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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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Sony drove its AFEELA EV concept onto stage using a PS5 controller

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To recap, the AFEELA concept was originally stated to have 400kW (536hp) dual-motor all-wheel-drive, 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in 4.8 Electrek’s Take When Sony originally surprised everyone with a concept EV in 2020 , we thought it was a bit crazy that everyone seemed to be showing off concept EVs now.

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Land Rover reveals Discovery Vision Concept; emphasizes assistance, HMI, all-terrain technology

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The Discovery Vision Concept offers a glimpse into the advanced research projects which are underway at Jaguar Land Rover. Smart glass is used in the entire glasshouse of the Discovery Vision Concept—in all the windows, the panoramic roof and, allied to Head-Up Display (HUD) technology, in the windshield. Laser Referencing.

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Sony introduces 360? “Safety Cocoon” concept for automotive image sensors at CES

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The product is ready for use in forward-sensing cameras and cameras for Camera Monitoring System (CMS), an application expected to grow as a substitute for conventional rearview mirrors, and expected to show persons and obstacles on an in-car monitor with clear visibility. Sample shipment began in May 2017. In October 2017, Sony releases a 7.42

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Panasonic Automotive and IBM partner to develop cognitive vehicle infotainment system with Watson

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Panasonic Automotive is building on Bluemix, IBM’s cloud platform, which enables access to Watson APIs including Conversation, Natural Language Classifier, Text to Speech, Speech to Text and Personality Insights. Using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820Am processor, this concept system is based on the latest version of the Android operating system (7.0

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Geely just unveiled the Panda Kart mini EV and it’s sporty cute

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Image: Geely Geely released images today of the Kart Edition of its Panda Mini EV – and this one is definitely for China’s trendy kids. Read more: Fiat unveils 5 new boxy ‘Panda-inspired’ concept cars To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system. Get started here. –

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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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Maybe it’s just a pontoon bridge, but it’s definitely a bridge. —Rodney Keith, manager for the advanced concepts group working on the Brayton cycle technology. Any person who controls an electrical grid is very cautious about what you sync to their grid, because you could disrupt the grid.

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