The world's largest battery manufacturer, CATL, announced on Thursday a new style of battery destined to create a cleaner, longer-range generation of plug-in hybrid vehicles. The Freevoy Super Hybrid Battery debuts to give PHEVs and extended-range electrics (EREVs) the type of zero-emissions all-electric range that was previously reserved for battery electric vehicles. Freevoy-powered hybrids will travel farther with fewer fueling stops, whether they're relying solely on battery power or tapping into an ICE drive or generator. When battery power and fuel finally do run out, drivers can choose 10-minute battery charging, refueling or both.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Battery Technology, CATL, PHEV, Extended-range, Plug-in Hybrid, Sodium battery

Two major high-performance electric motorcycle makers have filed for bankruptcy within as many days: Italian maker Energica, and FUELL, the American electric two-wheeler company. Which leaves the question: are EV motos before their time?

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Energica, Fuell (company), Electric, Electric Motorcycles

It was April of 2018, and a day like any other until the first text arrived asking "Have you seen this yet?!" with a link to YouTube. Seconds later, former President Barack Obama was on screen delivering a speech in which he proclaimed President Donald Trump "is a total and complete [expletive]."

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Category: AI & Humanoids, Technology

Tags: Deepfakes, Google DeepMind, Open AI, Creative AI, Artificial Intelligence

In order to perform trailside repairs, mountain bikers and gravel bikers need at least two things: a multitool and a compact pump. That's where the Daysaver Incredible Pump comes in, as it's a little pump that accommodates a tool (or two!) within its hollow handle.

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: Multitools, Pump, Cycling, Kickstarter

German automotive supplier Mahle has been hard at work on next-gen electric drive systems, and it's also been exploring other critical components to help make vehicular electrification a more viable reality. At September's IAA Transportation show, it revealed a thermal management fan that borrows from nature to provide smoother, quieter, more efficient performance on the road and at the charger. The fan is designed to meet the needs of the full spectrum of vehicles, from small urban EVs to large fuel cell trucks.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Biomimicry, Mahle, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Cell, iaa-transportation-2024, Fan cooling

Last year, Tenways launched a lightweight city slicker called the CGO600 Pro as a Class 1 ebike rocking a clean and quiet belt drive. Now the company is giving US riders more choice with the addition of a chain-drive version.

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

Tags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted

If you've ever wondered how small a tiny house can actually get, this recently completed project by Levi Kelly may well provide an answer. Measuring a mere 19.46 sq ft (1.8 sq m), the extraordinarily compact dwelling showcases an ingenious approach to space-saving design.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle

Tags: Building and Construction, Micro-House, Tiny Footprint, House, Home, World's Smallest

KTM has taken the wraps off its next premium touring motorcycle, the 2025 1390 Super Adventure S Evo. It's packing so many new features that we're convinced it's got the most tech of any production bike on the market.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Radar, KTM, Safety

Generative AI systems need to be fed huge amounts of data, with copyrighted materials often on the menu. Musicians may now have a way to fight back with HarmonyCloak, a system that embeds data into songs that can’t be picked up by human ears but will scramble AI trying to reproduce it.

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Category: AI & Humanoids, Technology

Tags: Art, Digital music, Open AI, Creative AI, AI Art and Music, Anthropic, Privacy, Creative, Artificial Intelligence, Sound

In a major jump into the era of eVTOL air taxis and multicopter cargo drones, the US FAA has issued new regulations that introduce the first new aircraft category, called "power-lift" aircraft, since modern helicopters were introduced in the 1940s.

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Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: FAA, Quadcopter, Air Taxis

China, the undisputed global leader in wind energy, has just set another world record for the world's tallest and highest-capacity offshore wind turbine, taller than the Eiffel Tower, The Chrysler Building, and longer than the longest US aircraft carrier.

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Category: Energy, Technology

Tags: Offshore Wind, Wind turbine, World Records

Making a virtue out of necessity, Airbus is joining forces with Toshiba to develop a super-efficient superconducting motor for aircraft that uses the liquid hydrogen that supplies the electricity to cool the propulsion and adjacent systems.

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Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: Airbus, Toshiba, Hydrogen Aviation