In a pair of studies using real-world driving conditions, scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that hybrid cars are significantly more fuel-efficient in India and China than they are in the United States due to traffic and driving conditions in those countries.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
5 states and the Gulf of Mexico produce over 80% of US crude oil
Five states (Texas, North Dakota, California, Alaska, and Oklahoma) and the Gulf of Mexico supplied more than 80%, or 6 million barrels per day, of the crude oil (including lease condensate) produced in the United States in 2013, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
BMW confirms range-topping X7 SUV is going into production
BMW’s new seven-seat off-roader will be built in the US and will be hitting the streets in 2016. The announcement was made during an event to celebrate BMW’s increased investment in its Spartanburg, South Carolina US production plant — a facility where pretty much all of BMW’s existing SUVs — the X3, X5, X5M, X6 and X6M are already built.
Arrinera Hussarya supercar from Poland shown in production spec
We talked about the Poland-based Arrinera Automotive and their Hussarya supercar and even though it looked nice, we never expected to hear about a possible production model.
Sheffield engineers use 3D printing for a 1.5m-wide UAV prototype
Engineers at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at the University of Sheffield have successfully printed a 1.5m-wide prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for a research project looking at 3D printing of complex designs.
