While wind turbine and solar power platforms are beginning to take to the sea, another, more established form of power might also avoid hiking real estate costs.
A Copenhagen-based startup just raised funding to the sum of eight figures in Euros to begin construction of a new kind of cheap, flexible, portable, and unyieldingly safe nuclear reactor, according to a press release shared by the company, Seaborg Technologies.
Elon Musk reiterated Teslaâs commitment to China, stating that the company will continue to invest in the country. Musk made his announcement at a pre-recorded question-and-answer session at Chinaâs Cyberspace Administrationâs Global Digital Conference. Musk has hailed the country that is vital to his electric vehicle company for the second time this month, calling it as a âglobal leader in digitalization.â As per Mr. Muskâs comments made during another pre-recorded webcast at the World New Energy Vehicle Congress less than two weeks earlier, Chinese automakers were the âmost internationally competitive.â Musk was enthusiastic in his praise for the nation that is vital to Teslaâs electric vehicle business, and his remarks came as the company works to repair its image in China. Musk stated, âI have a lot of respect for the various Chinese automakers who are driving these (EV) technologies.â Musk stated Chinese carmakers are among the best at software, which he claims will âshape the future of the vehicle industryâ during his three-minute speech. âMy honest view is that China invests a lot of resources and efforts adopting the latest digital technologies in various areas, including the automotive industry,â Musk said in a recent video. China has become a global leader in digitalization in the vehicle industry.â âTesla will continue to boost its investment and research and development efforts in China.â However, negative coverage of Tesla has also grown in China over the last year. In one high-profile case, a woman claiming to be a Tesla customer protested an apparent brake failure in her car at the Shanghai auto show in April. Tesla was accused of having an âarrogant and aggressive approachâ in China, according to official media, after a video of the incident went viral on Chinese social media. But now, Tesla has been attempting to repair its image in China following a barrage of negative headlines. The corporation has been under governmental scrutiny for its privacy practises, as well as several recalls in China. Some state and military employees are apparently restricted from driving Tesla electric vehicles. Musk emphasized data protection in his speech and outlined the many types of data that are stored locally. âAt Tesla, weâre pleased to see a bustle of fresh laws and regulations targeted at enhancing data handling,â Musk remarked. In the past, the corporation is said to have broken ground on a big Shanghai facility. According to Reports, Tesla sold 44,264 Made-in-China automobiles by August 2021. There were 31,379 for export, which marked an increase over Julyâs 32,968 made-in-China automobiles sold and Juneâs 33,155 units sold. Local EV firms like Xpeng Inc., Li Auto Inc., and Nio Inc. are also posing a threat to Tesla in China. Last month, shipments of China-made cars to domestic purchasers increased, and exports from the companyâs Shanghai factory â largely to Europe â increased. As a result, Teslaâs overall China shipments increased 34% from July to 44,264 units in August. According to sources, Tesla momentarily suspended some tasks at its Shanghai factory last month due to a global shortfall of semiconductors. Because of a shortage of crucial chips, a portion of a production line at the China plant was shut down for nearly four days in August. Tesla created a data centre in China to contain all of the data generated by our businesses there, which include manufacturing, sales, service, and charging. All personally identifying information is kept secure in China and is never sent abroad. Data is only permitted for international transfer in very rare instances, such as spare parts orders from overseas.â Tesla is acting in response to new Chinese government regulations governing how carmakers with cameras and sensors collect and use data. Tesla also said in a statement that it was âglad to hold discussions with industry expertsâ regarding new data security requirements for automobiles in the country. âData security in automobiles is critical. Tesla will make every effort to maintain data security by implementing automotive data security management.â
Martian soil needs a little bacteria to house plants.
The findings were detailed in a study published Wednesday in PLOS One.
The recent experiment is a crucial step in humanityâs vision of inhabiting a planet other than Earth, addressing the need to grow plants and crops to maintain a sustainable environment.
Boston-based company Regent has taken US$465 million in pre-orders for its super-fast electric âSeaglider.â Using the wing-in-ground effect, this 180-mph (290-km/h) beast promises twice the range of an electric aircraft, and a revolution in coastal transport.
âThe speed, comfort, and navigation systems of an aircraft with the convenience, maneuverability, and affordability of a boat,â reads the Regent press release, marking approximately the first time boats have ever been called affordable or maneuverable.
For a long time fixed wing VTOL drones were tricky to work with, but with the availability of open source flight control and autopilot software this has changed. To make experimentation even easier, [Stephen Carlson] and other researchers from the RoboWork Lab at the University of Nevada created the MiniHawk, a 3D printed VTOL aircraft for use a test bed for various research projects.
Some of these project include creating a longer wingspan aircraft by combining multiple MiniHawks in mid-flight with magnetic wing-tip mounts, or âmigratory behaviorsâ. The latter is a rather interesting idea, which involves letting the craft land in any suitable location, and recharging using wing mounted solar panels before continuing with the next leg of the mission. With this technique, the MiniHawk could operate on mission almost indefinitely without human intervention. This is a departure from some other solar planes weâve seen, which attempt to recharge while flying, or even ditch batteries completely, which limits operation to sunny weather conditions.
Swiss multinational company ABB a reputed name in the power and automation sectors has formally launched its electric vehicle charger, Terra 360 which is not only the fastest but can also power up to four vehicles at a time, said a company press release.
The automobile industry has recently been inclining towards electrical vehicles and governments are doing everything to support this transition. Tesla has been a pioneer and an example in this field. It has launched smart vehicles and maintained the standard. However, no, the company has a rival, and it might be a threat to Teslaâs models.
Lucid Motors is another automobile company making electric vehicles. It just earned a rating of 520 miles (837 km) from the Environmental Protection Agency for the firmâs model of Air Dream Edition. This makes the Lucid Air the longest-range EV the EPA has ever rated, according to a recent press release.
However, EPA has very specific and low context settings for trials. Hence, the speed and other specifications will perform differently in real road scenarios. This model is the longest-range production EV so far. The companyâs CTO and CEO Peter Rawlinson has scored a win as the Air Dream Edition exceeds Teslaâs longest-range vehicle, the Model S Long Range Plus, by a staggering 100 miles (161 km).
Honda builds much more than cars and trucks â power equipment, solar cells, industrial robotics, alternative fuel engines and even aircraft are all part of the companyâs production capacity. On Thursday, Honda announced that it is working to further expand its manufacturing portfolio to include Avatar-style remote telepresence robots and electric VTOLs for inter-and intracity commutes before turning its ambitions to building a fuel-cell driven power generation system for the lunar surface.
For its eVTOL, Honda plans to leverage not only the lithium battery technology itâs developed for its EV and PHEV vehicles but also a gas turbine hybrid power unit to give the future aircraft enough range to handle regional inter-city flights as well. Honda foresees air taxis as a ubiquitous part of tomorrowâs transportation landscape, seamlessly integrating with both autonomous ground vehicles and traditional airliners (though they could soon be flown by robots as well). Obviously, the program is still very much in the early research phase and will likely remain so until at least the second half of this decade. The company anticipates having prototype units available for testing and certification by the 2030s and a full commercial rollout sometime around 2040.
Honda will have plenty of competition if and when it does get its eVTOLs off the ground. Cadillac showed off its single-seater aircar earlier this year, while Joby (in partnership with NASA) already has full-scale mockups flying. In June, Slovakian transportation startup, Klein Vision, flew from Nitra and to the Bratislava airport in its inaugural inter-city flight â and then drove home after the event. But building a fleet of flying taxis is no easy feat â just ask Bell helicopters â and weâre sure to see more companies drop out of the sector before eVTOLs become commonplace.
