FUTURE NOW: And now, electric planes!

The airplane is a Faraday’s cage and that is the reason why it is safe even when it gets several times by lightning (powerful electricity) throughout its flight. Now, we are talking about planes that fly on electric power: as below, so above. Commercial planes account for about 2% of …

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FUTURE NOW: Jaguar overtakes Tesla to the all-electric racing starting grid

As Tesla’s Electric GT plans faced a setback with a crash of their prototype while testing, Jaguar is planning a race of their own that will be an important element in the coming Formula-E season. The race will use Jaguar E-Type, the sport SUV equipped with a 90 kWh battery …

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FUTURE NOW: All-electric Mini and what’s next for BMW

BMW is looking for partners, as Reuters reports, to build smaller electric cars. The challenge was not only financial, but also had to do with the engineering problem of fitting sufficiently long-range batteries into a smaller package. BMW has disclosed plans to launch a new, electric Mini model in 2019. …

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