🚘 Transportation
Transportation in all forms and sizes are getting cleaner and the vehicles are self-driving. We for example cover electric cars, airplanes and trucks but also drones and all kinds of autonomous vehicles.
♊ Victoria in Australia is getting a digital twin
Victoria state in Australia is building a digital twin. The twin will be a support in decision making as well as provide citizens with valuable information in real-time.
☁️ Hyundai representative says flying cars is the future
Hyundai is investing in flying vehicles and pop-up airports. In a statement, Hyundai says that their first flying vehicle will be in the air already in 2028.
🌳 A tree with big potential
This tree could help create a biofuel revolution, power cars, feed people and restore degraded land.
💻 Tesla reveals supercomputer that is training self-driving AI
During a conference, Tesla showed off its supercomputer. The computer is said to be the fifth most powerful in the world and it is a prototype for the even more powerful computer "Dojo" that Tesla is currently working on.
🚙 Fiat is transitioning to all-electric starting 2025
The Italian automaker Fiat is planning on transitioning its fleet to all-electric by 2030.
✈ The sound of airplanes – from thunder to the rumbling of a hairdryer
A new sound-insulating material can lower the noise level of an airplane engine by 80 percent, and at the same time reduce the weight of the insulating material.
🚘Germany has approved a law that allows self-driving cars
Germany has as the first country in the world passed a bill that permits self-driving cars of level 4, in certain areas all over the country.
☀️Wildlife protectors get equipped with solar-powered motorbikes
This electric motorbike is solar-powered and quiet - an important trait when used to protect endangered animals from poachers in Africa.
💡 Optimist's Edge: This is when electric cars will be cheaper than petrol cars
72 percent are completely wrong about when electric cars will be cheaper to buy than petrol cars, and out of those half think that it will NEVER happen. Electric vehicles will overtake petrol cars when the cost of the battery makes them cheaper to buy. We reveal when this will happen.