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US Army awards Cummins $87M contract to deliver the opposed-piston Advanced Combat Engine

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Coupling our opposed-piston technology with Cummins’s robust engine design, manufacturing, and new product introduction capabilities allows us to create a high performing and reliable engine for military operations. Earlier post.). —Dave Crompton, President and CEO of Achates Power.

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ASX and Spirit AeroSystems partner to develop affordable eVTOL aircraft for mass production

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Airspace Experience Technologies ( ASX ), an aviation technology start-up, and Spirit AeroSystems, a global aircraft design and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding and a definitive agreement to cooperate on creation of affordable, certified all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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Libertine awarded $3.6M to develop renewable-fueled free-piston-engine range extenders for battery electric trucks

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Libertine FPE, the creator of Smart Engine control technology for free piston engine (FPE) generators, has secured £2.6 Libertine says that free-piston range-extender engines can offer the efficiency of fuel cells, the durability of conventional engines and achieve carbon reductions using renewable fuels. million (US$3.6

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Report: HEMI V8 Engine Production Resumes In Michigan This Summer

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Stellantis clearly did itself a major disservice by discontinuing its iconic line of V8 engines. The latest of these are reports that the Dundee Engine Plant in Michigan will be retooled to manufacture the entire HEMI V8 family by August. That production ended in favor of the new twin-turbocharged HURRICANE I6 engines.

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Possible first glimpse of Tesla “Model 2” affordable car in Fremont Factory

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During the Q1 earnings call, Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy set expectations on the design of the affordable models that the company is expected to launch this 2025. They will, however, be affordable. And the key is that theyll be affordable, and youll be able to buy one, Moravy stated.

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MIT, NASA engineers develop morphing wing

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A team of engineers has built and tested a radically new kind of airplane wing, assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. The new approach to wing construction could afford greater flexibility in the design and manufacturing of future aircraft. Wing is assembled from hundreds of identical subunits.

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Tesla races strange, compact Model Y on Fremont Test Track: affordable model?

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Tesla was racing a compact, short, and stocky Model Y with front and rear end covers around its Fremont Factory’s test track today, potentially giving us a look at the upcoming affordable model. With that, it seems more likely it is one of the affordable models. appeared first on TESLARATI.