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Hyundai’s electric air taxi flying cars land in 2028, but does humanity want them?

EV Central

At the 2024 Busan Mobility (car) Show in Korea, Hyundai’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company Supernal stated its plan to enter the air taxi market by 2028 with its S-A2 e-VTOL (electrical vertical take-off and landing) craft. On the noise front, Shin promised the e-VTOL flying taxi “operates as quietly as a dishwasher”.

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Wireless EV charging record set with Porsche Taycan prototype

Baua Electric

Existing wireless-charging systems for light-duty vehicles charge at much lower power levels, ORNL noted in a press release. Commercially-available hardware generally reaches 11 kw with 92% efficiency, according to ORNL, and standards cover power levels of up to 20 kw. Charging was conducted with a 4.75-inch

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Genesis Targets European Motorsports Community With New ‘Taxi’ Service

The Truth About Cars

Genesis has launched the “Genesis Track Taxi Nordschleife” program in Germany, offering rides around the Nürburgring. Being whisked around the 20-km track by a pro driver piloting a BMW, Mercedes-AMG or Porsche product is something that’s already available to people who have a few hundred euros to burn.

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Aeva announces Aeries 4D FMCW lidar-on-chip for autonomous driving; recent Porsche investment

Green Car Congress

Aeva’s 4D lidar-on-chip significantly reduces the size and power of the device by orders of magnitude while achieving full range performance of over 300 meters for low reflective objects in addition to the ability to measure instant velocity for every point—a first for the autonomous vehicle industry. Aeva’s Aeries sensing system.

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Kreisel Electric expanding capacity with construction of new Li-ion battery plant

Green Car Congress

The generated solar power will be stored in stationary Kreisel batteries (1,000 kWh) to secure the continuous power supply for building and charging stations. The last section of the building will host the software and engineering development and the offices. Kreisel has also swapped out VW’s 24.2 Kreisel has also swapped out VW’s 24.2

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Argonne white paper outlines battery and R&D requirements for electric aviation

Green Car Congress

A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

Green Car Congress

The e-Golf is powered by a 24.2 The power electronics module controls the high-voltage energy flow between the e-motor and the lithium-ion battery (between 250 and 430 V depending on the battery voltage). The power electronics converts the direct current (DC) stored in the battery to alternating current (AC). Click to enlarge.

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