dankeelan | Global Auto Mobility

Flying Car Company To Test Futuristic Vehicles In US Airspace: ‘Uses Less Energy Per Trip Than A Tesla’

Sep 18, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Electric Vehicles

Self-driving cars are quickly spreading across the country — could flying cars be next? Alef, based in San Mateo, California, has secured agreements with two Silicon Valley airports to test the world’s first flying car that can take off vertically from...

Spider-Inspired Magnetic Soft Robots Could Perform Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Tract Procedures

Sep 18, 2025 | Healthcare, Robots

Over the past decades, the incidence of cancer in the GI tract and some other conditions affecting the digestive system has risen substantially. Existing approaches to diagnose and treat GI cancers rely on endoscopy, a medical procedure that entails the inspection of...

California’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Passenger Train Enters Service

Sep 17, 2025 | California, Hydrogen, Rail

Folks in California have just met their newest ride, the hydrogen-powered Zemu train. The official launch took place on September 13, and there was quite a crowd waiting to witness what many consider a historic moment. Zemu is the first of its kind in California and...

New Space Junk Removal Idea: Using Ion Engine Exhaust To Knock Debris Out Of The Sky

Sep 16, 2025 | Space

Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves a satellite using the plasma exhaust of its ion engine to knock dangerous chunks of space junk into the atmosphere where they can burn up...

Electric Vehicle Sales Grew 25% Worldwide But Just 6% In North America

Sep 15, 2025 | Electric Vehicles

Here’s some good news for a Friday afternoon: For 2025 through August, global electric vehicle sales have grown by 25 percent compared to the same eight months in 2024, according to the analysts at Rho Motion. That amounts to 12.5 million EVs, although the data...