Remove Connected Remove Engine Remove International Remove Universal
article thumbnail

Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

Green Car Congress

Universal Hydrogen has flown a 40-passenger regional airliner using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. The airplane, nicknamed Lightning McClean, took off at 8:41am PST from Grant County International Airport (KMWH) and flew for 15 minutes, reaching an altitude of 3,500 MSL. The other remained a conventional engine for safety of flight.

Hydrogen 417
article thumbnail

Porsche Patents A Two Times Three Stroke Engine

The Truth About Cars

Image: Porsche Porsche is working on an innovative engine concept that could bring significant gains in efficiency and power density. 18/585,308) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), developed in collaboration with the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania. Image: USPTO Appl. Become a TTAC insider.

Porsche 104
article thumbnail

SwRI-led team achieves 20% improvement in vehicle fuel efficiency with connectivity, automation; ARPA-E NEXTCAR

Green Car Congress

A team led by Southwest Research Institute has applied connectivity and automation to achieve a 20% improvement in efficiency on a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. Vehicle connectivity and automation are already being used to effectively improve vehicle safety and driver convenience. Earlier post.).

Connect 418
article thumbnail

Insight into benzene formation could help development of cleaner combustion engines

Green Car Congress

The researchers say that their findings, recently published in an open-access paper in the journal Science Advances , are key to understanding how the universe evolved with the growth of carbon compounds. That insight could also help the car industry make cleaner combustion engines. Zhao et al. PAHs have a dark side, too.

Cleaner 243
article thumbnail

This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

Cars That Think

Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. The award is sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. After earning her Ph.D.

Universal 122
article thumbnail

Harman and Tsinghua University establish joint research lab with focus on connected vehicles

Green Car Congress

Harman International Industries, Inc. has entered into an agreement with China’s Tsinghua University to establish a new joint research laboratory focused on creating disruptive innovations for future vehicles. We are excited about this new relationship and the work we will do to make our vehicles and our roads safer. —Dinesh C.

Universal 186
article thumbnail

Daimler, Tsinghua University deepen joint research cooperation on sustainable transportation; automated driving and intelligent mobility

Green Car Congress

Daimler and Chinese partner Tsinghua University signed an agreement further to deepen their research cooperation in the fields of automated driving and intelligent mobility. China today plays a leading role not only in terms of its automotive industry, but as an overall engine for innovation. —Prof. Earlier post.).