the miracle material that promises to transform everything from smartphones and computers to cars, buildings and satellites.
Rust-free cars Graphene repels water and is highly conductive. This combination delays the oxidising reaction that causes rust.
the miracle material that promises to transform everything from smartphones and computers to cars, buildings and satellites.
Rust-free cars Graphene repels water and is highly conductive. This combination delays the oxidising reaction that causes rust t
#Audi unveils virtual cockpit piloted driving system at CES Introducing a new wave of avant-garde automotive technology Audi has unveiled its virtual cockpit
and piloted driving system at the Consumer electronics Show (CES) in Las vegas. The virtual cockpit unveiled by Audi at the CES is based on the Android platform;
With regard to the virtual cockpit which was showcased in Q7 Audi said that the Q7 will be the first-of its-kind car that will continue to increase its knowledge;
Announcing its piloted driving system at the CES event Audi said that it is tantalizingly close to bringing its piloted car to the market.
Revealing that it has driven successfully test its autonomous car over a 560-mile distance from the Silicon valley to the CES venue in Las vegas this week Audi claimed that its test marked the longest drive of any autonomous car thus far.
Though Audi has acknowledged that it will bring piloted driving system mainstream only after addressing safety concerns
and standards for autonomous cars Audi President Scott Keogh said in reference to the test drive: Audi proved that a true turning point for the (autonomous) automobile has arrived d
#Britain's Transport Department has given go-ahead to test driverless cars on public roads According to a statement released by Britain's Department for Transport (Dft),
the government has given the requisite go-ahead for the testing of driverless vehicles on public roads. As a result, driverless vehicle testing will begin in Britain from next summer.
The Dft statement has revealed that driverless vehicle testing has been approved by the government on the condition that there should be a driver present in the vehicles to take control of the vehicles in case of an emergency.
The testing of driverless vehicles on public roads in Britain has been approved by the government after a review carried out into driverless cars revealed that there were no legal barriers with regard to the testing of the technology in the country.
With the go-ahead been given to driverless vehicle testing in Britain, the government is now working on a code of practice for driverless cars.
The code will likely be published in the spring, and the testing of driverless vehicles across the country will start in the summer.
About the government approval to testing of driverless vehicles, Britain Transport Minister Claire Perry said:""I want Britain to be at the forefront of this exciting new development,
to embrace a technology that could transform our roads and open up a brand new route for global investment
In addition, Makergeeksconductive ABS filament has a resistivity of roughly 1 000wcm-which makes IMRE material at least 1, 000 times more conductive.
and be placed within the body using the hydrogel as a vehicle and support structure. Among other shapes that Zhao and the team were able to print with the new hydrogel include a hollow cube, a hemisphere, a pyramid, a twisted bundle,
But in reality, most of us continue to limit ourselves to regular plastic designs made in either PLA or ABS filaments.
Companies are ever trying to get their hands on a new patent involving minute aspects of 3d printing (remember Amazon patent for 3d printing aboard delivery trucks?
And what about mounting these scanners of Google street view cars? This scanning ability could be used to make maps far more interactive and realistic,
#World first 3d printed modular supercar is unveiled, built using revolutionary Node technology platform Considered by many to be the ultimate 3d printing challenge,
3d printed cars have been seeing significantly more attention ever since the crowdsourced automobile design and manufacturer Local Motors unveiled their Strati 3d printed car,
which is expected to be released later this year. But while the Strati-which can be built in a matter of hours-represents a monumental shift in modern manufacturing technologies,
it doesn necessarily highlight the potential that additive manufacturing might have for the environment at a time where more automakers are shifting over to hybrid engines and green technologies.
materials and capital costs associated with building automobiles and other large complex structures is based San francisco Divergent Microfactories.
and democratize car manufacturing in the form of the company very first 3d printed supercar prototype,
Blade. ociety has made great strides in its awareness and adoption of cleaner and greener cars.
while these cars do now exist, the actual manufacturing of them is anything but environmentally friendly, says Czinger. t Divergent Microfactories,
wee found a way to make automobiles that holds the promise of radically reducing the resource use
It also holds the promise of making large-scale car manufacturing affordable for small teams of innovators.
Wee developed a sustainable path forward for the car industry that we believe will result in a renaissance in car manufacturing, with innovative,
eco-friendly cars like Blade being designed and built in microfactories around the world. hile the Strati is produced using fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3d printing,
a 3d printed aluminum joint that connects pieces of carbon fiber tubing to make up the car chassis. Among other problems solved by the Node include cutting down on the amount of 3d printing required to build the chassis as well as the time to assemble the car components
Additionally, the reduction of materials and energy usage helps bring the weight of the car down as much as 90%compared to traditional cars,
"Nodes are the key building block we developed to build cars. They are made of a metal alloy
"The nodes, combined with carbon fiber tubes are the key components in building a car chassis. It took less than 30 minutes to assemble the chassis by hand.
"While the Node presents Divergent Microfactoriesnew technology, the Blade presents the new technology in context as the world first 3d printed supercar.
the prototype is one of the greenest and most powerful cars in the world. As for power, the Blade is equipped with a 700-horsepower bi-fuel engine that can use both compressed natural gas or gasoline,
"That's faster than a Mclaren P1 supercar. It also has 2x the power-to-weight ratio of a Bugatti Veyron."
"The company has plans to sell a limited number of the high-performance vehicles which are expected to be manufactured
and assembled within their own microfactory. While the ability to create their own cars using their technology is one thing,
Divergent Microfactories plans on releasing the platform into the hands of entrepreneurs and small businesses around the world in an effort to help them set up their own microfactories to build their own cars and complex structures.
Ultimately, the goal of the collective increase of microfactories will make innovation more affordable while also reducing the health and environmental impacts of traditional manufacturing.
between the developments in self-driving cars as well as disruptions to car manufacturing itself, this is an exciting time for the near-future of transportation
#MASSIVIT 3d shows off GDP Gel Dispensing 3d printing technology by printing a Strati car Jun 26, 2015 By Alecgenerally speaking,
Envisioning a wide variety of applications, the Israeli developers have emphasized just its potential by 3d printing an entire car body in a single piece.
and has good structural strength similar to ABS materials commonly used in 3d printing. The relatively low fluidity parameters of the gel create high advantages
as the Israeli engineers emphasize by 3d printing the body of a car. As reported in Israeli media, they 3d printed the body of a Strati car by Local Motors, with a bit of help from design specialists from Autodesk.
Autodesk Spark design platform was used for this version of the Strati, which will be on display at Ecomotion, a gathering of people from the Smart Transportation industry.
and the printed car is only one example of the opportunities that will be available in the near future.
As we start to see an evolution of smart cars that feature a number of connected sensors
Similar to the driver assistance systems found within modern cars the Byxee, which was created by Italian AI specialist Riccardo Ricci,
This process of scanning the road in front of the bicycle happens hundreds of times per second at distances of up to 80 feet (25 m)- meaning that the alerts are highly-responsive to any number of potential hazards ranging from pedestrians to cars and flying
have developed previously smart technologies for car brands. According to the team, the Byxee is the result of over two years of research and development that covered every angle including technology, design and of course, functionality.
and ABS, but it can print silicon, ceramic, rubber, and more. With an added end-stop, the Focus can more easily integrate these different print heads,
and launch programmes vice-president Julie Van Kleeck said:""For high-power SEP modules such as those that Nasa envisions for transporting cargo to Mars,
The system uses a peak power tracking capability to increase efficiency of a vehicle electrical system.
In automotive industry 4d printing technology will be useful that can be used for outer layering that will adapt accordingly to different weather conditions.
key enabling catalytic powder materials developed to reduce the dependence on the use of costly platinum group metals (PGMS) in vehicle emission control systems currently undergoing vehicle
resulting in an overall potential cost savings of over $200 per vehicle. Chris Harris, CDTI's President and CEO, stated:"
when we expect to validate our advanced materials platforms on vehicles at independent testing facilities.
The auto industry's reliance on Rh has helped fuel significant price volatility in the past, with prices ranging from $890 to $10, 100 per troy ounce during the past 10 years.
Rh prices could surge as automakers increase usage in order to meet the 80%NOX reduction requirement under the EPA's new Tier 3 regulations,
Benchmark testing of BMARS technology was conducted on a model year 2014 Buick vehicle with a 2. 0 liter engine
and on a 1. 6 liter engine from a model year 2012 BMW Mini using industry standard Federal Test Procedure (FTP) aging and test protocols.
with the Buick's OEM catalyst certified to EPA's Tier 2 Bin 4 standard
and the BMW Mini's OEM catalyst certified to the EURO 5 standard. Initial tests demonstrated BMARS has the potential to significantly reduce the PGM loading on the catalyst
Meanwhile, vehicle and engine testing continues on other CDTI advanced catalyst materials, including Spinel, #with more interim results soon to be announced
and automobile sectors. They are used also in radars and other applications. Recently the emergence of green technology markets of products such as direct drive wind turbine power systems
hybrid and electric vehicles and energy storage units have increased the demand for permanent magnets. China, being the chief global supplier of rare earth elements,
Every time the field flips, the polarity of the bars reverses, drawing the magnetized droplets in a new, predetermined direction, like slot cars on a track.
For example, when placed alongside a battery in an electric car, a supercapacitor is useful when a short burst of power is required,
such as when overtaking another car, with the battery providing the steady power for highway driving. upercapacitors perform a similar function to batteries
pajamas, toothbrushes, tires, shoes, car seats, air filtration systems and even your clothes. Abbey Liebman 0 created a dress using conductive cotton threads capable of charging an iphone.
The armor provides multi-channel communications and advanced active protection for vehicles, ships and buildings.
or can be utilized as a clean fuel source in the chemical industry, for instance in cars to drive engines.
However, due to its high cost, the use of low-temperature fuel cells in automobile and home applications has been limited.
The research is focused mainly on reducing the expense of cathodes used in fuel cells that power homes and automobiles.
Other applications, including catalytic converters in automobiles, employ significant quantities of platinum. The application of new hollow shells in automobile catalytic converters is limited as these converters function at temperatures that cannot be tolerated by the shells.
However, the platinum nanocages could be used in other industrial processes such as hydrogenation. Besides carrying out experimental work at Georgia Tech,
the technology was intended originally for deployment on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle platform as part of a project to map the dynamic microbial diversity in the world oceans.
With the emergent capability to perform this sort of analysis on an autonomous underwater vehicle the device is quite adaptable to the needs of the researcher
Simultaneously, all power related output values are also available over the 2-Wire digital bus,
#The PAC1921, available in a 10-lead 3x3 mm VDFN package, was designed with the 2-Wire bus to maximize data and diagnostic reporting,
Vehicle and factory emissions have been analysed for decades in high-income countries, but haze smoke, and its impact on health, is understood not well. ot many people have investigated it
Unlike factory and vehicle emissions, wildfire smoke is regulated not by tailpipe scrubbers, catalytic converters or other pollution-mitigating applications.
#Baidu to launch self-drive car Chinese web giant Baidu will launch its first driverless car in the second half of 2015,
It had said previously it was working on such a car but did not say when it would be available.
The firm will work with an unnamed car manufacturer, according to Baidu's senior vice president Jin Wang. He made the announcement at the China Cloud computing conference.
The firm has teamed previously up with BMW to develop semi-autonomous car technology. The head of Baidu's deep learning lab Yu Kai has told previously the press that the firm does not agree with Google's view of a completely autonomous car,
looking instead to develop a vehicle that will retain the traditional pedals but give the driver greater freedom.
Google announced last month that its prototype self-driving cars would take to the public roads this summer around its headquarters in Mountain view, California a
"It's kind of like a parking lot where you want to move one of the cars, but they are jammed all in,
or CARS) used to treat other cancers. The study was developed originally by Carl H. June, M d.,of the University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center,
The nurse reassures him as he takes a seat. But then he sees it: the needle.
BIO-X is an open innovation vehicle run by Uppsala BIO. It was established in the Stockholm-Uppsala Region of Sweden almost ten years ago to act as an independent bridge-builder between universities
treating them with a functioning version of the defective gene that is delivered in a viral delivery vehicle called a vector,
and find only the ones containing a Volkswagen bus with a flat tire, or seven oranges in a bowl.
and automatically discover unmarked vans parked outside of banks for four hours without moving. Baidu is interested in other aspects, too."
putting them on trucks, and delivering them to the courthouse, where as many as 300 attorneys would be searching them for anything relevant to the case."
and trying to buy a Rolls-royce. It just looks a bit dodgy.""The eight year old Swedish company grew out of a piece of university research
He even rigged his motorcycle and car so that he could start it without a key.
If you have enabled a NFC phone like most major Android phones, you can also unlock it with an implanted device just by holding it.
Commuting apps, smart cars and smarter parking New apps and other technologies are improving the urban traffic experience.
Apps that tell commuters when the next bus passes by, or where there's someone driving who can give you a lift
Through his company, Luum, he's pushing tools like carpooling apps to increase the occupants per vehicle while lowering the total number of vehicles on the move.
Irving advocates an integrated platform that brings together automobiles, public transit, cycling and walking, with incentives to drive behaviour,
Ford motor co. pushes a similar strategy with its Blueprint for Mobility, which foresees a transport network connecting vehicles,
transport infrastructure and individual mobile devices. That strategy takes advantage of new-generation cars as rolling collections of sensors
to reduce congestion and prevent accidents, although Ford acknowledges it will require unprecedented co-operation across a number of sectors.
Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute think tank expects those and other technologies, like smart parking
A City College of New york study of the New york city system found a two per cent increase in bus ridership through 2013
One of the dramatic developments the planners did not foresee is that total vehicle miles travelled per capita in the U s. actually began to fall in 2006"
For her, public transit, not cars, is where technology could have a transformative role. She notes that increasing vehicle occupancy helps,
but, for example, with 69 per cent of the people coming into downtown Toronto taking public transit,"At the end of the day,
Litman learned that city is buying a fleet of 400 new buses, all with onboard Wi-fi, USB ports at every seat and bike racks.
He says the incremental costs are tiny for new bus fleets but these features could attract 20 to 40 per cent of people who would otherwise drive.
"he adds that interesting new things are happening all over the place, from driverless trolleys and subway trains in Copenhagen, Vancouver and elsewhere,
"public transit integrated with car sharing, bikesharing, Uber, Lyft, and similar services, and eventually autonomous vehicles a
#Cord-cutting grows as more people flee traditional TV, report says In living rooms across the country, viewers are cutting ties with conventional television
#EV Batteries Good, Paper EV Batteries 10x Better No matter how fast the cost of oil drops, it just can keep up with the pace of improvements in electric vehicle batteries.
#NISSAN LEAF Challenges Chicago Slush With Self-Cleaning Paint What the worst part of winter? Some winter-weary northerners might say all the snow wee gotten in the past month is almost intolerable,
but for me nothing is worse than seeing my car covered in slush and road salt.
though, that problem might be solved thanks to self-cleaning paint used on this NISSAN LEAF, which handily defeats Chicago worst slush.
and oil, preventing the car from getting dirty. It been proven effective against road spray, sleet, standing water,
just rolling off the car into a delicious puddle on the ground. Obviously, the ramifications of self-cleaning paint would be huge on the auto industry,
allowing for an additional option automakers can upcharge on. More importantly, this technology would all but put car washes out of business.
Even the most efficient car washes use hundreds of gallons of water to clean a single vehicle.
That would have a tremendous impact on the environment, especially considering how access to clean water is one of the most pressing issues facing the public these days.
We may not have flying cars yet but self-cleaning cars are a good first step
#98 MPG Range-Extended Electric Metrocab Coming To London London will soon be home to 98 MPG range-extended electric Metrocabs,
thanks to Transport for London finally getting around to approving them after several years of work on the topic.
This means that there finally some competition for the diesel-fume-belching cabs there now.
along with a NISSAN LEAF. However, the 98 MPG rating and limited electric driving range (which is unspecified, but I going to guess is between 25 and 35 miles) is estimated to save taxi drives between £20 and £40 per day,
The interior is much more 21st century too, with big comfy seats, air suspension, infotainment screen,
but the savings regardless of the £ to $ exchange rate will be substantial for those driving these fuel efficient vehicles over in London.
#EV Registrations In Europe Surged+60%In 2014 Electric vehicle registrations in Europe rose by more than 60.9%in 2014,
Overall, 65,199 electric cars+commercial vehicles were registered in Europe during 2014 representing a significant increase over the previous year,
which saw 42,194 electric vehicles (EV) sold. Of those 65,199 EVS registered in 2014, more than half were in just two countries Norway and France.
So, what that means, is that more than 10%of all the vehicles sold in Norway in 2014 were EVS (again, not surprising,
the answer isn exactly surprising Nissan-renault took the top easily with 14,385 NISSAN LEAFS registered in 2014,
and 10,980 Renault ZOES. Tesla motors did quite well, though with 8, 744 vehicles registered despite production limitations.
Following those three was the BMW i3 (with 5 620); ) and the Volkswagen e-up!(
with 5, 170. The commercial market saw the Nissan e-NV200 and the Kangoo ZE land a good number of sales,
as well. 2015 looks pretty likely to see continued growth in the portions of the European market that have been seeing growth in recent years.
The relatively untapped portions, though, aren really showing any signs of awakening n
#Bridj A Popup Bus That Learns Travelers Habits Boston transportation has a new private transit app that learns the habits
and locations of travelers as they shift around, thus improving its usefulness in a constantly changing world.
Transit options become streamlined by the app itself. ridj is your everyday transportation system that adapts in real-time to where you live work and play,
or minutes in advance. download The original version of Bridj was for the Bridj bus system in Boston,
Third in the country as far as cities not dependent on owning cars for transportation, Boston is full of transit options.
Perhaps Bridj might look at electric vehicles soon. In the world of electric buses, the big name is BYD, a Zayed Future Energy Prize winner,
Public transit, car sharing, Bridj and growing options of transit are all nice. One of the key advantages of electric buses,
but probably not for electric cars, because it can be recharged enough times. Some people drive the same car for ten years,
but they usually change cell phones much more quickly. Lithium-ion batteries have become more high-profile recently because of the very notable success of the Tesla Model S
NISSAN LEAF, and other modern electric cars. A lot more electric cars are following, so it will be intriguing to see
if the advances made by the Boston startup will ever translate to electric cars n
#India Issues Draft Guidelines For 2 GW Solar PV Auction The latest draft guidelines pertain to an impending auction of 2 GW solar PV capacity, possibly within this calendar year.
The auction will be a part of the National Solar Mission, India#s landmark policy initiative to boost solar power capacity.
of which will be enough to fuel 145,000 cars annually. At a recent ceremony that hailed the plant opening,
but local officials noticed it was more important step in pushing California closer to its 2020 clean energy goals. lectricity (to power cars)
said Jim Mckinney, a project manager for CEC Alternative and Renewable fuel and Vehicle technology Program. Mckinney added that the ethanol produced at this plant results in the lowest carbon-emitting ethanol currently refined at an industrial scale throughout California.
This can make owning an electric car difficult, especially as plug-in cars become more prevalent and draw more power from the apartment in question.
Evercharge*has a solution, though, as its unique technology learns driver behavior and can dole out the power as needed to drivers,
having ten plug-in cars charging, all at the same time, could lead to an energy bottleneck that could require tens of thousands of dollars in service upgrades.
Evercharge intelligently divvies up the available energy between all the electric cars plugged into an apartment building. It also keeps track
Sure, it not the sexiest advancement in electric car technology, but with the number of plug-in cars expected to multiply exponentially,
it could become an essential component in many new apartment buildings. With so many people choosing apartment life over home ownership,
helping these residents adopt to the plug-in lifestyle will be key in spreading electric cars to the masses.
offsetting 45 million metric tons of damaging carbon emissions the equivalent of removing 10 million cars off our roads
Chris Van Hollen (MD-8; Paul Tonko (NY-20; Bill Keating (MA-9; Peter Welch (VT-At-large;
#Weirdest Biofuel Ever Powers Strangest Car Ever The folks at Columbia University have come up with a loating enginethat runs on evaporating water
Weirdest Biofuel Ever, For anything Columbia press materials sum up the strange new car in one pithy sentence:
Eva, the first evaporation-powered car, rolls along, thanks to a moisture mill a turbine engine driven by water evaporating from wet paper strips lining its walls.
On Monday, BMW teased out word of its plans for a fuel cell electric vehicle launch in 2020.
Then we add in electric cars, which are now on the same path converting a staid, slow moving industry (traditional auto companies like GM) into a disruptive technology-driven one (innovators like Tesla).
Electric cars will accelerate the end of fossil fuels by joining with renewables to create a system shift,
both directly by using clean power to charge them and indirectly by driving battery costs down to create storage for distributed renewables.
will find the motor vehicle fuels market very appealing. This would then unleash a huge political and commercial driver for growth in electric cars with the utility sector providing infrastructure to use their product
locking in customers with long-term supply deals backed by renewable power and lobbying for electric cars (to also protect the grid).
Within a decade, electric cars will be more reliable, cheaper to own and more fun to drive than petrol-fueled cars.
Then it will just be a matter of turning over the fleet. Oil companies will then have their Kodak moment.
Coal will already largely be gone, replaced by renewables. The incumbents won respond in time. They are steeped in their analysis that they are the underpinning foundation of the economy
Other companies like utilities and auto companies, meanwhile, have great options like taking away a large share of the oil industry market with renewable powered electric cars.
And electric car maker Tesla, producing less than 40,000 cars per year, is valued at over half of GM, which produces 9 million cars per year!
The market can smell death and knows that fast beats slow. For climate advocates and policy makers, nothing changes in their approach,
It that competing energy products of renewables and batteries, in a system with electric vehicles, will behave as a disruptive technology always does,
The obvious example is utilities promoting electric cars as an enormous new market opportunity, which will assist them in avoiding the eath spiralthreat posed by the end of centralised generation.
and Google who are both developing battery and car opportunities, with a close eye on the technology integration opportunity.
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