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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

Green Car Congress

At CES, Toyota revealed plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre (0.71 Building a complete city from the ground up, even on a small scale like this, is a unique opportunity to develop future technologies, including a digital operating system for the city’s infrastructure. km 2 ) site at the base of Mt.

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Cartwheel Robotics Wants to Build Humanoids that People Love

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Cartwheel is more interested in building robots that people can connect with, with the eventual goal of general purpose home companionship. Cartwheel Historically, making a commercially viable social robot is a huge challenge. The current generation of commercial humanoids is pretty much the opposite of what LaValley is looking for.

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Elon Musk will not build personal airport near Austin

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk dismissed rumors that he would build a private airport in Austin, Texas, today, after reports circulated last week. Musk was rumored to be building an airport for personal use somewhere east of Austin, near the town of Bastrop. “Tesla is 5 mins from Austin International airport. ” Not true.

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

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The program aims to converge automotive mass production techniques with the reliability of commercial-grade aerospace. ASX is enlisting the proven expertise of Spirit, a top supplier of structures, such as fuselages and wing components, to the world’s premier commercial and defense aircraft manufacturers.

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“I’m personally confident we can get it across the line.” Local Tesla boss predicts Cybertruck could come to Australia as early as 2026

EV Central

Speaking to EV Central , Tesla Australia country director Thom Drew said he was personally confident the Cybertruck would make its way here to provide an EV alternative to the RAM 1500, Chevrolet Silverado, Ford F-150 and Toyota Tundra as well as others in the SUV market. Im personally confident we can get it across the line.

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EPFL solar hydrogen system co-generates heat and oxygen

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The hydrogen production rate achieved in this work represents a really encouraging step towards the commercial realization of this technology. The work builds on preliminary research demonstrating the concept on the laboratory scale, using LRESE’s high-flux solar simulator, which was published in Nature Energy in 2019.

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Converted hydrogen fuel cell refuse vehicle on trial in Ruhr region as part of HECTOR

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Before the demo vehicle—a DAF CF 340 front loader with a Millennium XXL 40 body from Terberg HS—could be used to collect commercial waste, a conversion from standard diesel propulsion to hydrogen was required. In addition to the new hydrogen-powered refuse collection vehicle, 15 hydrogen cars are already in use at AGR.

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