🚘 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.
🚢 Safer shipping with VR training
VR training gives students the opportunity to practice both common and unusual situations when piloting large ships.
🚝 An automatic robot can give us better maintenance of the railway
Researchers have produced a prototype of a robot that independently detects and repairs damage to the rails.
✈ This is how we could eliminate the climate impact of aviation
By capturing and storing carbon dioxide in the production of bio aviation fuel, it is possible to eliminate the climate impact of aviation completely.
☀️ The first production-ready solar car unveiled to the public
It's called Lightyear 0, and it promises to amaze: With solar panels on the car, 1,000+ kilometers of driving range between two charges, and an annual solar yield of up to 11,000 km.
🔋 Future batteries could have century-long lifespan
Tesla and researchers are working on batteries that might outlive the car itself. Which should make EV's a more alluring alterative.
🚌 Electric buses mean better health for residents
Less noise and better health for those who live along the bus line. Those were the results when hybrid buses were replaced by electric ones.
✈ New substances allow more sustainable de-icing of aircraft
A gelatin-based spray can keep surfaces free of ice and is significantly more environmentally friendly than today's de-icing methods.
✈ Super jumbo uses cooking oil as fuel
A test shows that it is possible to run large passenger planes solely on sustainable fuels.
⛽ BP invests £1 billion in charging stations
BP plans to triple its network of fast chargers for electric vehicles in the UK over the next ten years.