Sustainable mobility: the excellence Italian National Pole was born
Last July 16th was presented the project of the National Pole of Sustainable Mobility and Manufacturing, also called SMTC, Sustainable Mobility Technology Center, which will be established in TNE spaces of Corso Settembrini 178...
“Baby electric motors”, strollers with e-stroller system
Nine parents out of ten pay attention to strollers’ comfort and safety and, concerning this, Bosch has ideated a new system that marks its entry in a new market.
In the wind tunnel, with 7-degree...
Will the autonomous-guide electric container ship be implemented?
The news of the manufacturing stop for Yara Birkeland, the first autonomous-guide electric container ship, arouses the debate about the green future of intermodal logistics. The matter was the transition of the transport from...
The patent of electrostatic motors
For this piece of news, we move to the United States, in Massachusetts, where Draper company is accomplishing a great change in the world of electric motors through the introduction of electrostatic motors.
They are...
“Bodyless” batteries, integrated into the frame
It is known, the battery weight is one of the big burdens that hinders electric cars’ performances. Concerning this, the new frontier of the sector is the structural battery, a solution that might share...
From nanomaterials to the new generation of electric motors
Conventional materials and technologies are by now reaching their performance limit. It is then clear the need of turning to a “revolutionary” synergy that succeeds in tracing a new frontier of development able to...
Volvo invests in a new laboratory in Shanghai
To design and to manufacture in-house electric motors for the next car generation, Volvo Cars has inaugurated in Shanghai, in China, a new laboratory precisely dedicated to electric propulsion systems. This structure, in operation...
Measuring the efficiency of induction motors: what is the actual scenario?
The EU Regulation requires the measurement of efficiency for induction motors, as the surveillance task demanded to the different EU countries. Toward this goal, induction motors' manufacturers and surveillance authorities should consider various issues...
Batteries, chemistry and efficiency for a more sustainable market
If lithium and other materials are concentrated in a few territories, alternatives must be found to make storage systems more efficient and improve the supply chain to our advantage.
A kit for the hybrid conversion of ambulances is under study
A University project carried out by Tiziano Montella, Master’s Student in Managerial Engineering at Alma Mater in Bologna, in collaboration with Bonfiglioli, was aimed at defining a hybrid conversion solution for ambulances, based on...