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Flying car sector turns to solid-state batteries for commercial takeoff
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (412+ words) Solid-state batteries could become essential for delivering the safety, performance, and energy density needed for large-scale deployment of flying cars. As the flying car industry moves from prototype development toward commercial deployment, attention is increasingly shifting to the technologies needed…...
US: Harbinger, Rheinmetall team up for 500-mile autonomous hybrid EV
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (436+ words) Electric vehicle startup Harbinger has reportedly teamed up with American Rheinmetall to develop various trucks for military use. Based on the former's medium-duty hybrid and electric truck chassis, the plan is to develop trucks ranging from robotic cargo haulers to…...
Battery designed for Moon missions tackles extreme temperatures
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (381+ words) The Dallas-based company said its Generation Extreme-Climate Battery (Gen-ECB) platform is designed to operate in some of the harshest environments encountered in space missions. According to Solidion, the technology uses graphene's thermal conductivity and radiation resistance to help regulate battery…...
UK's oldest active automaker launches its first coupe with V8 power
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (125+ words) The car's design draws from the A98, a unique racer that AC Cars entered in the 1964 Le Mans. Britain's oldest active automaker, AC Cars, is celebrating its 125th anniversary with a historic milestone: the introduction of a permanent roof to its iconic…...
New sodium metal battery charges in minutes, runs 6, 000 hours
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (470+ words) Chinese researchers built a sodium battery electrolyte that delivers fast charging and 6, 000-hour stability. Researchers in China have developed a new quasi-solid-state electrolyte that could help sodium metal batteries charge faster, last longer, and operate more safely. The team from…...
New solid-state battery tech shrugs off -40 C cold and 55 C heat
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (439+ words) Researchers have developed a new solid-state polymer electrolyte that could help lithium metal batteries operate across a wide temperature range while maintaining high-voltage performance. However, most solid-state polymer electrolytes suffer from poor ionic conductivity, weak contact with battery electrodes, and…...
Rolls-Royce Spectre Series II: more power, more range
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (102+ words) Interesting Engineering Rolls-Royce Spectre Series II: more power, more range Rolls-Royce has updated its first-ever electric car " the Spectre " with 18% more range, more torque, faster charging, and an interior so obsessive it has 78, 000 hand-cut perforations in the leather. Meet the 2027 Spectre…...
New battery hydrogel retains 98% performance after 45, 000 cycles
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (476+ words) The material enables energy storage devices to operate in extreme cold. Scientists in South Korea have unveiled an ultra-stretchable hydrogen electrolyte that can expand up to 900 percent of its original size while staying fully functional at subzero temperatures. The study…...
The Humanoid Robot Built for Real Work
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (96+ words) Interesting Engineering The Humanoid Robot Built for Real Work The DR02 now carries heavier loads and crosses more complex terrain " built not for the showcase, but for real-world industrial deployment. Should you worry about housekeeping humanoid robots Helix 02 cleans your living…...
New catalyst strategy boosts key battery reaction from 12% to 52%
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (540+ words) New catalyst strategy raises reaction efficiency from 12 percent to 52 percent without changing catalyst design. Researchers in South Korea have developed a new catalyst design strategy that boosts the efficiency of reactions used in batteries and hydrogen fuel cells without changing…...