Tetra Aviation debuts single-seat buy ‘n’ fly personal eVTOL

Japan’s Tetra Aviation won a hundred-grand “disruptor award” at the GoFly personal flight contest last year, and has now presented its first commercial product at OshKosh: a 33-rotor Mk5 personal eVTOL it hopes to begin delivering to buyers in 2022.Con… Continue reading Tetra Aviation debuts single-seat buy ‘n’ fly personal eVTOL

Upcoming Pixel 6 and 6 Pro will run Google’s own AI-focused Tensor chip

Google’s Pixel 5 smartphone was surprisingly unambitious, an affordable mid-ranger rather than a high-end flagship, prompting some to ask if the company was quietly planning to step back from manufacturing its own Android handsets. But no; after months… Continue reading Upcoming Pixel 6 and 6 Pro will run Google’s own AI-focused Tensor chip

Lilium touts billion-dollar, 220-unit eVTOL sale to Brazilian airline

Lilium has become the latest eVTOL manufacturer to announce a significant provisional aircraft sale – this time, a 220-unit, billion-dollar deal with Azul in Brazil, which values the electric seven-seat Lilium Jets at around US$4 million apiece.Continu… Continue reading Lilium touts billion-dollar, 220-unit eVTOL sale to Brazilian airline

SCG aims to field a hydrogen-powered Baja 1000 race truck

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has announced its intention to build an electric off-road truck powered by hydrogen through a fuel cell. The new project, if successful, would be the first zero-emissions vehicle to complete the gruelling Baja 1000 race.Con… Continue reading SCG aims to field a hydrogen-powered Baja 1000 race truck

Aprilia jumps on the middleweight adventure dogpile with new Tuareg 660

Aprilia chopped its mighty RSV4 superbike engine in half in 2019 to make a 660cc parallel twin, which made its debut in a featherweight street-sport scalpel called the RS660. The same motor quickly popped up again in a baby Tuono nakedbike, and now the… Continue reading Aprilia jumps on the middleweight adventure dogpile with new Tuareg 660

Radically different Transwing eVTOL design offers some huge advantages

Southern California’s PteroDynamics has somehow escaped our attention thus far, but this company’s radically different take on the electric VTOL aircraft is well worth a look, and the company claims this will be the most efficient design by far.Continu… Continue reading Radically different Transwing eVTOL design offers some huge advantages

Energy Dome uses carbon dioxide as a grid-scale battery

Carbon dioxide may finally get its chance to become a solution in the climate crisis. Italy’s Energy Dome says its CO2 batteries will store energy at less than half the cost of lithium “big batteries,” while also being very responsive to load demand.Co… Continue reading Energy Dome uses carbon dioxide as a grid-scale battery