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Hyundai finds new materials partner to improve EV battery and motor performance

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Hyundai taps Toray for new EV materials Hyundai Motor announced a strategic partnership with Toray Industries on Thursday, a leader in carbon fiber and composite material tech. For example, Toray is working with California-based Joby Aviation to use carbon fiber on its upcoming all-electric air taxi.

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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

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When entrepreneur JoeBen Bevirt launched Joby Aviation 12 years ago, it was just one of a slew of offbeat tech projects at his Sproutwerx ranch in the Santa Cruz mountains. Even by the standards of big-money tech investment, the vision is giddily audacious. Laurie Garrow, Georgia Tech And somehow, the cost would be no greater, either.

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Toyota-backed U.S. self-driving startup garners $67 million investment

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The company plans to make self-driving buses and taxis by 2025, and Bridgestone has also joined Toyota in investing in the company, along with several others. The vehicles are expected to include buses to start, before later including taxis and other automobiles. million) into the Michigan-based May Mobility.

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This VC Is Betting Big on Flying Taxis and Scooters

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Also, rapid shifts in battery capacity and electric motor torque have dramatically changed how mobility vehicles and methods are built and work. Most people who go into tech investing today do that with a fairly clear intention of being an investor,” Grosser says. “[By But mobility hasn’t previously been an investable category.”

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2024

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This story is part of our Top Tech 2024 special report. Triage Tech to the Rescue In the second half of 2024, the U.S. Long awaited by potential customers and crowdfunders, solar electric vehicles (SEVs) made by the startup Aptera Motors are set to hit the road in 2024, the company says.

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Hyundai bets on new materials to improve its upcoming electric vehicles

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Hyundai taps Toray for new EV materials Hyundai Motor announced a strategic partnership with Toray Industries on Thursday, a leader in carbon fiber and composite material tech. For example, Toray is working with California-based Joby Aviation to use carbon fiber on its upcoming all-electric air taxi.

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SkyDrive electric helicopter could be flying above Japan in 2025

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Japanese electric helicopter startup SkyDrive has unveiled its electric helicopter that they hope to use as an air taxi service by 2025. SkyDrive, an Osaka, Japan-based company, plans to introduce a “sky taxi” service to Osaka Bay by 2025, just in time for the World Expo being held there in 2025.

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