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Hyundai Motor Group’s Supernal unveils eVTOL vehicle cabin concept at 2022 Farnborough International Airshow

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Supernal’s five-seat cabin concept provides clues to how the company is harnessing automotive design processes and materials while meeting commercial aviation’s highest safety standards to optimize the AAM passenger experience and price-point. Ergonomically contoured seats offer a cocoon-like environment for passengers.

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World’s First Hybrid Battery-powered Electric Motorcycle to Be Revealed

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NAWA Racer will also emphasize customization, with a variety of methods to personalize and future-proof its eye-catching appearance. Smaller units are used as power backup for static random-access memory. Ultracapacitors v/s Batteries.

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FedEx unveils autonomous electric delivery robot

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and its founder Dean Kamen, inventor of technologies including the iBot Personal Mobility Device and the Segway. We built upon the power base of the iBot, an advanced, FDA-approved, mobility device for the disabled population with more than 10 million hours of reliable, real-world operation.

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Angela Belcher wins $500,000 2013 Lemelson-MIT Prize

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Belcher, who heads up the Biomolecular Materials Group at MIT, combines organic and inorganic materials to create novel electronic materials for a variety of applications, such as solar cells, fuel, environmentally friendly batteries and medical diagnostics. One of her recent inventions is a lithium-ion battery powered by engineered viruses.

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EV Mythbusting: EVs Aren’t Safe

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On the other hand, EVs use lithium-ion batteries—which are also flammable—but they have coolant as protection in case they short-circuit. These battery-powered cars have fewer parts , reducing the odds that something goes wrong. EVs Provide Personal Protection Automakers worldwide have made plans to switch entirely to EVs.

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Datsun 200SX Coupe

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Lee Iacocca was still selling the Dodge Mirada and Chrysler Cordoba for 1983, so there was some meaningful Detroit competition for the 200SX in the razor-blade-medallion-tangled-in-chest-hair rear-wheel-drive personal luxury coupe field. Look at all that great standard equipment! Full gauges were standard equipment in this car.

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EV owner driving Tesla’s shortest-range car shares experience during I-95 traffic catastrophe

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Dan Kanninen, an electric vehicle driver and former White House liaison at the Environmental Protection Agency, recently shared his personal experience during the I-95 traffic catastrophe, which resulted in about 48 miles of the interstate being closed due to ice and snow.

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