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ZF electric driveline to premiere in Formula E with Venturi

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The German HWA Racelab team will enter the Formula E as a Venturi customer team and acquire its vehicles from Monaco-based Venturi. As part of their partnership, ZF supplied the Monaco-based Venturi team with shock absorbers for its cars and developed a new transmission for season four.

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Bertrand Piccard’s Big Hydrogen Adventure

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Bertrand Piccard, left, and Prince Albert of Monaco, right, take off during the 25th International Hot Air Balloon week, in Chateau dOex, Switzerland, in 2003. We put the carbon fiber and the epoxy in the molds and then we cure it. This transcript has been lightly edited for concision and clarity. Its a plane that is molded.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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At the Monaco Grand Prix circuit, where Formula E recently ran the full course for the first time, an F1 car driven by the likes of Lewis Hamilton is faster by at least 10 seconds per lap, an embarrassing eternity in racing terms. The cars feature recyclable batteries and bodies made from linen and recycled carbon fiber from last year’s cars.

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How Olympics Officials Try to Catch "Motor Doping"

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Then, a magnetometer and custom software register disruptions to the field that may indicate the presence of metal or magnets in and around a bike’s carbon-fiber frame. According to the UCI, an adapter plugged into one of these tablet scanners creates an ambient magnetic field.

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