How It Works-Amazing Vehicles
© Nissan Power plant The ‘engine’ is a 80kW (110hp), 280Nm (210ft lb) electric motor with a top speed of 150km/h (93mph). Chargi ...
So fast that some have been sanctioned as illegal, the current generation of superbikes are changing the nature of two-wheeled t ...
© Yamaha Length: 2,190mm Width: 724mm Height: 1,166mm Wheelbase: 1,481mm Mass: 260kg Engine: Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC Po ...
Engine The ZX-10R’s engine delivers a maximum power output of 147.1 kW at 13,000rpm. The engine has been tuned by Kawasaki to he ...
Yamaha YZF-R1 Length: 2,070mm Width: 714mm Height: 1,130mm Wheelbase: 1,415mm Mass: 205kg Engine: Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DO ...
M ost fathers want to show their children the world, but American inventor Bran Ferren took that dream a step further. He design ...
©Rex Feat ures; K iraVan Power The tractor unit is powered by a 260hp Mercedes turbo-diesel engine. Flexibility Two units connec ...
DISCOVER THE LEVITATING TRAINS THAT GO FASTER THAN 300MPH LAND ...
F or many of us, the daily train commute is a slow, boring necessit y, but what if you could travel at a mind-bending 430 kilome ...
Train magnets Magnets are placed on the train, facing toward the coils. Levitation magnets Magnets placed underneath the track r ...
Electric supply An electric charge runs through coils embedded in the track, magnetising them. Guideways The guideways are gener ...
The secret behind reaching these incredible speeds is electromagnets. The maximum speed of conventional trains is limited by how ...
One of the main frustrations in train travel is the energy lost in braking as a train pulls into a station. However, development ...
The tunnel used 85,000 tons of cement, enough to build a 10m (33ft)-wide wall higher than Burj Khalifa The highest point of the ...
In the 159 years since EIR-21 and EIR-22 were built, Britain has had six different monarchs The Orient Express took 60 hours to ...
A look inside the giants of the sky AIR 76 © NA SA; Lock heed Mar tin (^58) Super jets These jets take aircraft beyond what’s im ...
AIR 66 58 82 70 72 © Boeing © A irbus © Oscar Viñals © Embraer © Solar Impulse ...
SUPER JETS THE TECH POWERING PLANES OF TOMORROW QVERTICAL TAKEOFFS QWINDOWLESS DESIGN QSELF-HEALING TECHNOLOGY O n 1 Januar y ...
SKY WHALE The engines rotate up to 45 degrees for a vertical takeoff The A irbus A380 currently holds the title for the biggest ...
Microsensors Tiny sensors on the body of the plane can be as small as grains of rice. Collectively, they would have their own po ...
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