Archive for the ‘transportation’ category: Page 282
Aug 21, 2020
Electric 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom Is The Most Fitting EV Conversion Ever
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: energy, transportation
The only slight hitch is it costs as much as a brand new Rolls-Royce Phantom, so it’s for millionaires.
We wrote earlier this year that because the demand for electrified classics was on the rise, Lunaz, U.K.-based company that specializes in EV conversions had doubled its workforce to keep up with demand. The company’s first product was a pure-electric 1953 Jaguar XK120, but if that was not opulent enough, it now offers a car that makes a lot of sense on paper: an electric 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V.
In fact, an old electric Roller is about as fitting as an EV converted classic could get, simply because no internal combustion engine can match the blend of smoothness, quietness and power provided by an electric motor. To top it all off, the guys from Lunaz equip their electric Phantom with a really big 120 kWh battery pack that is said to provide enough juice for a range of 300+ miles (480+ km).
Aug 20, 2020
Tesla cars are going to play elevator music through external speaker because Elon Musk likes it
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, media & arts, sustainability, transportation
Tesla vehicles are equipped with extrernal speakers.
The main function is to output a pedestrian warning sound, which has become required for electric vehicles in many markets due to the fact that they are quiet at low speeds.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been playing around with ideas on how to release other features that take advantage of the fact that the vehicles are now equipped with external speakers.
Aug 18, 2020
Driverless DeLorean Drifting
Posted by Heather Blevins in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
This driverless DeLorean drifts through a kilometre long course just as good as any human would 😲🤯.
Aug 17, 2020
MIND GAP — Peter Xing — Automation and next generation AI
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
As we wind up our discussion about the Space Race and touch on the strategies employed by China in its bid to stay on top of space and tech, we delve into the meaty topic of next generation Artificial Intelligence including GPT-3, OpenAI, CommaAI and how they are making strides in the avenues of automation, machine learning and translation and also self driving cars. It’s a brave new world and we discuss some of the many pitfalls of this new emerging range of systems that can come with many issues along with many benefits.
Aug 17, 2020
World’s First Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: transportation
Aug 16, 2020
Futuristic Mercedes Drives Sideways | AVTR
Posted by Heather Blevins in categories: futurism, transportation
I finally got footage of the Mercedes-Benz AVTR driving!! This car can crawl like a crab sideways. How frickin cool is that! Thoughts guys??
Aug 15, 2020
This New German Car is Covered With Solar Panels and Charges As It Drives
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: solar power, sustainability, transportation
Munich’s Sono Motors are about to launch the first mass-produced solar powered car in the world, the Sion, with solar panels all over it.
Aug 13, 2020
NASA Robot Seamlessly Exits a Car In Mesmerizing Video
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Watching NASA’s RoboSimian robot, a.k.a. “Clyde,” exit a vehicle by seamlessly becoming a creepy quadruped never gets old.
Aug 13, 2020
Upcycling plastic waste toward sustainable energy storage
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: energy, nanotechnology, sustainability, transportation
What if you could solve two of Earth’s biggest problems in one stroke? UC Riverside engineers have developed a way to recycle plastic waste, such as soda or water bottles, into a nanomaterial useful for energy storage.
Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan and their students have been working for years on creating improved energy storage materials from sustainable sources, such as glass bottles, beach sand, Silly Putty, and portabella mushrooms. Their latest success could reduce plastic pollution and hasten the transition to 100% clean energy.
“Thirty percent of the global car fleet is expected to be electric by 2040, and high cost of raw battery materials is a challenge,” said Mihri Ozkan, a professor of electrical engineering in UCR’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering. “Using waste from landfill and upcycling plastic bottles could lower the total cost of batteries while making the battery production sustainable on top of eliminating plastic pollution worldwide.”