May 24, 2024 | Aerial Vehicles, Air Mobility, Featured
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued final airworthiness criteria for Archer Aviation’s Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. This regulatory milestone solidifies the path for Archer to achieve type certification for...
May 23, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Robots
MAMA BEAR – which stands for Mechanics of Additively Manufactured Architectures Bayesian Experimental Autonomous Researcher – 3D prints small structures before gently placing them into a hydraulic press and crushes them. It measures the energy absorption of each...
May 22, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Safety
Electric or hybrid cars are more likely to hit pedestrians than diesel or gasoline powered cars, a new study has found. The research, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, found that while the more environmentally friendly cars are good for...
May 21, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, UK
The U.K.’s self-proclaimed “world-leading” regulations for self-driving cars are now official, after the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act received royal assent — the final rubber stamp any legislation must go through before becoming enshrined in law. The government says...
May 20, 2024 | Featured, Fuel Cell, Hydrogen, Trucks
from Digital Trends Honda remains committed to hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, but the market for those vehicles remains limited. So Honda is looking at other uses for fuel cells — including commercial trucks. To show how that could work, Honda converted a semi truck to...
May 16, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Traffic
Anyone who has gotten behind a wheel knows the feeling of being stuck at a red light, and researchers are working on ways to reduce that occurrence. One way to do this is by changing traffic signals. A Detroit police officer is credited with adding the yellow light to...
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