 18, 2019
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Robotics
A novel robotic jellyfish able to perform 3-D jet propulsion and maneuvers
As a source of inspiration, aquatic creatures such as fish, cetaceans, and jellyfish could inspire innovative designs to improve the ways that manmade systems operate in and interact with aquatic environments. Jellyfishes ...
Aug 5, 2019
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Robotics
Centimeter-long snail robot is powered with light
Researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, Poland, used liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a bio-inspired micro-robot capable of mimicking the adhesive locomotion of snails and slugs ...
Jul 31, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Airbus tests self-flying taxi
Airbus said Friday that it had successfully held the first test flights of the Vahana, an electric, pilotless flying vehicle that it hopes will be able to ferry people around cities.
Feb 2, 2018
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Security
A game of numbers: How air defense systems work and why Ukraine is eager for more protection
Ukraine has received a broad array of military supplies from the U.S. and other allies. Recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an urgent plea specifically for additional air defense resources from the West ...
Oct 19, 2022
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White paper charts R&D path to give electric aviation industry wings
U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, DOE's Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center and other experts aim to make electric aviation ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Quiet and green: Why hydrogen planes could be the future of aviation
Today, aviation is responsible for 3.6% of EU greenhouse gas emissions. Modern planes use kerosene as fuel, releasing harmful carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But what if there was another way?
Jul 8, 2020
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