Yamaha and Toyota set sights on a hydrogen-fueled V8 engine
Toyota and Yamaha are joining up to work on the next hydrogen breakthrough - a V8 Engine. Hydrogen promises to be the clean fuel of the future but there has been little development of the sector in the last few years. However, Toyota and Yamaha claim this is...
Engineering In Focus – A Career Guide to Automotive Engineering
The automobile industry is known for being very competitive as manufacturers are always looking for ways to up their competition whether it be on features or pricing. Watch - Born to Engineer: Orla Murphy Why Would I Want To Do Anything Else? Growing up in rural Ireland,...
New Hydrogen Powered Supercar can drive 1000 miles on a single tank
Meet Hyperion XP-1 - a hydrogen-powered supercar which promises 1,000 miles on a single tank Hyperion - a US-based company - is betting on hydrogen-power for their new supercar. They believe that the car is not only an engineering masterpiece but a watershed moment for how people will...
A new high-capacity EV battery materials could double driving range
A team of material science researchers have announced a brand new carbon-silicon material which could more than double the driving range of electric vehicles. If future electric vehicle (EVs) batteries made of this material not only could the driving range more than double but fast charging (to more...
Are self-driving cars safe?
Cars are changing – fast. But are innovations such as autonomous and flying cars a bright new dawn, or just a wild pipe dream? If autonomous cars become the future’s way of getting from A to B, can we trust them to take us there safely? Here are...
ANTOLIN i.JUMP open innovation challenge enters second phase
The ennomotive Grupo Antolin ANTOLIN i.JUMP open innovation challenge - which gives engineers the chance to win a cash prize of 10,000 euros - has entered its second phase. Back in May we reported on ennomotive's latest challenge with Grupo Antolin. The aim of the challenge was to...