Tablets, smartphones, and apps get all of the attention in tech these days. And, we all know BMW and Audi make incredibly high-tech sedans. Yet, over the past two years, automakers have started adding some surprising tech features to trucks. One model can lower itself to help passengers step inside and to make it easier …
Category Archives: long distance travel
pilotless aircraft
An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectrum of uses for airplanes includes recreation, transportation of goods and people, military, and research. Worldwide, commercial aviation transports more than four billion passengers annually on airliner and transports more than 200 billion tonne–kilometres of cargo annually, which is less than 1% …
electric motorcycles and scooters.
Electric motorcycles and scooters are plug-in electric vehicles with two or three wheels. The electricity is stored on board in a rechargeable battery, which drives one or more electric motors. Electric scooters (as distinct from motorcycles) have a step-through frame. Power source ZEV 7100LR (lead/sodium silicate battery) Yamaha FC-AQEL (fuel cell prototype) Suzuki Burgman (fuel cell prototype) Most electric motorcycles and scooters today are powered …
Electric buses
An electric bus is a bus that is powered by electricity. Electric buses can store the electricity on board, or can be fed continuously from an external source. Buses storing electricity are majorly battery electric buses, in which the electric motor obtains energy from an on-board battery, although examples of other storage modes do exist, such as the gyrobus which uses flywheel energy storage. …
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