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Huawei Patent for Posture-Determined Airbags

According to the official website of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, Huawei has publicly disclosed a new patent for the “control system and control method of safety airbags, and transportation vehicles.” Currently, the working principle of automotive safety airbags involves sensors detecting collision information when a vehicle experiences a traffic impact. These sensors then…

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Porsche Reveals Mission X Concept for 75th Anniversary

Porsche celebrates their 75th anniversary with the unveiling of the Mission X concept, an electric-powered supercar that previews a potential successor model to the plug-in hybrid 918 Spyder. The 2-seater is presented as a “lightweight super sports car” with a dedicated electric powertrain, which Porsche indicates could deliver nearly 1,500 hp. The automaker says the…

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Surfacing

By Athanassios Tubidis Using clay in different forms is a practice lost in time (beyond 14,000 BCE), while over the centuries its obvious association with ceramics became identitary. Evidently, there is a deeper aspect to it, a very gratifying one. The primary and somewhat magic idiom of its viscous and tactile nature, to easily take…

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Air taxi eVTOLs at Paris Air Show—Aerial Mobility?

The Paris Air Show broke all records for attendance (400 000), deals ($55 billion) but the main stars of the 2023 biannual event were also the next-generation electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxicabs making their first appearance. Full-sized and fully-equipped eVTOLs by Archer and Volocopter attracted the most, and it is scheduled to provide the world’s first air taxi services during the Paris…

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Opel Redesigns Logo for EV Era

Opel, part of Stellantis, has redesigned their lightning bolt logo for the electric era. The logo keeps the familiar lightning bolt as the central element, but the symbol has been given a sharpened design that Opel says gives it a progressive and modern look. See video. It will continue to form a central element of…

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Rivian Buys Iternio for Open EV Ecosystem

Rivian, based in Irvine, California, has announced the acquisition of Swedish mapping company Iternio, developer of the ‘A Better Routeplanner’ (ABRP) app. ABRP facilitates EV trip planning and Iternio says it has a strong community of EV drivers in both North America and Europe. ABRP gives EV drivers the ability to plan and compare routes and charging stop options.…

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Grewus Interactive Haptics Conference

On June 14 and 15, the interactive Haptics Conference took place at the historic Gastwerk Design Hotel in Hamburg. It was organized and hosted by Hamburg-based electronics maker Grewus. The purposes of the conference were: Bringing HMI-relevant disciplines together: what needs to be considered when integrating haptics into an application? How do design, the UI,…

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Volkswagen’s 3-Row ID.Buzz E-Van

Volkswagen’s 3-row ID.Buzz electric van will go on sale nationwide in the second half of 2024. The 3-row variant has been developed specifically for North America. It’s on a longer wheelbase than the 2-row European vehicle that debuted in 2022, plus a bigger battery and more horsepower. The vehicle will be built in Hanover, Germany, along…

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