Is an electric air-taxi about to become reality?
It can reach speeds of 320 nodes (593 km/h) and fly up to 500 nautical miles (926 kilometres) with a single battery charge, plus 45 minutes of IFR reserve.
We are speaking of eFlyer 800,...
Anfia Next Mobility Hackathon: the winner is the public transport of the future
The first edition of the contest ANFIA Next Mobility Hackathon has ended, organized by Components and Car Coachbuilders-Designers Group of ANFIA to give room to the ideas and to the talent of Italian schools’...
The risks of the restrictions to steel imports
Clepa – the European Association of Automotive Suppliers fears that the European Commission’s proposal of extending the protection measure that limits steel imports in the EU damages automotive suppliers’ competitiveness and endangers workplaces.
Automotive suppliers,...
An electric ship in Rotterdam port
The international research project Magpie, which stands for “sMArt Green Ports as Integrated Efficient multimodal hubs” is aimed at developing an autonomous-guided zero-emission ship intended for the transport of goods on inland waterways, a...
EV/HEV motors potting with high performance resin systems
The resin is a perfect electrical insulator and it gives properties absolutely incomparable to other insulating methods: enhanced water and dust resistance, chemical resistance, less vibrations, less noise but most of all a perfect...
The IoTwins project, here the prize won by Bonfiglioli
Experimenting Big Data technologies and super-calculation for enterprise, creating models that can simulate, through Digital Twins, manufacturing or management processes of infrastructures, permitting preventive maintenance, process optimization and production increase. That is the target...
Double four-wheel drive e-motor with 9.6 kW of power
«Over 44,000 pre-orders in 48 hours for Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup». It was publicly affirmed by Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford, which strongly focuses on this electric variant of a model that...
“Bigger” than a smartphone
The startup EVR Motors, based in Israel has unveiled its new electric motor based on patented typology, TSRF (Trapezoidal Stator Radial Flux). The innovation is already ready for production and the company claims to...
Electric Motors Talks: great ideas also for aerospace applications
Last April 28th, in the second meeting with Electric Motors Talks, joint initiative of University of L'Aquila and of Coiltech to promote the exchange of know-how between specialists of Coil Winding and related ambits,...
Fully electric tractor for Agriculture 4.0
Electric motors committed to the green transformation of agriculture? Last December, the American company Monarch revealed in pioneering manner its electric, smart and autonomous guide tractor.
It is Monarch Tractor, a vehicle featuring the typical...