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Canadian startup launches INDIEGOGO funding campaign for low-cost electric self-charging solar tricycle produced in Pakistan

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The team has not yet produced a working demo for their concept. The VEGAN features an extremely durable lightweight reinforced aluminum (6061-T6) chassis that weighs under 31 kg and a reinforced fiberglass body with carbon fiber ribs that weighs under 23 kg.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. Plasan Carbon Composites. Demo Project for Multi-material light-weight prototype vehicle.

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Shanghai General Motors introduces Sail SPRINGO EV at Auto Guangzhou 2012; green technology strategy to 2020

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The exclusive sales and aftersales service network will be expanded to key new energy vehicle demo cities based on local market conditions and the development of the new energy vehicle industry and charging infrastructure. The first showroom is expected to open in the first half of 2013 in Shanghai.

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Navistar SuperTruck demo vehicle CatalIST exceeds DOE freight efficiency goal; 50.3% BTE, path to 55%

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Innovative use of lighter-weight carbon-fiber panels in the upper body, roof headers, back panel, and dash panel. An all-new shape with a sloped windshield and wedged cab for improved aerodynamics.

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Blade Strike on Landing Ends Mars Helicopter’s Epic Journey

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That’s what you’re seeing in the picture above : the shadow of a broken tip of one of the helicopter’s four two-foot long carbon fiber rotor blades. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS As a tech demo, Ingenuity’s entire reason for existence was to push the boundaries of what’s possible. You did well.

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VOLTARI unveils Patrol 26 Rib electric patrol boat series – Charged EVs

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The boat has a carbon fiber hull and a 24-degree deadrise deep-V oceangoing design. ISED Canada has acquired a Patrol 26 CC for testing by the Canadian Coast Guard off British Columbia, and a military contractor that is demoing the Patrol 26 Pilot has ordered two units to fulfill a US Navy contract in San Diego.

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Why Haven't Hoverbikes Taken Off?

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Their demos and PR campaigns have continued to whet the public’s appetite for hoverbikes, but there are some solid reasons why the nascent hoverbike industry has yet to get airborne. In the intervening years, there have been numerous claims made by companies that they’ve figured out how to make a real-world product that mimics movie magic.

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