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Shanghai’s TCab Tech has become one of China’s leading eVTOL contenders, claiming it’s now made many test flights validating its 50-percent scale prototype E20 air taxi design in vertical lift and hover mode, as well as transitions to winged cruise fli… Continue reading China’s TCab E20 eVTOL prototype is making regular transition flights
If you’ve ever gone out on a booze cruise and thought “gee, I wish there was less access to fresh air,” this one’s for you! Dutch submarine company U-Boat Worx has announced an enormous new underwater entertainment venue for up to 120 guests plus a ful… Continue reading Colossal 115-ft party sub offers an underwater venue for 120 guests
Half of the solar energy that bathes the Earth in warmth goes into a single process, according to some researchers: evaporating the water that covers some 71 percent of our fragile blue marble. Australian company Strategic Elements wants that energy ba… Continue reading Self-charging moisture battery promises sweat-powered wearables
One of eVTOL companies’ core promises is that these electric air taxis will be vastly quieter than helicopters – so quiet that we’ll be able to fill the skies with hundreds of them without subjecting city dwellers to brutal levels of added noise pollut… Continue reading NASA acoustic testing puts real numbers on Joby’s eVTOL noise signature
This unique heavy-lift UAV out of Edinburgh promises to obliterate the power and range of electric drones using a Rotax engine and bent-axis hydraulic motors similar to those used on huge tree harvesters. It’s now lifting 95 kg (210 lb) in testing.Cont… Continue reading Flowcopter’s ultra-long range hydraulic drone is lifting serious weight
An interesting intersection between the future and past of human mobility this weekend, as Israeli company Air chose the Kentucky Derby to debut the full-size prototype of its Air One, a two-seat, buy ‘n’ fly personal eVTOL aircraft focused on fun.Cont… Continue reading Full-scale Air One eVTOL prototype unveiled at the Kentucky Derby
Created at the behest of a single customer, the futuristic SP48 Unica takes the outgoing twin-turbo F8 Tributo in a radically different – but still very Ferrari – direction. Side-by-side shots show just how much difference a new set of bodywork can mak… Continue reading Ferrari unveils the SP48 Unica, a bespoke one-off supercar
SpinLaunch has released on-board footage from its eighth suborbital flight test, giving us a unique opportunity to imagine what it’d be like to be hurled skyward out of a centrifugal accelerator at more than a thousand miles per hour.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading New video gives first-person view of what it’s like to be SpinLaunched
Natron’s sodium-ion batteries have an enormous cycle life, practical power density, excellent safety and super-fast charging, without using any lithium. Through a partnership with Clarios, they’ll go into mass manufacture in Michigan next year.Continue… Continue reading Natron to kick off mass-production of long-life sodium-ion batteries
The entire airline industry needs to wean itself off jet fuel over the next few decades – but it’s still buying enormously expensive jet aircraft that are expected to keep bringing home the bacon for more than 20 years. Australian company Aviation H2 h… Continue reading First ammonia-powered jet flight in 2023: A roadmap to clean aviation