Remove Industry Remove Low Cost Remove Parts Remove Seminar
article thumbnail

Video Friday: Robots at Night

Cars That Think

Fraunhofer IPA ] This choreorobotics dance is part atavistic ceremony, part celestial conjuring, and part ecstatic romping. This work was created as the culmination of Catie Cuan’s Futurist-in-Residence appointment at the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building.

MIT 83
article thumbnail

ICCT report assesses domestic fuel efficiency performance of US airlines for 2010; Alaska Airlines on top, Allegiant on the bottom

Green Car Congress

narrow coverage range of airline types, which ought to include low-cost carriers and regional affiliates of larger airlines. The authors attributed this general finding in part to the large amount of fuel consumed during takeoff and to the use of smaller, less efficient aircraft such as regional jets on shorter routes.

2010 246
article thumbnail

Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

Green Car Congress

Axion Power said this first $400,000 purchase order is part of a $475,000 total purchase order, that will be used in the commissioning of Norfolk Southern’s NS-999 ( earlier post ). We’re not throwing stones or rocks at lead acid battery industry. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar, UIUC). Earlier post.) —Tom Granville.

Lead Acid 225
article thumbnail

China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount – ET Auto

Baua Electric

But with demand for AI chips growing, RISC-V’s low cost, ease of customisation and energy efficiency have made it attractive to some chipmakers. “The RISC-V ecosystem in China is the most mature globally”, a result of the need of government and industry to develop technology that can circumvent U.S.

China 52