Last week Tesla held its AI update day At AI Day Tesla unveiled an ambitious plan to complete the vertical integration of every component of its hardware and software stacks, from silicon, training cluster and compiler to driving simulator. If fully implemented in 2022, Tesla would be the most deeply integrated “automotive company” in the world. […]
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A Rolls-Royce-led consortium creating a compact nuclear power station, or small modular reactor (SMR) has revealed its latest design with increased power. The consortium is aiming to be the first design to be assessed by regulators in the second half of 2021 in the newly-opened assessment window, which will keep it on track to complete
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DHL is the first customer to order 12 fully electric Alice eCargo planes from Eviation. DHL aims to set up an unparalleled electric Express network and make a pioneering step into a sustainable aviation future. Eviation’s Alice is the world’s leading fully electric aircraft, which enables airlines – both cargo and passenger – to operate
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In case you missed last summer’s action from Goodwood the record for the hill climb now rests with VW after smashing Nick Heidfield’s F1 record.
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We all know that the Tesla Model 3 should be hitting the UK shores in the first half of 2019. Numerous articles cover the model 3 and there are hundreds if nor thousands of reviews available to read. The key points to know are that many people regard this Tesla as the best yet in
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Since the invention of the assembly line, manufacturing has continued to improve its capacity for production. Robots and automation have slowly been pushing the human worker out of the factory. But, there must be a tipping point where machinery can no longer supplant the human worker. It seems that Elon Musk may be reaching that
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At this weeks annual AGM Audi said it plans to sell around 800,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids in the year 2025, with 20 electrified models on its product line. This plan is to be called “Audi.Vorsprung.2025”. Audi highlighted plans to produce an electrified variant in each model series by 2025, so that every customer
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Lithium What is it? Lithium or Li is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal, it is the lightest metal and the lightest solid element. Like other alkali metals, lithium is highly reactive and flammable. Where to find it: Li never occurs freely in nature, but only in compounds, such as pegmatitic minerals. Lithium and its compounds
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Pioneering research and development investments of £120 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) to help the UK become a world leader in electric vehicle battery development and production were announced today by Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark. In a speech at the Battery and Energy Storage 2017 Conference today, Mr Clark set
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