RWTH Aachen University announces it has successfully completed the first prototype testing phase of the upBUS concept, a vehicle designed to operate both as an electric road bus and as an urban cable car cabin. The milestone was reached within the upBUS research project, which is developing a multimodal public transport system enabling a seamless … Continue reading “RWTH Aachen completes first prototype tests of upBUS hybrid bus – cable car system”
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All-electric aircraft developer BETA Technologies has shared another important milestone in bringing its first two vessels to market. Most recently, BETA’s founder, CEO, and test pilot Kyle Clark took the production version of its ALIA eCTOL up for its first flight, as seen in the video below. BETA Technologies is a fully integrated electric aircraft … Continue reading “Beta Technologies founder completes first test flight in its production-intent eCTOL [Video]”
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Spoiler Alert: The low-speed function test is short and sweet but a milestone nonetheless. Solar EV startup Aptera Motors has finally given the public a look at its “PI-2” production-intent vehicle, which will now be used for real-world validation and testing en route to production… hopefully. Aptera’s most recent milestone is a welcomed one for … Continue reading “Aptera completes low-speed drive in its first production-intent solar electric vehicle [Video]”
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The Xiaomi SU7 sedan / Source: Xiaomi Automobile / Wiebo The production momentum continues for Xiaomi Automobile, the new EV arm of Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi Inc. Today, the automaker shared it has completed a recently announced production ramp up of its flagship model and is on track to hit 100,000 builds this year… two … Continue reading “EV newcomer Xiaomi completes speedy ramp up and expects to hit 100k production target early”
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Kodiak Robotics is touting its latest milestone in fully autonomous commercial vehicles today after completing a driverless truck delivery to partner and customer Atlas Energy Solutions in Texas. The delivery marks a key step in beginning commercialized autonomous operations as early as next year. Kodiak Robotics was founded in 2018 to develop an autonomous technology stack … Continue reading “Kodiak Robotics completes first driverless semi truck delivery ahead of commercial operations”
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Japan-based Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) and Silicon Austria Labs (SAL), a European research center for electronics and software-based systems research, have completed a joint proof of concept of AKM’s eFuse technology in high-voltage applications using silicon carbide-based power devices. The growing use of power devices based on silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) in … Continue reading “Asahi Kasei Microdevices completes proof of concept for eFuse in 800 V EV applications”