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INDUSTRY NEWS | 3 MIN READ Bentley Motors has taken another step on its journey to becoming the world’s most sustainable luxury car manufacturer. Their factory headquarters in Crewe, Cheshire has been given the internationally recognised PAS 2060 standard for carbon neutrality. Bentley Motors has taken another step on its journey to becoming the world’s most sustainable luxu...

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2 MIN READ The first all-electric X-plane was delivered to NASA last week. The X-plane, known as Mod II will be used for ground testing of the cruise electric propulsion system at the Californian site. The first all-electric X-plane was delivered to NASA last week. Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) delivered the first of three configurations of the X-57 Ma...

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2 MIN READ With all the talk of self-driving cars in the near future, electric vehicles and flying cars, it has us wondering—what happens if you put a plane engine in a car? We share some talented (and arguably mad) individuals have produced cars with plane engines! With all the talk of self-driving cars in the near future, electric vehicles and flying cars, ...

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2 MIN READ Canadian researchers employed by Tesla have developed a new lithium-ion battery which could power vehicles for over a million miles, while losing less than 10% of its energy capacity. Different types of battery have used various lithium compounds to achieve good characteristics, and Dahn has been investigating a material known as NMC - a lithium ni...

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2 MIN READ The Virgin Galactic spaceplane, SpaceShipTwo has reached a new milestone by matting the fuselage and cabin of its next spaceship to the completed wing assembly. Virgin Group is planning on sending groups into space every 32 hours by 2023. Within four years, it will eventually have the capacity to transport 1,565 people on a year-round basis. The Vi...

INDUSTRY NEWS | IT & DIGITAL | 4 MIN READ What if there was a way to connect to the internet and benefit from a direct connection with much faster speeds? Enter Li-Fi! An emerging wireless technology which could hold the key to solving the challenges faced by 5G. Read more and watch the Ted Talks video to get up-to-date with the latest in wireless tech! The use of radio tech...

INDUSTRY NEWS | AEROSPACE | 4 MIN READ A satellite run by the European Space Agency (ESA) has been forced to fire its thrusters and perform a collision avoidance manoeuvre to avoid crashing into a SpaceX satellite. ESA said that artificial intelligence will be part of the technology solution for managing satellite traffic in the future. A satellite run by the European Space ...

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2 MIN READ During harsh winters, a build-up of ice on aircraft wings can cause havoc in busy airports across the world. The current de-icing techniques use a lot of energy and waste a great deal of time - the new system combats this. Engineers have adopted the rationale from the natural movement of glaciers: if the ice directly in contact with the surface is ...

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2 MIN READ The world’s first autonomous oil spill response vessel has made its debut When functioning in fully autonomous mode, the skimmer will enable unmanned oil spill response where crews are restricted as a result of safety hazards like dangerous weather or toxic fumes. The world’s first autonomous vessel designed to combat oil spills that spell big trou...

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2 MIN READ Researchers at the University of Warwick have repurposed old electric vehicle batteries as a small energy storage system (ESS) for developing countries or isolated communities. The project has been backed by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), who supplied the batteries and components from the I-PACE A group of researchers at the University of Warwick have su...