Engineering
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
In the future, this electricity-free tech could help cool buildings in metropolitan areas
07 Aug 2019
Engineers have designed a new system that can help cool buildings in crowded metropolitan areas without consuming electricity, an important innovation at a time when cities are working to adapt to climate change.
How can robots land like birds?
07 Aug 2019
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India’s Gig Economy Reset: The End of ‘10-Minute Delivery’ Hype?
By Cygnus | 14 Jan 2026
India’s quick-commerce sector is shifting away from “10-minute delivery” hype amid worker safety concerns and rising regulation. Here’s what changes—and what doesn’t.
AI Is Becoming the New Electricity Crisis: Why the Real Bottleneck Is Megawatts
By Axel Miller | 14 Jan 2026
AI is turning into an electricity crisis as data centres scale from chips to megawatts. Grid bottlenecks, copper demand and cooling limits are now the real AI constraints.
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By Cygnus | 14 Jan 2026
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The New Oil: Inside the Processing Gap — Why Mining Alone Won’t Fix the Critical Minerals Crisis
By Cygnus | 13 Jan 2026
Mining isn’t the real bottleneck in critical minerals. The 2026 processing gap — refining, separation and chemical conversion — is the chokepoint reshaping global supply chains, industrial policy and geopolitics.
The Battle for the Skies: Air India’s Widebody Bet vs IndiGo’s XLR Gambit
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The Custom Dreamliner: Air India Reclaims Its Skies with First Post-Privatisation 787-9
By Axel Miller | 12 Jan 2026
Air India’s comeback under Tata enters a new phase as its first post-privatisation custom Dreamliner strengthens the fleet renewal push for premium long-haul travel.
The New Oil: How the 2026 lithium and graphite bottleneck could stall global EV growth
By Cygnus | 12 Jan 2026
Lithium and graphite are emerging as the key EV bottlenecks in 2026 as South America expands mining while China dominates processing and battery-grade conversion.
The New Oil: How the 2026 Rare Earth Shock Is Reshaping the Global Economy
By Cygnus | 09 Jan 2026
Japan launches a 6,000m deep-sea mission as China restricts rare earth exports. Discover how the 2026 “New Oil” crisis is redefining global high-tech trade.
ISRO’s PSLV-C62 Launch Signals India’s Next Phase in Earth Observation and Orbital Innovation
By Axel Miller | 08 Jan 2026
ISRO’s PSLV-C62 mission, launching January 12, 2026, combines EOS-N1 Earth observation with private-sector technology demonstrations, signalling India’s evolving space strategy.
