New methodology for defining turbulent flows
The effect of turbulent flows is obvious. As yet, these have not been scientifically defined and remains one of the biggest unsolved problems in science. A global team of leading physicists now...
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Autonomous bus in Birmingham maneuvers around genuine road obstacles – including a cyclist
The UK’s first full-size autonomous bus maneuvered around real-life road features including a cyclist on its first public demonstration, last week in Birmingham. The vehicle, which uses sensors...
E-car batteries as much as ten percent smaller
Valmet Automotive has introduced a battery management system (BMS) based on single-cell monitoring. It not only sends the individual cell data wirelessly to the BMS. It creates the data basis for...
Start-up of The Day: Fast-charging of electric cars anywhere, powered by kinetic energy
It is not always easy to find a charging station for your electric car. And once you have found one, charging the battery generally takes more than 30 minutes. Even several hours if you charge at...
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Silicon carbide to move e-cars into the fast lane
Researchers have been looking into silicon carbide, a promising alternative material for the semiconductor industry, for several years now. The Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and...
Dutch newcomers are the first to start at the World Solar Challenge down under in Darwin
Last night, hopefully while you were still fast asleep, the sun was already blazing in Darwin, Australia. At half past eight in the morning local time, the starting shot sounded for the first solar...
Electric cars are allowed to drive faster in Austria
Incentives to promote e-mobility are available in many European countries. In most cases, it is the tax reductions and subsidies on purchases that should make it easier for citizens to make the...
ANSYS survey part 2: Air passengers underestimate use of autopilot in aircraft
Worldwide interest in autonomous travel is steadily growing, whether by car or by airplane. However, most people still doubt whether the technologies needed to travel safely from A to B are reliable...
High-level French official: “Involve low-income households in the energy transition”
The French Government, like the other EU Member States, is faced with the complex task of involving the entire population in the process of making the French economy climate neutral by 2050. As it...
Study: 74 % of Germans would use an autonomous car
Parking, maintaining speed or braking, for some time all this and more has been achieved by modern cars without the need for a driver. However, a few more years will need to pass before vehicles...
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Chinese are euphoric about autonomous driving, Germans have their reservations
From the suspicious driver to the tech-savvy passenger: in the online study “The Pulse of Autonomous Driving”, Audi has produced a user typology of autonomous driving. In the context of the...
Start-up of the day: How old diesel engines can run cleaner
A dirty diesel engine will be able to drive much more sustainably thanks to the TORQAMP, an electric compressor. “It almost sounds too good to be true,” admits the co-founder of TORQAMP,...
Autonomous vehicles could reduce collisions by 22%
A study by TRL (The Future of Transport) considered the scenario of traditional and autonomous vehicles coexisting, and revealed that 22% of collisions could be avoided if we supposed that one of...
Tomorrow is good: from a C- for maths to driving a Lightyear to Palo Alto and back
At the end of high school I had to choose what and where I wanted to study. I had an answer to the question ‘where,’ but the ‘what’ was a bit more difficult to answer. In the...
Hardt Hyperloop to go on tour around Europe with their mobile experience center starting early 2020
Early next year the Delft-based company Hardt Hyperloop will start a tour around European cities with their mobile experience center. There, consumers will be able to become acquainted with this new...
The future of driving: learning languages and watching movies
A driver’s seat with a steering wheel and pedals could be a thing of the past in ten years time. At least this is what scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO and...
Emission-free shipping as of 2050: the question is how?
Ships in European waters and inland rivers are required to be emission-free by 2050. They need a radical makeover in order to accomplish this goal. Fuel oil and diesel? If all goes well, we will no...
BMW Director: ‘Make recharging electric cars as easy as recharging smartphones’
The evolution of the electric car is a success according to Stephan Neugebauer, Director of Global Research Cooperation at the German car manufacturer BMW. In his opinion, subsidies from the...
New solar panel for Stella Era is just in time for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge
Exactly two weeks before the start of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, Solar Team Eindhoven has received a replacement for its damaged solar panel on the back end of Stella Era. The Eindhoven...
Aviation industry to European Commission: ‘money is needed to develop zero-emission aircraft’
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who is fighting against climate change, is triggering mixed reactions among the general public. However, this is certainly not the case when it comes to the top...
Floris Beemster (APPM): Conquering the German market with a dash of Dutch creativity
Innovation Origins will be joined by a new columnist this weekend: Floris Beemster (43) is an expert in the field of urban innovation and Germany. Beemster is working together with colleague Sophie...
How photonics takes autonomous driving to the next level
The Automotive Photonics Conference aims to bring the automotive industry and the world of photonics closer together. According to photonics professor Ifelfonso Tafur Monroy, the technique is...
Israeli start-up REE “reinvents the wheel”
At the IAA in Frankfurt, the Israeli start-up REE and its strategic partner Musashi Seimitsu, a global Japanese Tier 1 group, presented a revolutionary, new approach to electric vehicles. The design...
Economical energy storage for the electric car of tomorrow
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden have developed a new production process which is aimed at future efficient and environmentally friendly...
Porsche launches low-volume production with bio-based materials
Automaker Porsche is leveraging the benefits of organic materials in automotive manufacturing applications. The new 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport features body parts made of natural-fibre composite...
