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Daily Innovation Brief by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  WORLD'S LONGEST RANGE eVTOL                                           Source:  AMSL Aero's Vertiia Australian startup AMSL Aero's new eVTOL, Vertiia, is powered on hydrogen & is designed to deliver 620 miles of range  The projected range is the longest, thus far, in the eVTOL global industry The Sydney, Australia company has just started test flights on Vertiia The 1st, remote-controlled test flight on a tethered, full scale demonstrator prototype was a success The electric, vertical takeoff and landing vehicle can fly 155 miles on its electric batteries and 621 miles with its hydrogen fuel cell powertrain It has 8 sets of motors and propellers on its box wing design for maximum aerodynamic efficiency Vertiia can carry a pilot and 4 passengers Wingspan is 23 feet, which should enable it to be part of urban aerial mobility Expected to go into s...

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  WORLD'S LONGEST RANGE eVTOL                                           Source:  AMSL Aero's Vertiia Australian startup AMSL Aero's new eVTOL, Vertiia, is powered on hydrogen & is designed to deliver 620 miles of range  The projected range is the longest, thus far, in the eVTOL global industry The Sydney, Australia company has just started test flights on Vertiia The 1st, remote-controlled test flight on a tethered, full scale demonstrator prototype was a success The electric, vertical takeoff and landing vehicle can fly 155 miles on its electric batteries and 621 miles with its hydrogen fuel cell powertrain It has 8 sets of motors and propellers on its box wing design for maximum aerodynamic efficiency Vertiia can carry a pilot and 4 passengers Wingspan is 23 feet, which should enable it to be part of urban aerial mobility Expected to go into s...

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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   MERCEDES "SCUPTURE ON WHEELS" G-WAGEN                                                  Source:  Mercedes At the 2023 London Fashion Week, Mercedes and French luxury fashion brand Moncler debuted their unique, winter-ready 4x4 - Project Mondo G or the G-Wagen Mercedes calls the vehicle resulting from their 1-year collaboration with Moncler "a sculpture on wheels", which combines luxury motors with luxury fabric The G-Wagen is a 3-door, 4x4 SUV that is more of a work of art than a functional vehicle This is a huge SUV that's over 9 feet tall and 11 feet wide The vehicle has a removable top and the wheels are composed of Moncler's trademark fabric Mercedes calls the G-Wagen a work of art, molding the "strong geometry of the G-Class with organic forms of Moncler's puffed jackets" It is not known yet if a form of this radical car p...

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF BY MARYANNE KANE, JOURNALIST

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   MERCEDES "SCUPTURE ON WHEELS" G-WAGEN                                                  Source:  Mercedes At the 2023 London Fashion Week, Mercedes and French luxury fashion brand Moncler debuted their unique, winter-ready 4x4 - Project Mondo G or the G-Wagen Mercedes calls the vehicle resulting from their 1-year collaboration with Moncler "a sculpture on wheels", which combines luxury motors with luxury fabric The G-Wagen is a 3-door, 4x4 SUV that is more of a work of art than a functional vehicle This is a huge SUV that's over 9 feet tall and 11 feet wide The vehicle has a removable top and the wheels are composed of Moncler's trademark fabric Mercedes calls the G-Wagen a work of art, molding the "strong geometry of the G-Class with organic forms of Moncler's puffed jackets" It is not known yet if a form of this radical car p...

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  WORLD'S FASTEST eVTOL - FASTER THAN A SUPERCAR                                             Source:  Alauda The world's fastest eVTOL, Airspeeder MK-4, has just been unveiled by Alauda Aeronautics of south Australia The all-electric, vertical take-off and landing vehicle can hit speeds of 225 mph and will be used for flying car racing It accelerates from 0 to 225 mph in just 30 seconds The MK-4 is crewed and operated by a solo pilot It is powered by a 1,340 hp Thunderstruck Hydrogen Turbogenerator connected to electric motors on the wings Range on a charge is 180 miles Artificial intelligence (AI) flight controller adjusts the 4 rotor pairs, mounted on the vehicle, for optimized precision steering Extensive, crewed testing starts this quarter, Q1 2023 Remote-control pilots successfully raced Airspeeder in October 2023 Alauda is creating an eVTOL ra...

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  WORLD'S FASTEST eVTOL - FASTER THAN A SUPERCAR                                             Source:  Alauda The world's fastest eVTOL, Airspeeder MK-4, has just been unveiled by Alauda Aeronautics of south Australia The all-electric, vertical take-off and landing vehicle can hit speeds of 225 mph and will be used for flying car racing It accelerates from 0 to 225 mph in just 30 seconds The MK-4 is crewed and operated by a solo pilot It is powered by a 1,340 hp Thunderstruck Hydrogen Turbogenerator connected to electric motors on the wings Range on a charge is 180 miles Artificial intelligence (AI) flight controller adjusts the 4 rotor pairs, mounted on the vehicle, for optimized precision steering Extensive, crewed testing starts this quarter, Q1 2023 Remote-control pilots successfully raced Airspeeder in October 2023 Alauda is creating an eVTOL ra...

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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  PEUGEOT'S RADICAL NEW CONCEPT CAR - INCEPTION                                                Source:  Peugeot Inception France-based and Stellantis-owned Peugeot has designed a radical new concept car, Inception, that represents the next generation of BEV (battery electric vehicles) that the automaker will start rolling out in 2025 Inception showcases the future of design as well as highly advanced technologies It contains the next gen of iCockpit, which delivers a new type of driving control with your fingertips doing the driving The centerpiece of iCockpit  is the "Hypersquare" - a revolutionary driving control tablet system with a steer by wire rectangular wheel, inspired by gaming controls for "intuitive driving" It offers Level 4 autonomous driving with the Hypersquare steering wheel and driving controls recessing into the dash...