NASA and GE Aerospace in December hit a key milestone in their quest to develop hybrid-electric engine technology for the next decade of commercial aviation. The partners on Tuesday revealed they ...
The aviation industry is looking to take a cue from the recent success of hybrid cars. In partnership with the Norwegian research organization SINTEF, Rolls-Royce aims to develop a hybrid aircraft ...
Toyota's engineering choices behind the 2AR-FXE allowed modern hybrids to outshine ICE engines in reliability.
Modern hybrids have been helping folks save gas for about 25 years at this point, with the first mainstream model, the Toyota Prius, launching in Japan in 1997. Yet, even after a quarter of a century, ...
An engine might be extremely noisy, it might require a heavy complicated gearbox to maintain proper compression at different speeds, it might not work very well at low speeds or during takeoffs and ...
Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...
Ferrari, one of the major pioneers of hybrid tech in its F1 cars, uses the latest hybrid technology not only to save fuel but ...