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Harbour Air and magniX partner to build world’s first all-electric airline; seaplanes to ePlanes

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Electric aviation technology company magniX and Harbour Air, North America’s largest seaplane airline, announced a partnership to transform Harbour Air seaplanes into an all-electric commercial fleet powered by the magni500, a 560 kW (751 shp) all-electric motor that delivers 2,814 N·m of torque. DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver.

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Story of TESLA Motors: Beginning, Fight, Survival, and Success

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In this article, let’s discuss the thrilling and dramatic story of Tesla Motors and how did they survive through the challenging situations. Yes, he founded SpaceX but not Tesla motors. From then onwards the course of Tesla motors was to change forever. The Beginning (2003). Musk Joining The Venture (2004).

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2025 Nissan GT-R announced for Japan, could be the last edition of the supercar

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Also Read : Nissan and Honda may team up for affordable EVs that challenge Chinese brands. The R25 GT-R entered production in December 2007, although development started back in 2000. The automaker released two concepts, one in 2001 at the Tokyo Motor Show and the GT-R Proto at the same event in 2005.

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GM: Q2 gross sales up 19% on industrial, SUV positive factors

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Basic Motors’ U.S. Day to moment, GM stated it has completed its best industrial gross sales since 2007. light-vehicle gross sales surged 19 % in the second one quarter as all 4 of its manufacturers posted double-digit positive factors. Complete-size SUV gross sales soared 42 % within the quarter. Do you know?

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GM, Honda to collaborate on next-generation fuel cell technologies; targeting commercial feasibility in 2020 time frame

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In New York, General Motors and Honda announced a long-term, definitive master agreement to co-develop next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies, aiming for the 2020 time frame. In January, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Nissan Motor Co., —Takanobu Ito, president & CEO of Honda Motor Co.

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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

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When he started this project back in 2007, von Herzen planned to pump deep water up to the kelp. The platforms have Wi-Fi hotspots, and the team uses a cellular network to remotely control the motors that raise and lower the meshes. But his concept has evolved.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Akhtar is the CEO.

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