Category: Highlights

“S-A2” by Supernal, the electric aircraft of the future

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It’s called the “S-A2,” and for now, it’s just a concept—a concrete vision of what a future eVTOL aircraft might look like, designed to operate in urban areas as a new mobility solution. Developed by Supernal, part of Hyundai Motor Group, the aircraft can carry one pilot and four passengers, reaching a maximum speed of 190 km/h at an altitude of over 450 meters. This height is sufficient for urban operations worldwide, considering that currently, only 23 skyscrapers exceed 450 meters, and aside from Central Park Tower and One World…

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A spaceship has landed with Xiaomi “Su7”

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Tokyo Motorcycle Show. Honda unveils its new “CB 750 Four,” and in an instant, the global motorcycle industry realizes it is technologically ten years behind the Japanese manufacturer. The bike’s features were indeed astonishing compared to the competition, so much so that the most popular phrase among journalists to describe it was, “a spaceship has landed.” Industry professionals, however, had a different opinion, deeming the new model “too advanced” and speculating that “it will never be produced.” In reality, the bike was already in production, and soon other “spaceships” followed,…

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Nissan & Honda, two is better

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Nissan Motor and Honda Motor have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding under which they will launch a feasibility study aimed at resulting in a strategic partnership in the fields of electrification and vehicle intelligence. The two manufacturers consider it essential to develop new environmental and electrification technologies as well as new software to accelerate the path towards carbon neutrality and the elimination of road accidents, an objective that can only be achieved by combining their strengths and exploring the possibility of achieve shared automotive software platforms, common…

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Full sails ahead with Michelin’s “Wisamo project”

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“It takes just 15 large container ships to release into the atmosphere the same amount of sulfur oxides as the entire global car fleet. This was written by Macchine Motori in issue 82, as part of an article highlighting the heavy impact that commercial maritime transport has on the total anthropogenic emissions. Of the total amount, energy production accounts for about 73.3%, cars for about 9%, and maritime transport for about 2%. The article concluded by reflecting on the fact that if large ships were powered by nuclear energy, as…

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Honda, long range with fuel cell

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The objective is clear. Expand the range of collaborations in the transport segment with the development of medium and large transport vehicles dedicated to the North American market. For this reason, at the main local exhibition dedicated to the theme, “Advanced Clean Transportation Expo”, held last May in California, Honda presented a Peterbilt tractor model “579 EV” modified to integrate three latest generation fuel cells “Cr-V Fcev”. In fact, a heavy-duty full electric based on a propulsion system whose marketing was in fact foreseen in the Japanese company’s plans to…

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Fpt Industrial and Petronas married today

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Every engine has its own lubricant. It is one of the golden rules to be respected when you want to guarantee the reliability of an engine as the use of oils that are not aligned with the mission profile that the engine must fulfill or, worse, of low quality, inevitably leads to degradation progressive performance and an increase in consumption, leading, in the most serious cases, to inducing failures which then prove costly to resolve. Hence the need to lubricate each unit with the most suitable oil, both in terms…

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Pagg Aspöck, new headquarters and new products

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230 million turnover in 2023, four production sites and eight branches around the world for a total of over one thousand and 400 employees. These, in short, are the credentials with which the Austrian group Aspöck Systems presents itself, having been involved in the lighting sector for towed vehicles and operating machines for over 45 years and today boasting a product catalog of over 160 pages within which it is practically impossible not to find the most suitable lighting system to equip any trailer or any industrial or agricultural machine.…

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Ecobus: more efficiency, less pollution

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Buses and trucks will remain almost the same on the outside, but they will change a lot on the inside. In the sense that their engines will increasingly look to energy sources other than fossil ones. This is according to the words of Alberto Curnis, researcher at the Polytechnic of Milan. The game could therefore be played by liquefied biomethane, vegetable-derived or recycled oils, but also hydrogen produced thanks to energy from renewable sources. To complete the scenario, itdevelopment of electrically powered vehicles. The optimization of space and design could…

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DaVinci motor “Dc100”: geometric, but exclusive

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If you ask a motorcyclist why they prefer an unstable and uncomfortable vehicle like a motorcycle over a comfortable and safe sedan, you always get the same answer: “I like it, I have fun.” In fact, there’s nothing logical about traveling on a vehicle that constantly leaves its occupants exposed to the whims of the weather and environment. This is why those who use two wheels only for logistical reasons, to minimize travel in urban areas, tend to use scooters, holding the same affection for their vehicles as they do…

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Electric outboards – Special Macchine Motori

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“The table published lists around forty models of electric outboard motors, almost all of which were on display at the latest edition of ‘Boot,’ the boat show in Düsseldorf, Germany. With the exception of the three prototypes presented by Mercury, Honda, and Torqueedo, all the other motors should be available on the market and therefore should represent the current European offering in the sector. However, this must be taken with caution. Due to the extreme mechanical simplicity of such units, the actual offering is much richer than what was displayed…

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