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Palo Alto’s Archer Aviation might’ve been a fairly late entrant into the emerging eVTOL market, but its brute-force approach to grabbing top talent has made big waves in the industry, and today it becomes the first eVTOL company with a major order on t… Continue reading Archer Aviation takes billion-dollar eVTOL order from United Airlines
Hyundai dropped a lot of jaws when it first announced its bizarre walking robo-car, the Elevate, whose four wheels on articulating legs give it the ability to roll, climb, mammal-walk and spider-walk over a broader range of terrain than anything we’ve … Continue reading Hyundai’s wild robot-car-on-legs gets an unmanned, air-liftable cousin
eVTOL market leader Joby Aviation has announced its first revenue in a partnership with the US Air Force’s Agility Prime program, as well as the path it’s agreed on with the FAA for certifying its revolutionary tilt-rotor electric air taxi.Continue Rea… Continue reading Joby Aviation agrees on eVTOL certification class with the FAA
Big money has decided electric VTOL air taxis are happening, but in all the excitement around drone-style multirotors, perhaps a gap has been left open for an older, less glamorous, but well-proven type of design to sneak in and scoop the market. I’m s… Continue reading GEM bets US$100 million on Skyworks Aeronautics and its eVTOL gyrodynes
If the name Hayabusa doesn’t automatically spark a fireworks show of opposing emotions in you, let me bring you up to speed. Back before the turn of the century, all the way back in 1996, Honda released the fastest production motorcycle the world had e… Continue reading Suzuki’s outrageous Hayabusa gets a ground-up third-gen overhaul
There’s nothing like travel to awaken the photographer within. The novelty of new skies, new landscapes, new flora and fauna, and the strangeness of different cultures and lifestyles are potent creative aphrodisiacs, and there are few better excuses th… Continue reading 2020 Travel Photographer of the Year awards: All the winners and more
Last year, we got our first look at the Volcon Grunt, a chunky, fat-wheeled electric dirtbike built for a mix of farming and fun. Now, it’s got a baby brother built for kids. A little smaller, a little slower and with neat geofencing capability, the Vo… Continue reading Volcon Runt kids’ electric moto lets you geo-fence junior’s ride
A 200-kilowatt demonstration version of Wave Swell Energy’s fascinating “blowhole” power generator has been deployed at Grassy Harbour on King Island, off the Australian island state of Tasmania and will be connected to the grid in the coming months.Co… Continue reading Experimental “blowhole” wave energy generator goes online down under
Australia has clearly been motivated by the huge success of the giant 150-megawatt Tesla battery built in South Australia in 2017. In November, neighboring state Victoria announced a 300-megawatt plant to go live at the end of this year, and now, a new project in New South Wales will dwarf both these projects combined.
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Continue reading Australia plans world’s biggest battery (again), at 1.2 gigawatts
When a company the size of Amazon starts casually dropping the idea that it’d like to build a second headquarters, state-level politicians start to drool, with jobs and growth spinning around in their eye sockets even faster than dollar signs are spinn… Continue reading Amazon’s new HQ takes design inspiration from DNA and the poop emoji