New Territory

22/08/2018

This stylish, lightweight, solar-powered yet affordable electric vehicle the compact design integrates solar modules into the bodywork, using the sun to generate an extra range of up to 30 km a day to add to its battery’s basic distance of 250 km.

13/08/2018

"How does technology influence the automotive industry and what will be its impact on the urban landscape? will cars be autonomous in 20 years from now, or will they transform into mobile, multi-purpose rooms catering to our wellness and productivity needs?"

02/08/2018

"Most new vehicles with driver assisted safety technologies rely on a combination of sensor types, including radar, LIDAR, cameras, and more. Each of these technologies have their own strengths and weaknesses, and therefore all continue to be deployed in modern vehicles."

As automotive technologies continue to mature, new vehicle sensors are now capable of predicting impending collisions, identifying pedestrians and cyclists, and more.

26/07/2018

"The beluga is a cargo plane designed to transport major sections of airbus planes from its suppliers around Europe to its assembly plants in Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany."

19/07/2018

"We are at the beginning of a new generation of urban transportation, vertical mobility is no longer a fantasy."

Aston Martin aims to bring luxury private transport to the sky with its Volante Vision Concept – a flying autonomous vehicle that can take off vertically.

11/07/2018

Plans to reshape London’s Oxford Street are continuing, despite the project failing to gain funding from Transport for London ( ).

Plans to reshape London’s Oxford Street are continuing, despite the project failing to gain funding from Transport for London (TfL).

03/07/2018

"Cities are getting more environmentally sound, more fun, and more beautiful. And just in time, because today more human beings live in cities than not."

From Shanghai to Nairobi, designers, architects, and planners are using advanced materials, smart science, and big data to make cities better than ever.

28/06/2018

Boeing has provided a glimpse of the future with the release of an image of its hypersonic passenger plane concept at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics conference in Atlanta this week.

Boeing has provided a glimpse of the future with the release of an image of its hypersonic passenger plane concept. It depicts a civilian aircraft capable of traveling at over five times the speed of sound and is intended to give the public some idea of what air travel could be like in the future.

26/06/2018

13 businesses working on the challenges of population growth, accelerating urbanisation and climate change offered Innovate UK’s first innovation loans.

14/06/2018

Smart cities are rapidly transitioning from sci-fi prediction to everyday reality.

Today’s smart buildings are a leading indicator of what to expect in tomorrow’s smart cities.

04/06/2018

"If turned into a car seat, it could quickly be tuned to different positions, or levels of springiness depending on user preference."

Car interiors could morph into different configurations at the flick of a switch, using 3D-printed inflatable structures developed by researchers at the MIT.

29/05/2018

With innovative technology platforms already transforming how we experience transportation today, WIRED UK takes a look at what this means for the future of travel.

With innovative technology platforms already transforming how we experience transportation today, WIRED takes a look at what this means for the future of travel.