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NASA, the American Iron and Steel Institute, and the to think more about electric vehicles and could help
Deshpande center at MIt. looking at the state of ease their “range anxiety, the scientists feel. On their
the technology in electrode materials, it appears that 84-day tesla journey, the team plans to visit about 70
quantitative design criteria for both cathode and anode schools to talk to students.
continue to be developed.
the scientists believe that elon Musk, creator of the
If you want to learn more about steel industry and tesla car and founder of tesla Inc, would be pleased
superiorities of steel as a product, you can read our with the cAA project. After all, it is combining with his
other posts; developments to develop new solutions for the planet.
Source: https://yenaengineering.nl/5-cases-to-say-yes-to-structural BMW’s New Car changes Colour with an App
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It’s the world’s first “colour-changing” car. German
Tesla on 15,000-km trip with Solar Panels
carmaker BMW has unveiled its concept car BMW iX
Scientists in Australia are testing printed solar panels Flow at the consumer electronics Show (ceS) in las
they will use to power a tesla on a 15,100-km journey Vegas. BMW iX Flow uses electronic ink technology
beginning in September. this they hope will get the normally found in e-readers. the car’s exterior can be
public thinking about steps to help avert climate change. turned into a variety of patterns in gray and white.

the charge Around Australia project will power a tesla the material used is a kind of thick paper. When
electric car with 18 of the team’s printed plastic solar stimulated by electrical signals controlled by a phone
panels. each one is 18 metres long. When they need app, the material brings different pigments to the
to be charged the scientists roll them out beside the surface. these pigments cause the take on a different
vehicle to soak up sunlight when it needs a charge.
shade or design.
Printed solar panels
No energy is needed to maintain the colour the driver
The University of Newcastle team would be testing not selects. In the future, BMW says, the changes would
only the endurance of the printed solar panels but their also be controlled by a button on the car’s dashboard
potential performance for other applications. Printed or perhaps even by hand gestures.
solar is a lightweight, laminated Pet plastic that can
be made at a cost of less than $10 a square metre. More colours in future
the panels are made on a commercial printer originally the vehicle displayed at ceS can only alternate
used for printing wine labels. between gray and white, but BMW says the technology
Using the panels to power a car would get Australians will be expanded to cover a spectrum of colours.

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