The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded 2.7 million euros to the project Steadfast (Swarm Technology Enabling Advanced Drone-Facilitated Active Support Tactics). This project focuses on improving situational awareness in disaster response and military operations, where rapid decision-making and real-time monitoring are of great importance. Swarms consisting of small drones play a crucial role in this.
A major joint project involving ten companies from the plastics industry, an association and five partners from research and development began in October. The aim is to establish a regional competence center for vocational research in the field of plastics recycling. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the project with around 9.8 million euros.
Vitesco Technologies, a leading international provider of modern drive technologies and electrification solutions for sustainable mobility, is today publishing its preliminary results for fiscal year 2023.
CEO Andreas Wolf is satisfied with the results: “Despite global challenges, 2023 was a successful year and provides a solid basis for the upcoming years.”
Flush with light-truck profits and a balance sheet that hasn't been drained by ill-planned spending on electric vehicles, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares is ready to take on the Chinese and everyone else in what he sees as a survival-of-the-fittest shakeout emerging over the next decade as the industry comes to grips with the warming planet.
La Comisión de Transportes de la Unión Europea tiene un importante problema en su propia casa. Si hasta hace unos días, los coches eléctricos serían los únicos que podrían salir de las fábricas de las marcas, ahora se abre un nuevo escenario con los combustibles sintéticos. Ursula von der Leyen ha abierto la puerta al uso de los e-fuels par ano perjudicar a los ciudadanos.
La Autoridad Federal Alemana de Transporte Motorizado (KBA) ha comunicado este miércoles que ha detectado un dispositivo de desactivación no autorizado para el control de emisiones en coches diésel del BMW X3, según informa DPA. La KBA había iniciado un proceso contra BMW en enero por una posible manipulación de los valores de emisiones de óxidos de nitrógeno del modelo X3 con motor diésel de dos litros.
Manually checking the quality of components or products in industry is labor-intensive for employees and error-prone on top of that. The Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM is unveiling a solution that provides total versatility in this area.
Imagine a DVD-sized disk that could store more than 10,000 times the data of a Blu-ray Disc, a feat that could lead to vast savings of storage space and energy in an era of big data and artificial intelligence.