Transport
The world is smaller today than it has ever been before. We can move anything anywhere with the greatest of ease and it's only getting better. Your competition is no longer just down the road, it's all over the world and we're always finding better ways to transport things.
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Airbus will move 20 percent of its engineering and design work to low-cost countries, particularly India, by 2012, according to a new report. |
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Tuesday 13 October, 2009 08:53 AM |
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The DC-3 revolutionized air travel starting in the 1930s, but after all those years only a few remain airworthy. Photojournalist Dan Carpenter and I found one still working hard out in the Mat-Su Valley. |
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Sunday 11 October, 2009 05:04 PM |
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Folding bike designer Mark Sanders was named 'Design Engineer of the Year at the first annual British Engineering Excellence Awards.
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Sunday 11 October, 2009 08:58 AM |
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Two-wheeled motorcycle concept with a ‘roof’ and electric power unveiled by BMW.
It looks like a bike but uses no fuel and you don’t need a helmet. |
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Tuesday 6 October, 2009 08:08 AM |
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has submitted a state application for nearly $4.7 billion in federal economic stimulus funding for engineering, design and construction on the state’s high-speed rail project, the governor announced Friday.
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Monday 5 October, 2009 11:56 AM |
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Geneva, Switzerland - As a sometime bike mechanic and general fan of two-wheeled vehicles, I was thrilled to walk into Planet Charmilles last week to find an exhibition on the history of bicycles. The exhibit titled Le Velo, Deux Siecles d’Histoire, or The Bicycle, Two Centuries of History, showcased 30 bicycles dating from 1817 to the present.
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Monday 5 October, 2009 09:08 AM |
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After three decades as the favored car of Cuban 'nomenklatura', the austere, Russian-built Lada has spotted a Chinese rival in its rear-view mirror.
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Wednesday 30 September, 2009 12:21 PM |
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Hero Electric , a market leader in the electric two-wheeler category in India launched its eco-friendly, economical high- speed electric-bike- E-Sprint in the state of Uttar Pradesh. E-Sprint offers an unparalleled level of safety, style and comfort with its new features like Cell Phone Charger, Sensor Braking System, Front disc brakes, Large Storage Box Capacity, etc. The new model will be available on three exciting colours-Olive Black, Exotic Red & Mystic Silver, and is available at an ex-showroom price of Rs. 37,400 in Uttar Pradesh.
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Tuesday 29 September, 2009 11:33 PM |
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According to independent automobile engineers, this technology’s performance is about the same as a motorcycle fired by a single spark plug. In other words, the twin spark plug technology, whose usage is being contested by Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor Company, does not deliver any better mileage and acceleration than that derived from a single spark plug.
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Tuesday 29 September, 2009 12:30 PM |
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Airbus has said it is increasingly unlikely goal of 300 gross orders in 2009, but notes the failure to achieve this target is now of “secondary” importance to the avoidance of losing more orders and of maintaining an acceptable level of deliveries in 2010.
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Monday 28 September, 2009 08:47 AM |
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The California High-Speed Rail Authority on Wednesday unanimously approved an application for more than $4.5 billion in federal stimulus funding for engineering, design and construction on the state's high-speed train system – generating an investment of $9.1 billion when state matching funds are added.
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Thursday 24 September, 2009 04:29 PM |
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If the world of folding bicycles has been, until recently, dominated by one or two brands, then that's fine. Times are changing and here we look at a new bike from an up and coming player in the folding market. The Mezzo D10 is a small-wheeled folding commuter bike from ATB, who are perhaps better known as the makers of Whyte mountain bikes and UK distributors for Willier and Marin.
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Thursday 24 September, 2009 10:22 AM |
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World-famous Danish designer Jens Martin Skibsted has a message for the citizens of the "bicycle kingdom": Bicycles can be colorful, stylish and multifunctional.
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Sunday 20 September, 2009 07:48 PM |
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Airbus SAS , the planemaker that said yesterday its next single-aisle model likely won’t come for another 15 years, risks an open flank to rivals from Canada and Asia that seek a slice of the industry’s most lucrative segment.
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Saturday 19 September, 2009 12:50 PM |
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Surprises both pleasant and not came along with the presentation of the new Russian super car Marussia B2 at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The design looks smart, but suspiciously familiar. And what’s underneath?
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Friday 18 September, 2009 11:54 AM |
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Safety is the most basic and important performance for autos. In recent years, with the increasing development of China's automakers with self-owned brands, their input in terms of auto R&D, production and quality control has also increased year by year, which also makes the quality and performance of the autos with self-owned brands have a quiet great progress. The safety performance of autos has been paid more attention to by numerous self-owned auto enterprises.
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Friday 18 September, 2009 10:37 AM |
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Some cars are so exotic, so massive and impressive they stand above all others. Some that met these criteria were America's Duesenberg J/SJ, Britain's 12-cylinder Rolls-Royce Phantom III, Germany's supercharged Mercedes-Benz SSKL, France's Bugatti Royale, Italy's Isotta-Fraschini and Spain's big Hispano-Suiza.
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Thursday 17 September, 2009 09:55 PM |
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Mission Motors, a San Francisco based company redefining the world of performance motorcycles, announced today that its zero-emissions Mission One electric superbike has claimed the national AMA top speed record for an electric motorcycle, achieving a record 150.059 mph two-pass average run sustained for one mile at Bonneville Speedway on September 1st, 2009. Lead up to runs for the record saw one-way speeds across the mile stretch at 161mph.
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Wednesday 16 September, 2009 02:44 PM |
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Ricardo, Inc ., the US subsidiary of Ricardo plc, the leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world's automotive, defense, transport and new energy industries, has announced that the award of $2.1 million (GBP1.3m) of funding has been made by the UK Technology Strategy Board to a consortium led by advanced battery manufacturer Axeon and including Ricardo, which will develop a new lightweight battery for use in electric small city cars, improving their performance, functionality and range. |
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Monday 14 September, 2009 02:31 PM |
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The 12C follows the McLaren F1 supercar , which had a top speed of 240mph in the mid-Nineties, and the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, which ended production earlier this year. A McLaren spokesman said this week: "The rules in the sports car world are about to be rewritten."
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Wednesday 9 September, 2009 10:45 PM |
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Rolls-Royce has officially released the first production images and a long list of details on its latest model, the 2011 Ghost. Styled much like the Phantom, but slightly sportier and more modern, this more “entry-level” vehicle is still expected to cost close to $300,000.
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Wednesday 9 September, 2009 09:59 AM |
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