Sales of plug-in ‘zero emission’ vehicles have stalled in Europe. Electric cars are a key part of Europe’s green transition plans but the road ahead remains littered with obstacles with…
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New method for detecting unusual air turbulence holds promise for aviation safety
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain With air turbulence presenting a significant safety concern in civil aviation, especially amidst the growing impacts of climate change and the expansion of the aviation industry,…
High-speed railway track components inspection framework leverages latest advancements in AI
by KeAi Communications Co. Producer-consumer inference pipeline based on nodes parallelization and concurrency. Credit: Tang, Y., & Qian, Y. In railway maintenance, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep…
Key technologies in digital twin of railway wireless network
by KeAi Communications Co. The architecture of wireless network DT-based system. Credit: Ke Guan, Xinghai Guo, Danping He, et al. The railway system will continue to integrate global positioning systems…
After the Baltimore bridge collapse, we need clear-eyed assessments of the risks to key infrastructure
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Catastrophic collapses of major bridges are thankfully rare. Notable examples in the last couple of decades include the failure of the I35-W in Minneapolis in August…
Japan to unveil next-generation passenger plane project
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Japan is expected to announce plans to develop a next-generation passenger jet following a government committee meeting on Wednesday, a year after the last struggling attempt…
EPA’s new auto emissions standard will speed the transition to cleaner cars
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released strict new emissions limits on March 20, 2024, for cars built from 2027 through 2032. The final rule for Multi-Pollutant…
What happens to F1 drivers’ bodies, and what sort of training do they do?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Various forms of motorsport are passionately followed around the world, and the pinnacle of the sport is Formula 1—a fast-paced battle between drivers and teams with…
US to investigate Texas fatal crash that may have involved Ford partially automated driving system
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, involving a Ford electric vehicle that may have been using a partially…
Recent progress and a flying car perspective
EMS system of HEPS under three-dimensional transportation network. Credit: Zhexi Lu, Science and Technology on Vehicle Transmission Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology A paper aiming to…
