Important Innovations Collection

RotorX DIY Personal Flying Machine                                                  Source:  RotorX Kit-Built, Personal Aviation Vehicle  Arizona-based aviation company RotorX is taking orders for its "Do-It-Yourself", kit-built, personal flying machine.  The eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle)) called Dragon is a manned multicopter.  It is capable of speeds up to 63 mph and has automated landing capability through advanced sensors, joystick controls empowered by backed-up flight computers, as well as hands-free hover in place functionality. Essentially, Dragon is a big, smart drone with a minimalist cabin and seat in the middle of the aircraft. It's classified as an ultra-light aircraft that requires no license to fly.  That is why RotorX says just about anyone can fly it.  Tech Specs The de...

UMiles' Integrity 3 eVTOL                                                       Source:  UMiles The Drone of Drones Spain's aerial mobility vehicle developer UMiles has unveiled two, new, fascinating aircraft.  One is a remotely piloted, electric air taxi concept and the other is a piloted, two passenger eVTOL vehicle called Integrity 3.  The single seat, remotely piloted air taxi is being called the "drone of drones" by UMiles. It has been built as a prototye and will be test flown in a number of European cities later this year.  UMiles is a new contender in the growing air mobility market and an experienced drone manufacturer to watch.  It is quite a technological feat for a relatively small to medium sized aviation company to be unveiling two new models of flying technology at once. The Drone of D...

Developing Small, Portable Hydrogen Cartridges                          Source:  Toyota H-Cartridge & H-Cars Toyota Aims to Make Hydrogen Fueling Easy and Convenient  Toyota has a vision for a hydrogen future with green hydrogen po wering homes, businesses, cars, trucks and more.  Hydrogen as an element is readily available, has zero emissions and has tremendous potential to be a gamechanger for a very green future. But the big impediment to widespread use of hydrogen is the lack of  infrastructure delivery systems, meaning hydrogen fill-up stations. So,  Toyota is developing a lightweight cartridge that makes hydrogen portable and fueling with it easy and convenient.  The purpose is to eliminate the time and investment money needed to build infrastructure and jumpstart the convenient use of hydrogen cars by global consumers. Toyota is putting its new, easy to handle hydrogen car...

TCab E20 eVTOL Is Flying Regularly                                                                            Source:  TCab Tech & EHang EHang Is Doing Autonomous Demonstration Flights with Passengers Regularly China is becoming a big leader in the global race to deploy flying taxis.  Flying taxi company EHang, based in Guangzhou, China, has been doing a series of successful autonomous flights with passengers onboard. It uses 4G & 5G, high speed wireless transmission to communicate with its command-and-control center for remote control of the aircraft and real-time transmission of flight data. The EHang eVTOL is expected to win full flight certification any day.  Meanwhile, a second company Shanghai-based TCab Tech is making tremendous progres...

Revolutionay Car: Combustion Engine Fueled by Hydrogen                                  Source: Renault Car Teaser & H-Van The Future of Zero Emissions Driving French automaker Renault is about to unveil the world's first hydrogen powered car that appears ready to go into production.  The technology in this vehicle is revolutionary.  It has an internal combustion engine that is powered by hydrogen instead of gasoline.  The company just released a teaser image of the new h-car.  It shows a new Renault logo on the side window, a slim front grill and an interesting headlight line and configuration.  It appears to be a tall vehicle with a rather low bumper line.  Some automotive experts believe that it is a hydrogen powered SUV.  According to Renault, the hydrogen car represents Renault's "sustainable development vision and commitments".  Within the...

Green Zero Emissions Commuting                                             Source:  Sea Change Green Waves of Energy in San Francisco Bay In a first of its kind in global public transportation, a hydrogen powered ferry is being prepared to launch on San Francisco Bay this summer.  The Sea Change ferry is totally propelled by hydrogen fuel cells and emits only water and heat. Unlike the rest of the maritime industry of tankers, ocean liners, pleasure boats, tugs and more that spew noxious diesel fuel pollution, the hydrogen ferry is totally emissions free and does not pollute the environment.  The developers say it is clean, efficient and makes sense economically on scale - meaning it has the potential to be a profitable and growing commercial business operation.  Non-Polluting Maritime Operations  The Sea Change is the beginning of gr...

Hot New EV Entry in the Mid-Size Sedan Global Market                                                                      Source:  Mercedes-Benz EQE Has Looks, Range, Tech & More Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled an all-electric new sedan, the 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE.  It is a smaller but very distinctive version of the new MB EQS, which is MB's very hot flagship vehicle in the global automotive marketplace.  With the EQE, the design, range, technology and infotainment features are very impressive.  For example, the infotainment screen is 56 inches long and spans the full width of the dashboard.  It is called the Hyperscreen and it combines a digital gauge cluster, central touchscreen and a screen for the front passenger.  The EV is getting grea...

$40 Billion Investment Over the Next Decade                                                  Source:  Honda Millions of Honda EVs to Go Into Production Japanese automotive giant Honda is investing $40 billion to electrify its car lineup.  The investment over the next decade will cover R&D and production.  Honda says that by 2030 it will have launched 30 new EVs, including two SUVs and a mini-car.  The company is also accelerating production to 2 million electric vehicles per year. Big Battery Push Honda is simultaneously focusing on the development of solid-state batteries that are lighter, faster to recharge and provide longer range than current lithium-ion batteries used to power EVs.  Honda expects to bring its own solid-state batteries to the global market in the second half of this decade.  It is also expl...

Alpine & IED's New Hydrogen Powered Supercar                                             Source:  Alpine & IED The A-4810  France-based, Renault-owned Alpine, which is a renowned race and sports car maker, has unveiled a hydrogen powered concept car that may be the top car concept of the decade.  Alpine's Design Studio created the hydrogen, electric vehicle with 28 graduate students from the Turin, Italy-based Instituto Europeo di Design (IED), which is one of the top automotive design universities in the world.  The new concept vehicle is called A4810 and it represents their vision of the future for an Alpine supercar in 2035.  It is a spectacular vision of the future of driving a sleek, stylish, sophisticated, fully loaded vehicle with cutting-edge technologies, including a hydrogen powertrain. The vehicle's hydrogen power s...

Luxury Electric SUV Folgore                                                       Source: Maserati Lots of Battery Power and Torque Italian luxury car maker Maserati has introduced its first, fully electric SUV, the Maserati Grecale Folgore. The compact electric SUV will be available on the market in 2023.  The vehicle is Maserati's entry point into the luxury electric SUV global marketplace, which is burgeoning with new entrees and accelerating growth.  The Grecale, named after a Mediterranean Sea wind, is part of a series of new EVs from Maserati that will be sold under the Folgore nameplate. Folgore in English means lightening, and Maserati's first EV is expected to be just that - fast with style and lots of sizzle. Some Features and Specs The new Folgore is the electric version of the Maserati Grecale SUV ...

May Be World's #1 E-Bike With Silver Arrow Heritage Source:  Mercedes Benz Silver Arrow Concepts You Can Own & Ride a Mercedes for $4500 What a fun and amazing new product from Mercedes-Benz.  It's the Mercedes electric bike called the n+ MB EQ-Formula E Team Silver Arrows or Silver Arrows, for short.  Mercedes EQ's Formula E Team created the cutting-edge Silver Arrows in collaboration with n+ or nplusbiking, a big name in e-biking.  Made on an aluminum 6061 frame which is very lightweight, the bike combines the n+'s ebiking expertise with Mercedes design team's expertise from Formula E racing and road cars into an awesome new electric bike, that is not that expensive at $4,500.  The Silver Arrows e-bike joins a legacy of MB Silver Arrow vehicles, including a concept racing car and motorbike concept. Tech Specs Here are some specs and features concerning Silver Arrows.  It is equipped with: Tektro hydraulic disc brakes Kendra Ks puncture-resistant ...

Defining the Future of Sports Cars                                                  Source:  Porsche Porsche's Growing Electric Lineup Porsche just announced that it will launch the Porsche 718E, all-electric sports car in 2025. The e-sports car will be available in Germany in late 2023. It will be sold exclusively as an electric vehicle.  In fact, the next generation of the 718 Boxster/Cayman will be electric only.  Porsche is a wholly owned subsidiary of VW.  And the 718E will be Porsche's first car produced on the VW PPE (Premium Platform Electric) that is being developed with Audi.  Porsche says that it is developing the 718E and its core electric technologies to "shape the future of sports cars" that are totally electric powered with zero emissions to the environment but operate with the power and fun of a regular ...

  New Partnership Between Indian and Super 73 Produces Stunning e-Bike                        Source:  Indian Motorcycles' e-Bike Hooligan The Hooligan 1.2 Legendary motorcycle maker Indian Motorcycles and e-bike maker Super 73, both headquartered in the US, have partnered to create a stunning new electric bike that is getting great reviews.  The new, all electric bike is called the eFTR Hooligan 1.2 or Hooligan for short.  The e-bike is a classic that does not require a special driver's license. It has some classic features that rollback to Indian's 112-year motorcycle history that began in Springfield, Massachusetts and now continues in Medina, Minnesota. New e-Bike Design The Hooligan base is that of the Super 73's very popular e-bike S2.  Indian used the S2's aluminum frame and added some big design upgrades from their motorcycle expertise and their bikes' legendary looks.  ...