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Toshiba Delivers Mobile Hydrogen Fuel Cell System to Fuel Cell Ship

“Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (hereinafter “Toshiba ESS”) today announced that the company has delivered a mobile 30kW hydrogen fuel cell system, which volume per unit power output is reduced to 1/3 compared to the stationary fuel cell systems …

IEEE to Define a Formal Model for Safe Automated Vehicle Decision-Making

“The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved a proposal to develop a standard for safety considerations in automated vehicle (AV) decision-making and named Intel Senior Principal Engineer Jack Weast to lead the workgroup. Participation in the workgroup …

Harbour Air and magniX Announce Successful Flight of World’s First Commercial Electric Airplane

“Harbour Air, North America’s largest seaplane airline and magniX, the company powering the electric aviation revolution, today announced the successful flight of the world’s first all-electric commercial aircraft. The successful flight of the ePlane, a six-passenger DHC-2 …

Lithium-Sulfur Battery Project Aims to Double the Range of Electric Airplanes

“Bye Aerospace is working with batteries from Otis Energy to hit the magic mark of 500 watt-hours/kilogram When General Motors briefly first wowed the world with its EV-1 electric car, back in 1990, it relied on lead-acid batteries …

Volocopter expands into utility drone business with heavy-lift VoloDrone

“Volocopter, the pioneer in Urban Air Mobility, presented the demonstrator of its VoloDrone today. This marks the company’s expansion into the logistics, agriculture, infrastructure and public services industry. The VoloDrone is an unmanned, fully electric, heavy-lift utility drone capable …

UPS Flight Forward Attains FAA’s First Full Approval For Drone Airline

“UPS (NYSE:UPS) subsidiary UPS Flight Forward Inc. today announced it has received the U.S. government’s first full Part 135 Standard certification to operate a drone airline. The company will initially expand its drone delivery service further to …

Porsche and Boeing to Partner on Premium Urban Air Mobility Market

“Porsche and Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace. With this partnership, both companies will leverage their unique market strengths and insights to study the …

NASA Takes Delivery of First All-Electric Experimental Aircraft

“The first all-electric configuration of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The X-57, NASA’s first all-electric experimental aircraft, or X-plane – and the first crewed X-plane in two decades …

Wing Unveils Plans for First-of-its-Kind Trial with FedEx and Walgreens

“This fall, Wing, FedEx Express, Walgreens, and local retailer Sugar Magnolia will launch a pilot program to make drone delivery available to residents of Christiansburg in Virginia’s New River Valley. The trial will demonstrate the benefits of drone delivery …

Roborace sets a new record for world’s fastest driverless car

“Most development work on self-driving cars focuses on mundane things like getting around parked cars and keeping bugs off sensors, but what about speed? Roborace is trying to develop a racing series for autonomous cars, and has set a Guinness …