BMW Makes EV Headlines With A Series Of Sheer Driving Pleasure Firsts
The Munich-headquartered automaker is using its catalog to translate customer interest in its fully electric products into dynamic growth.
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High-Accuracy EV Battery Monitoring with Diamond Quantum Sensors for Driving Range Extension
“We developed diamond sensors that are sensitive to milliampere currents and compact enough to be implemented in automobiles. Furthermore, we measured currents in a wide range as well as detected milliampere-level currents in a noisy environment,” explains Prof. Hatano.
The Role of Annealing in Improving All-Solid-State Lithium Battery Performance
Scientists reduce all-solid-state battery resistance by heating it. All-solid-state batteries are now one step closer to becoming the powerhouse of next-generation electronics as researchers from Tokyo Tech, AIST, and Yamagata University introduce a strategy to restore their low electrical resistance. They also explore the underlying reduction mechanism, paving the way … [continued]
Hot Start to Olympics Raises Health Concerns
The 2020 Summer Olympics kicked off in Tokyo on Friday and there are already signs the toughest part of the competition may just be the extreme heat and humidity in what is expected to be the hottest Olympics on record. Temperatures in Tokyo this time of year are usually in … [continued]
Lotus & Hope Launch 2020 Olympics Track Weapon
Hope Bicycle Technology (HB.T) recently announced the launch of an all-new, high-speed pursuit weapon that, it hopes, will give UK cyclists a competitive edge at the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. To make sure they’ve put their best foot forward, they’ve partnered with one of the most storied names in racing and engineering alike: Lotus.
Toyota Launches Two-Seat i-Road In Tokyo
Editor’s Note: While Toyota may be dragging its feet on the full-sized electric car market, I have to admit that I’ve loved this i-Road thingie since I first laid eyes on it. I hope Toyota isn’t just fooling around and will bring this to markets worldwide at some point. Here’s … [continued]
Japan Nuclear Restart Propels Energy-Poor Nation Along Rocky Road
Operators began gearing up the nuclear reactor at Kyushu Electric Power’s 31-year-old Sendai plant in the city of Satsumasendai last week. Sendai is about 600 miles (1,000 km) southwest of Tokyo on energy-poor Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu. The community closest to the plant and governor of the prefecture … [continued]
Minister Obuchi Quits, + Japan Feed-In Tariff & Energy Update (In Depth)
March 2011—when the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastated four reactors and endangered two others at Fukushima 1—forced a radical rethinking of Japan’s energy picture that continues today with a Japan feed-in tariff program. In the latest round, the utilities are pushing back against the feed-in tariffs and the fruitful development … [continued]
200 MPH Houston-Dallas Bullet Train Planned
Developers are conducting an environmental assessment for a planned Houston-Dallas bullet train much like the Japanese original (and inspired by it).
TEPCO Starts Fukushima Ice Wall Construction
Tokyo Electric Power Company started building something new and very cold at the ruined Fukushima nuclear power plant complex on Monday. It’s basically a big underground cooler meant to freeze the soil into a rectangular wall around TEPCO’s four nonfunctioning but still highly radioactive reactors. The frozen ground of the … [continued]
