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Rowan Calder

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Watercraft

The world’s largest electric ship just entered service — a ferry carrying 2,100 passengers and 225 cars across the water on battery power alone

May 24, 2026

Aircraft

A hydrogen-powered aircraft just completed its longest test flight yet — a zero-emission engine that burns hydrogen instead of a drop of jet fuel

May 24, 2026

Aircraft

China just flew a stealth drone built to refuel other aircraft in midair — an unmanned tanker that could push its fighters deep into the Pacific

May 24, 2026

Aircraft

A startup just flew a 9-seat electric plane on a real regional route — a battery-powered commuter aiming to make short hops cheaper than driving

May 24, 2026

Watercraft

Fully autonomous cargo ships are edging toward open water — crewless vessels are now winning clearance to haul freight along fixed coastal routes with no one aboard

May 23, 2026

Trucks

The self-driving truck is beating the self-driving car to market — long, predictable highway hauls are letting robot big rigs launch years ahead of robotaxis

May 23, 2026

Electric Vehicles

The first cars carrying true solid-state batteries are reaching the road this year — promising far more range and no liquid inside to burst into flame

May 23, 2026

Electric Vehicles

CATL says it will start mass-producing sodium-ion EV batteries this year — cells that cost less than lithium and hold up far better in bitter cold

May 23, 2026

Electric Vehicles

Stellantis is putting solid-state batteries into a demo fleet of Dodge Charger Daytona EVs this year — the first road test of a cell that resists catching fire

May 23, 2026

Trucks

The self-driving truck is beating the self-driving car to market — long, predictable highway routes are letting robot big rigs launch years ahead of robotaxis

May 22, 2026

Trucks

Bosch and Kodiak are about to hand a Texas energy firm its first fully driverless semi-trucks — big rigs that haul sand across open highway with empty cabs

May 22, 2026

Aircraft

An XPeng flying car just clipped another aircraft mid-formation during a demo flight — a crash that casts a shadow over the company’s 2026 mass-production promise

May 22, 2026

Electric Vehicles

U.S. EV range just jumped 11% in a single year — and the fastest chargers now add 100 miles in under 10 minutes as old battery-fade fears fade

May 22, 2026

Electric Vehicles

Semi-solid-state EV batteries just started powering light trucks and flying cars — a hybrid cell squeezing out 350 watt-hours per kilogram without bursting into flame

May 22, 2026

Aircraft

Semi-solid-state batteries are jumping out of cars and into flying taxis — packing 350 watt-hours per kilogram into aircraft light enough to lift off

May 22, 2026

Transportation

Driverless big rigs are about to roll onto Texas highways — Bosch and Kodiak are delivering the first level 4 semi-trucks that drive with no one in the cab

May 22, 2026

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