Engineering
Tesla Plans $20 Billion Capex Surge to Accelerate Shift Beyond Traditional EVs
By Cygnus | 29 Jan 2026
Tesla will spend over $20 billion in 2026 to accelerate its shift into AI, robotics and autonomous vehicles, retiring legacy EV models to free factory capacity.
Pixxel-Led ‘Allied Orbits’ Consortium Signs ₹1,200 Crore Pact with IN-SPACe for India’s First Private EO Constellation
By Cygnus | 21 Jan 2026
Pixxel-led Allied Orbits signed a pact with IN-SPACe to build India’s first private EO constellation, investing over ₹1,200 crore for a 12-satellite network.
Eutelsat Orders 340 New OneWeb Satellites From Airbus to Strengthen Europe’s LEO Strategy
By Axel Miller | 12 Jan 2026
Eutelsat orders 340 new OneWeb satellites from Airbus to refresh Europe’s operational LEO broadband network and strengthen digital sovereignty as IRIS² develops.
Italy closes EV consumer information probes into Stellantis, Volkswagen, Tesla and BYD
By Axel Miller | 19 Dec 2025
Italy closes antitrust probe into Stellantis, VW, Tesla, and BYD over misleading EV range and battery claims.
Tesla opens its first charging station in Gurugram, expands India EV footprint
By Axel Miller | 17 Dec 2025
Tesla opens first Supercharger station in Gurugram with V4 fast chargers; expands India network to 3 locations to support EV ecosystem.
STMicroelectronics ships over 5 billion chips for Starlink, sees sharp growth ahead
By Cygnus | 15 Dec 2025
STMicroelectronics ships 5 billion chips for Starlink, targeting aggressive growth as user count hits 8 million. Read how the EU chipmaker is powering SpaceX’s internet constellation.
Maruti Suzuki plans phased localisation of EV components to boost buyer confidence
By Axel Miller | 15 Dec 2025
Maruti Suzuki confirms the e-VITARA launch for Jan 2026, targeting 5 EV models by FY30. Read how GST 2.0 tax cuts and localisation plans are reshaping India’s largest carmaker’s strategy.
Ferrari Unveils Elettrica: A New Era of Electric Power Meets Classic Performance
By Axel Miller | 09 Oct 2025
Ferrari has officially pulled back the curtain on the technology behind its first-ever fully electric car — the Elettrica — signaling a pivotal shift for the 78-year-old Italian automaker.
Tesla Teases October 7 Event as Focus Turns to Affordable Electric Vehicles
By Axel Miller | 06 Oct 2025
Tesla has set the stage for a significant announcement, teasing a new event scheduled for October 7.
IIT Madras startup develops seacraft that can glide over water like a plane
20 Feb 2025
Waterfly Technologies, a startup incubated at IIT Madras, has developed a Wing-in-Ground (WIG) seacraft that can revolutionise coastal sea transport.
Indian Railways develops 1,200 HP hydrogen engine
11 Jan 2025
Indian Railways has achieved a major milestone with the development of a 1,200 HP hydrogen engine, using indigenous technology.
L&T branches out to renewables amid energy transition led growth
05 Sep 2024
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced the formation of a separate division for renewable energy business, starting 1 September 2024
Tesla unveils Optimus Gen 2: A leap forward in robotics
13 Dec 2023
The Optimus Gen 2 maintains a similar outline to its predecessor but introduces significant improvements, particularly in its limbs, providing a more lifelike range of motion.
Swarna Jayanti Fellow developing doping agents for efficient, low-cost semiconductor materials
03 Jan 2022
US scientists create 'living robots' that can reproduce themselves
01 Dec 2021
With the help of artificial intelligence, the researchers have found that the Xenobots are able to find tiny stem cells in a petri dish, gather hundreds of them inside their mouth, and bundle them out as new Xenobots in a few days
Rimac Nevera beats Tesla as the world’s fastest electric car
05 Nov 2021
With the largest battery pack ever fitted to a production car, Nevera can travel 340 miles on a single charge, while the agile and electrically adjustable dampers and active aerodynamics of the Rimac All-Wheel-Torque Vectoring 2 ensures a comfortable and quiet cruise
China demonstrates 600 kmph Maglev train
29 Jul 2021
With the new Maglev train, it would only take 2.5 hours to travel from Beijing to Shanghai, a distance of more than 1,000 km, against 2-1/2 hours by air
SkyDrive demonstrates Japan’s first flying car – SD-03
04 Sep 2020
The flying car, which looks more like a two-wheeler, is just two meters high, four meters wide and four meters long, and requires only as much space on the ground as two parked cars
World's first fully electric plane takes to air for almost 15 minutes
13 Dec 2019
The plane, a 62-year-old, six-passenger seaplane retrofitted with an electric motor, was designed by Australian engineering firm MagniX and tested in partnership with Canada’s Harbour Air, the world’s largest seaplane airline
Tata Motors unveils futuristic `Ziptron’ electric mobility technology
20 Sep 2019
The state-of-the-art electric vehicle technology with class-leading power and performance will set a new benchmark in the EV industry, says Tata Motors
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