Ismael Shapiro

A Chinese Electric Vehicle Firm, BYD, Has Surpassed Tesla In The Global Sale Of Electric Vehicles In The First Half Of 2022. BYD, Partly Owned By Warren Buffett, Sold 638,157 Electric Vehicles While Tesla Sold 564,743 Vehicles. However, In Fairness, BYD Vehicles Are Electric Or Plug-In Hybrid Compared To Tesla’s Full Battery Electric.

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The World’s First Zero-Emission Hydrogen-Powered Flying Boat, Called “The Jet,” Which Can Soar 3 Ft Above The Water Surface Will Be Built In Dubai In 2023. The Noiseless Jet, Which Can Transport Up To 12 Passengers, Including A Pilot, Will Span 32 Ft, Weigh 6 Tones, And Cruise At Speeds Of Up To 40 Knots, Or 46 Miles Per Hour.

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A Technology Company, ABB, Is Said To Have Developed The Fastest Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger, Called Terra 360, Which Is Capable of Charging An EV In About 3 Minutes For A 100 km (62 miles) Drive Range. The Terra 360 Is Said To Have A Maximum Output Of 360 kW And Can Fully Charge An EV In 15 Minutes Or Less. Cool!

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A New Record May Have Been Set For The Longest Flight Over Water By An All-Electric Plane. The 48-Mile Flight Was Made Across The Cook Strait, New Zealand. And The Plane Was Piloted By Gary Freedman, The Founder Of The Record-Setting All-Electric Plane Company, ElectricAir, For ~40-Minutes From Omaka To Wellington Airport. Cool!

Self-Driving Boats (Roboats) Are Being Tested In The Canals Of Amsterdam. The Same Advanced Technology Applied To Self Driving Cars Was Used In Developing The Roboats. The Roboats, Expected To Travel 6-7 Km/ Hour, Will Convey People, Goods, And Trash. The Watercrafts Will Be Used To Alleviate Road Congestions By Making Use Of Under-Utilised Canals.

FedEx Has Begun Using Self-Driving Trucks Developed By Autonomous Vehicle Startup Aurora And Heavy-Duty Vehicle Manufacturer Paccar, As Part Of A Pilot Program, To Haul Goods Btw Dallas And Houston. The Self Driving Trucks, With Backup Safety Driver, Will Be Used Multiple Times A Week To Complete The ~ 500 Mile Route Along Interstate 45.

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Jetpack Aviation’s “The Speeder,” The World’s First Flying Motorcycle, Has Passed A Test Flight. The Flying Machine, Which Has 4 Turbojet Engines That Runs On Kerosine Or Desiel Fuel, Is Described As Star Wars Speeders Crossed With A Jet Ski And A Helicopter. The Speeder, Which Costs $380,000, Can Reach Speeds Of 300miles/hour, And Height Of 15,000 Ft.

AirCar, A Prototype Flying Car Equipped With A BMW Engine And Runs On Regular Petrol-Pump Fuel, Made A 35 Mins First-Ever Intercity Flight Btw Intl. Airports In Nitra And Bratislava, Slovakia. The Hybrid Car, Which Converts From A Car To A Plane In 2 mins 15 Secs, Is Said To Be Able To Fly For 1,000km (600 Miles), And To A Height Of 8,200ft (2,500m).

Ford’s First-Ever Electric SUV, The Ford Mustang Mach-E, Which Has Been On Sale For A Few Months, Has Now, For The First Time In The World, Experienced A Wreck, Via Highway Speed Crash. Fortunately, All Occupants Survived With Minor Injuries. The Accident May Indicate How Safe The Vehicle Is, Compared To The Fatal Tesla Model S Crash.

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New Evidence May Have Been Discovered That Supports The First Documented Record Of Salt Use As Mayan Currency, Depicted In A 2500-Year Old Mural Painted In Calakmul Ruins, Mexico. The New Evidence Are Clay Pots And Utensils Utilized To Produce Standardized Salt Units That Were, Probably, Used As Money In Trades, Like The Ancient Romans Did.

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Researchers Have Developed A Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) Imaging Technique That Uses Laser To Spot Hidden Objects ~1.43 Km Away. It Was, Previously, Only Possible To Detect Partially Or Fully Hidden Objects A Few Metres Away As Environmental Factors Affect Longer Distance Traveling Light, Which Confuses The Sensors. NLOS Has Uses In Self Driving Cars.

Dutch Students, Aka AeroDelft Team, From Delft University, Plan To Fly The World’s First Hydrogen-Powered (HP) Aircraft Called Phoenix PT, In July Of 2021. The Team, From The University That Demoed The The Flying V, Sees A Future For The First Around The World HP Flight By 2025, And The First Commercial HP Aircraft Operations By 2035.

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The World’s First Human Passenger Test Of A New Mode Of Transportation, Since 100 Years, Was Successfully Done By “Virgin Hyperloop.” Hyperloop Is A Transportation Mode Via A Vehicle, Magnetically Suspended In A Vaccum Tube, Which Can Reach Speeds Of 600 mph. But The Virgin Hyperloop Test Got To A Speed Of 100 mph Due To The 500m Long Track.

Life Aircraft Is Selling A Few Of Their Recreational Flying Vehicles, Called Hexa, For $US495,000. But The Cool Part Is That Anyone That Meets The Height, Weight, And Age Requirements Can Rent To Fly Without A Pilot’s License. Hexa Is An Electric Vertical Takeoff And Landing (eVTOL) Aircraft Able To Fly 15-Mins Intervals At Low Altitudes.

Researchers Have Conducted The First Successful Remote Controlled Test Flight Of A 22.5 kg And 3m Scale Futurist Airplane Model, Called Flying-V. The Plane Is Designed To Have Passenger Cabin, Cargo Hold, And Fuel Tanks In The Wings, And Shaped To Cut Aircraft Fuel Usage By 20%. However, More Work Is Needed To Get It Passenger Ready.

SkyDrive Inc., A Japanese Company, Has Announced The First Successful Public Demonstration Of A Piloted Flying Car, Named SD-03. SD-03, According To SkyDrive, Is “The First Smallest Vertical Takeoff And Landing Vehicle That Takes Up The Space Of Two Parked Cars.” The Company Plans On Carrying Out More Developments And Tests To Ensure The Car Use Safety.

Amazon Is Enhancing Shopping Experience With The New Smart Shopping Cart Called Amazon Dash Cart, Which Will Be Tested In Woodland Hills, California. The Cart, Which Can Handle Small To Medium Grocery Trips, Will Comprise Sensors, Cameras, And Smart Display To Track Every Item That A Customer Buys For Easy Cashier-Less Checkout Via the Dash Cart Lane.

Most Automakers Only Offer Cars’ Batteries Warranties Ranging From 60,000 to 150,000 Miles Over A 3 To 8-Year Period. But This Chinese Car Battery-Maker, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), Says That It Is Ready To Produce Batteries That Can Power A Vehicle For 1.2 Million Miles Across The Course Of A 16-Year Lifespan. Cool!

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Scientists Using LiDAR Aerial Remote-Sensing Have Discovered The Oldest and Largest Structure Built By Ancient Mayans, Btw 1,000 and 800 BC, In Mexico’s Tabasco State. The Rectangular Elevated Structure, In Volume, Is Said To Be Bigger Than Egypt’s Pyramid Of Giza Built 1.5Kyrs Earlier. The Site Is Speculated To Be Used For Mass Rituals.

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The World’s Largest All-Electric Powered Aircraft Completed Its First Flight On Thursday, 5/28/2002. The Aircraft, Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Took Off From Moses Lake, Washington, With A 750-Horsepower All-Electric Motor Built By The Company MagniX. This Innovation Is Said To Be A Step In Curbing Aircraft Operational Cost And Air Pollution.