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Viritech partners with Pininfarina on Apricale hydrogen hypercar

Green Car Congress

Pininfarina HAS re-interpreted the Apricale’s initial reference design to create a vision of the future of zero-emissions performance motoring. As the tanks have to withstand extremely high pressure (up to 700 bar or 700 times atmospheric pressure), they are very heavy, even when constructed with carbon fiber.

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Aston Martin DB12 Volante, Ruf CTR3 Evo: This Month’s Manage Footage

Baua Electric

Scheduled to go into manufacturing in 2025, the newcomer packs a quad-turbocharged V-12 in a position to spinning to nearly 10,000 rpm, as much as 3 electrical motors, and carbon-fiber development that extends past the passenger cellular to the entrance and rear subframes.

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SEAT pushes forward with CNG line-up

Green Car Congress

TGI EVO is fitted with a combination of one high-strength steel tank, which is smaller and located ahead of the rear axle—and two new large tanks located behind the rear axle, that are manufactured in a carbon fibre composite construction, significantly reducing their weight and optimizing weight distribution. The new SEAT Leon 1.5

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DOE issues $35M funding opportunity for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies

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One hydrogen production pathway that has not been included in recent funding opportunities is advanced high‐temperature water splitting (HTWS), including operation on renewable, low‐carbon electricity sources. For renewable, low‐carbon hydrogen production by HTWS, the energy source needs to be renewable with low‐carbon emissions.

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UCSB and Disney Find Out How High a Robot Can Possibly Jump

Cars That Think

These videos are unfortunately not all that great, but here’s a decent one of the jumping robot (which the researchers creatively refer to as “our jumper”) launching itself, landing, self-righting, and then launching again. And here’s a slow-motion close-up of the jump itself. It’s so much energy in such a small device!”

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Audi introducing electric 1+1 urban concept at Frankfurt with support for wireless charging; more detail on electric A2 concept

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The outer skin of the show car is made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP); the occupant cell is a mix of CFRP monocoque and an aluminum structure. lb), stores 7.1 Audi Wireless Charging (AWC) refers to contactless induction charging. The battery is mounted transversely behind the seats. kWh of usable energy.

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Toyota to form hydrogen gasoline cells in Kentucky in December

Baua Electric

Beneath CEO Koji Saito, the corporate has created an detached trade unit referred to as the Hydrogen Manufacturing unit to spearhead hydrogen-powered, emission-free applied sciences as a part of the corporate’s multipath strategy to reaching carbon neutrality by means of 2050.