Energica juices up its electric motorcycles with serious motor upgrade

The entire Energica range of electric performance motorcycles will get significant upgrades in power and efficiency, with an impressive weight drop to boot, as the Italian company rolls out a brand new EMCE motor and inverter developed with Mavel.Conti… Continue reading Energica juices up its electric motorcycles with serious motor upgrade

Fronius rolls out its first customer SolHub solar-to-hydrogen station

Well-respected Austrian solar energy company Fronius has broken ground on its first customer green hydrogen hub, giving us a good look at what it’ll take to run a fleet of vehicles on green hydrogen produced entirely on-site using solar panels.Continue… Continue reading Fronius rolls out its first customer SolHub solar-to-hydrogen station

ZeroAvia presses ahead with two hydrogen-powered 19-seat aircraft

Despite an abrupt and unscheduled ending to its six-seater test program, hydrogen aviation pioneer ZeroAvia is ramping up development of the largest fuel-cell-powered aircraft to date – a pair of 19-seaters – and is preparing for something much bigger…. Continue reading ZeroAvia presses ahead with two hydrogen-powered 19-seat aircraft

Rotor X’s big-blade quad-rotor eVTOL promises extreme efficiency

Arizona’s Rotor X wants to step up from being the world’s biggest kit helicopter manufacturer and get into the eVTOL game, and to do so, it’s put forth a design it claims is “dramatically more efficient and less expensive than all other eVTOL concepts … Continue reading Rotor X’s big-blade quad-rotor eVTOL promises extreme efficiency

World’s biggest green hydrogen project announced for Kazakhstan

Photoshopped image: German company Svevind is planning a monster 45-gigawatt renewable energy scheme in Kazakhstan

Germany’s Svevind has announced plans for a colossal green hydrogen project that will place some 45 gigawatts of wind and solar energy generation on the vast steppes of Kazakhstan to produce around three million tonnes of green hydrogen annually.

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DentalSlim weight-loss device literally locks your mouth shut

UK and University of Otago researchers have presented a “world-first weight loss device,” which attaches to the teeth and prevents patients from opening their mouths wider than 2 mm using “magnetic devices and custom-manufactured locking bolts.”Continu… Continue reading DentalSlim weight-loss device literally locks your mouth shut

Iguana prepares to launch the world’s fastest amphibious boat

The Iguana Pro, a six-seat military and emergency-focused RIB, forms the basis for what Iguana says will be the world's fastest amphibious boat

French company Iguana is taking aim at the record books with a new amphibious boat patterned after its military and emergency offerings, and designed to outsprint every other amphibian on the market with a peak output of 900 horsepower.

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“World’s fastest electric motorcycle” uses radical big hole technology

There’s no motorcycle on the planet like this one. British company White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) has put land speed record holders on notice with a 2WD, hydraulically hub-steered electric motorcycle, designed around a giant hole. The company says the… Continue reading “World’s fastest electric motorcycle” uses radical big hole technology

New undersea energy storage system harnesses the power of buoyancy

The Sun doesn’t always shine exactly when you want to boil a kettle; the more we rely on renewable energy, the more energy storage we’ll need. You can store your excess electricity by using it to pump water up a hill. You can use it to compress air, or… Continue reading New undersea energy storage system harnesses the power of buoyancy