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Tech: Porsche Taycan Aerodynamics Explained

Clean Fleet Report

Special thanks to the Porsche Centre in Mechelen, Belgium , for letting us play with this fantastic car. Second, the profile of the spokes has been designed in such a way that the air nicely slides across the spokes, instead of being pushed away by more blunt spoke shapes. More Tech from AirShaper. Tech: Coastdown Testing.

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myenergi | Celebrating 5 years of Tech Innovation

My Energi

myenergi | Celebrating 5 years of Tech Innovation. . From our humble beginnings, designing products and mailing them to customers via the local post office; to operating a completely global production and distribution network, we’re truly humbled to have become a worldwide market leader. . We wouldn’t be here without you!

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Here the king [middle] is shown with Robin Berg [left], founder of We Drive Solar, and Jerôme Pannaud [right], Renault's general manager for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Utrecht now has 800 bidirectional chargers designed and manufactured by the Dutch engineering firm NieuweWeme. Our grid was not designed for this.”.

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Van Hool to build 40 hydrogen buses for Cologne and Wuppertal (Germany); largest fuel cell bus order in Europe to date

Green Car Congress

Van Hool, the Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicles manufacturer, has landed a significant contract with RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal (Germany), to supply 40 hydrogen buses of the latest generation. These high-tech vehicles will be built in the Van Hool factory in Koningshooikt.

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3 Paths to Sharper Images

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Color splitters tune to the human eye Researchers from Imec—based in Leuven, Belgium—presented color splitting technology. Typically, color splitters work via diffraction, but the Imec design takes a different approach, allowing for a better signal-to-noise ratio and resolution.

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Polestar 7 to replace Polestar 2 in EV line-up to avoid Volkswagen Golf-like fate

Baua Electric

The Polestar 2 is already a market leader in several regions like Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and others. The comments reflect Polestar’s global design and tech PR and communications head, Graeme Lambert. The Polestar 2 was the first to feature an Android Automotive OS-powered infotainment with built-in Google.

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Help Not Wanted

Cars That Think

The machine pictured here, the AgBot from Dutch startup AgXeed, is designed to till, seed, feed, and weed a plot autonomously. The tech industry’s bywords have long been smaller, faster, and more powerful. Sebastian Willnow/DPA/Getty images. Brightness-Boosting Chips.