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In his sustainable aviation course, aerospace engineering professor Phil Ansell asked, "What does sustainability look like integrated to a system engineering process?" One of his student's answers became a new definition of sustainable aviation and a framework for achieving it.... Read more

Devices called encoders, located inside the sensors on autonomous cars, convert motion and other information acquired on the road into electrical signals that can then be used as feedback for the software running the vehicle to make informed decisions.... Read more

Over 60 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed each year in Philadelphia in recent years.... Read more

Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons he'd be earning perhaps four times what he now gets as captain of a sailboat that instead uses the wind's clean energy to transport goods across the Atlantic.... Read more

Since 2018, 21 intelligent traffic lights have been in use in Vienna. They recognize when pedestrians are approaching a crossing and automatically request green for them. This reduces the waiting time considerably in some cases.... Read more

Electric vehicles (EVs) bring not just environmental promise, but also raise critical safety questions—chief among them, the fire risks posed by their lithium-ion batteries. While indispensable for powering EVs, these batteries present unique challenges, especially in confined spaces like parking garages, where the potential for fires carries significant consequences.... Read more

Being able to charge your car at home is a big drawcard for many electric vehicle buyers. But it's rare to find chargers installed at apartment complexes in Australia.... Read more

Electric vehicles are growing in popularity but still make up a small percentage of total car sales. More than two decades of vehicle and infrastructure development have yielded only a 6.8% market share for EVs in the United States. Part of the problem is range anxiety—owners' fear that they won't... Read more

Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast reported a net loss of $550 million for the third quarter, less than the same period last year as the firm recorded an uptick in sales.... Read more

While sales of electric vehicles surge in China, adoption of more environmentally friendly vehicles is stumbling in the United States and Europe as carmakers and governments struggle to meet years-old promises about affordability and charging stations.... Read more

German car giant Volkswagen said Wednesday it would sell its operations in China's Xinjiang region, where Beijing has been accused of widespread human rights abuses including forced labor.... Read more

President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Energy will make a $6.6 billion loan to Rivian Automotive to build a factory in Georgia that had stalled as the startup electric vehicle maker struggled to become profitable.... Read more

Car mechanic Adebola Omotosho has to drive eight kilometers across Nigeria's bustling commercial hub Lagos to fill his tank with compressed natural gas.... Read more

Monash University engineers have developed an ultra-fast charging lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery, capable of powering long-haul EVs and commercial drones.... Read more

Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) algorithms can reduce road accidents through their ability to detect sleepy drivers and quickly and timely warn them of the dangers their drowsiness may cause, a study has found.... Read more