BYD’s annual sales have topped $100bn for the first time, as China’s electric vehicle champion dominates its domestic market and presses ahead with an overseas expansion. Shenzhen-based BYD said revenue […]
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$9 billion in pre-orders for super-slow, super-quiet aircraft
Posted by ArielTechGeek 74 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Electra's aircraft looks conventional enough, but it generates ludicrous amounts of lift, to take off and land at incredibly slow speeds, using almost no runway. With US$9 billion in pre-orders, it's outselling anything from the eVTOL world.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Electric Aircraft, eSTOL, STOL, Climate Solutions: Aviation, Electra (aircraft company), 2025 Updates
Helion has $1 billion and 3 years to figure out fusion-powered energy
Posted by ArielTechGeek 126 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Washington-based fusion energy company Helion just raised US$425 million in fresh funding for its bid to be the first to produce usable electricity through nuclear fusion. The firm's latest Series F round brings the total investment into Helion over the $1 billion line, and it's aiming to begin delivering power from a single fusion 50-MW plant to Microsoft by 2028.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy
NYC is set to get its own personal $3 billion offshore wind farm
Posted by ArielTechGeek 148 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
New York City will soon be getting its own personal offshore wind farm. The Empire Wind 1 project just received a US$3 billion project financing package and is expected to go online in 2027, powering roughly half a million borough residents. But what's the catch?Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: New York, Offshore Wind, Wind turbine, Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Green+Energy
Monaco unveils its groundbreaking €2 billion floating eco-district
Posted by ArielTechGeek 165 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In the heart of Monaco’s coastline, a new vision of urban development has come to life. Dubbed the Mareterra project, this floating eco-district was officially completed this month, setting an unprecedented global benchmark. Built entirely on "land" reclaimed from the sea to create new territory for development, this urban expansion adds six hectares (about 15 acres or 3% of Monaco’s total land a
The UK new car market fell for the second time this year, down by -6.0% in October to 144,288 new registrations, according to the latest figures from the Society of […]
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Record-breaking $1-billion skyscraper hosts highest internal rainforest
Posted by ArielTechGeek 251 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
An enormous US$1 billion supertall skyscraper is currently under construction in Dubai. Named the Tiger Sky Tower, it will break several new records including the world's highest infinity pool and the world's highest restaurant – plus offer residents a respite from the harsh Dubai conditions with a lush green rainforest area inside.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building a
Levitating nanodiamonds spin at 1.2 billion rpm in world's smallest disco
Posted by ArielTechGeek 294 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Physicists at Purdue University have levitated nanoscale diamonds, hit them with lasers to make them flash and sent them spinning at an incredible 1.2 billion rpm. The experiments aren’t just about creating the “world’s smallest disco” but could help the study of quantum physics.Continue ReadingCategory: Physics, ScienceTags: Diamonds, Nanodiamonds, Nano, Nanoscale, Purdue University, Quantum, Qu
Isolated community of complex life may have existed 2 billion years ago
Posted by ArielTechGeek 305 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Scientists have discovered evidence that an isolated pocket of complex life may have evolved on Earth more than 2 billion years ago – only to go extinct and take another 1.5 billion years to evolve to that level again. The controversial find could rewrite our understanding of life on, and beyond, Earth.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Life, Fossils, Micro-organisms, Cardiff Univers
World's most accurate atomic clock off by 1 second every 30 billion years
Posted by ArielTechGeek 335 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Scientists have developed the most precise and accurate atomic clock to date – if you ran it for twice the current age of the universe, it would only be off by one second. This could not only improve services like GPS, but help scientists probe how gravity warps the flow of time across submillimeter distances.Continue ReadingCategory: Physics, ScienceTags: Atoms, Time, Clock, NIST, JILA, Gravity
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