Kevin Jost, Author at Futurride

RanMarine Technology shows first electric harvesting vessel to fight waterway pollution

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jan 5, 2023 | Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

The Dutch scale-up, a CES 2022 Innovation Award honoree, has its MegaShark trash collection catamaran at CES 2023.

MoonBikes launches app at CES for ‘world’s first’ electric snowbike

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jan 3, 2023 | Business Development, Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

At the CES Unveiled media preview, the company revealed that CES booth visitors can demo the app and first interactive virtual reality headset to experience the MoonBike in the snowscapes of the French Alps, Italy, and other beautiful destinations.

Hella to show ‘world first’ high-resolution digital headlamp at CES

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 21, 2022 | Lighting

With the SSL | HD starting series production, safety-relevant lighting functions can be realized through switching of up to 25,000 LED pixels per chip, and development costs and capital expenditure can be halved due to a ‘world headlamp approach.’

Production Candela C-8 electric, foiling day cruiser to debut at CES

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 20, 2022 | Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

CES Brief: The boat, which the company says represents the future of sustainable waterborne travel, achieves maximum efficiency, speed, and range with electric hydrofoils that allow it to silently fly above the water and waves.

Boom to lead propulsion team for its supersonic aircraft

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 13, 2022 | Aerospace, Business Development, Design, Startups, Vehicles

The Boom Supersonic-led collaboration for its Symphony propulsion system brings together companies from across design, manufacturing, and maintenance including FTT, GE Additive, and StandardAero to keep the supersonic aircraft on track to achieve type certification and carry its first passengers in 2029.

New Holland reveals first-of-their-kind electric and LNG tractor prototypes

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 12, 2022 | Electrification, Off-Highway, Vehicles

At the CNH Industrial Tech Day event held in Phoenix, AZ, last week, the company says that the T4 Electric Power is the industry’s first all-electric utility tractor with autonomous features developed with Monarch Tractor and the T7 Methane Power LNG is the world’s first LNG tractor with help from Bennamann.

Navier’s N30, the electric hydrofoil boat built in America, takes flight

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 8, 2022 | Design, Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

At Art Basel in Miami, Navier showed a bigger 30-ft variant of the previously announced 27-ft N27 built by Lyman-Morse, going from sketch to full scale in less than a year.

Fering begins next phase of self-sufficient, lightweight utility vehicle development

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 7, 2022 | Business Development, Design, Electrification, Materials, Startups, Technology, Vehicles

With initial testing complete for Prototype 1, Prototypes 2 and 3 for the 1500-kg electric adventure vehicle with fabric body parts and 7000-km range are due for completion in early 2023, with low-volume production in late 2023 or early 2024 and full production scheduled for 2025.

Zebra Technologies’ survey shows need for more transparency in auto manufacturing

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 7, 2022 | Analysis, Business Development, Electrification, Manufacturing

The study, from the provider of solutions that digitize and automate workflows in collaboration with Azure Knowledge, reveals high demand for knowing the origin and sustainability level of materials and automotive parts as well as an end-to-end view of the manufacturing process.

Tesla finally delivers first Semi long-haul electric truck

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 2, 2022 | Electrification, Technology, Trucking, Vehicles

The class-defining production truck has a range of about 300 or 500 mi depending on battery capacity thanks to its less than 2-kW·h/mi energy consumption, while three independent motors on the rear axles can accelerate it from 0-60 mph in 20 s and maintain the highway speed limit up a 5% grade.