May 8, 2025 | Hydrogen, Rail
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on May 7 announced its launch of a research and development project to test hydrogen-powered electric vehicles under the goal of commercializing trains powered by hydrogen fuel cells by 2028.The plan includes...
May 8, 2025 | Auto Industry, Featured, US Economy
Ford Motor Co. reported first-quarter earnings that are lower than a year ago, reflecting some impacts from tariffs along with plant shutdowns amid vehicle launches that constrained dealer inventory. Despite the automaker’s robust sales momentum last...
May 6, 2025 | Electric Vehicles, Engineering, Featured
As the name suggests, downforce-on-demand provides constant downforce at any speed. The keen among you will know that McMurtry isn’t the first to come up with this fan concept, and that’s for good reason. Most high-downforce racing cars generate...
May 1, 2025 | Drones, Weather
Earlier this month, the Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) successfully used a drone equipped with a lightning-proof cage to essentially summon lightning in an effort to mitigate damage from an incoming thunderstorm....
May 1, 2025 | China, Electric Vehicles
Chinese electric car maker BYD’s doubled its profits to $1.3 billion in the first quarter as it continues to surge past its key rival, Elon Musk’s Tesla. The Shenzhen-based firm — whose annual revenue leapfrogged past Tesla’s last month to surpass the $100 billion...
May 1, 2025 | Europe, Hydrogen, Trucks
Hydrogen powertrain technology is improving rapidly. Backed by major European truck manufacturers, one of the leading hydrogen fuel cell developers is making great strides toward mass production of a system that can match—and in some ways exceed—diesel performance....
May 1, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Robots
United Parcel Service Inc. is in talks with robotics startup Figure AI Inc. to use humanoid robots for some tasks in the logistics giant’s network, according to people familiar with the matter. UPS and Figure began having discussions about a partnership last year and...
May 1, 2025 | Featured, Robots
Swarms of hive mind-like robots can be induced to behave more like a material, new research has shown. The robots in question are (mostly) cylindrical, with a diameter of just 2.75 inches (70 millimeters). The researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU Dresden used 3D...
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