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Dacia Manifesto Concept Is electric off-roader full of big ideas

Electric Cars Report

With the reveal of Manifesto Concept, Dacia is emphatically reaffirming its unrivalled vision of an essential, cool, robust, affordable and environmentally efficient car. Although it does not prefigure an upcoming model, Manifesto is a lab for ideas with some of its innovative features available on future vehicles in the Dacia range.

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Caltech’s SSPD-1 Is a New Idea for Space-Based Solar

Cars That Think

Several recently published deep-dive analyses commissioned by NASA and the European Space Agency have thrown cold water on the hope that space solar power could affordably generate many gigawatts of clean energy in the near future. Hajimiri: Our idea is to deploy a fleet of these sail-like structures that then all fly in close formation.

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Scania unveils modular battery-electric self-driving urban concept vehicle

Green Car Congress

Scania, a member of the Volkswagen Group, has developed a new modular battery-electric self-driving urban concept vehicle–NXT—designed with the flexibility to shift from ferrying commuters to and from work in mornings and evenings, delivering goods during the day and collecting refuse at night. NXT with bus module.

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Citroën Skate modular EV concept shows a very stylish future for urban mobility and cargo

Green Car Reports

A new Citroën concept car takes that idea a little further. The Citroën Skate concept is a modular EV consisting of a basic skateboard platform that can be equipped with different themed pods. Multiple automakers have developed EV skateboard platforms to streamline vehicle development.

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Fully electric Jeep Wrangler concept explores brand’s off-road EV identity

Green Car Reports

Jeep has said that battery-electric models are in the brand’s future. Yet the fully electric Jeep Wrangler first shown Monday is what amounts to a concept truck at the early idea stage.

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Antolin and VIA Optronics unveil Sunrise concept vehicle cockpit | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Antolin and VIA Optronics AG, a leading supplier of interactive display solutions, have unveiled their new Sunrise vehicle cockpit concept at an event in Nuremberg, Germany. The Sunrise concept vehicle cockpit is the initial result of their strategic collaboration.

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5 Big Ideas for High-Temperature Superconductors

Cars That Think

Brookhaven National Laboratory PROOF OF CONCEPT: A research team led by Brookhaven National Laboratory and ABB built a magnetic energy-storage system using HTS that achieved a 12.5-tesla The concept is based on using liquid hydrogen as both a refrigerant and a fuel. tesla magnetic field in 2014.

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