TDEC and TVA partner in push to get more electric vehicles on Tennessee roads
A new statewide effort aims to drive more Tennesseans into electric cars.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â A new statewide effort aims to drive more Tennesseans into electric cars.
Last week, state leaders announced a partnership with the TVA to build vehicle charging stations every 50 miles along the state s interstates and major highways, hoping to make electric cars more practical for drivers. My first reaction was yeah, I m glad they re doing it, Vanderbilt researcher Jack barkenbus said. Barkenbus has been studying electric vehicles for more than a decade. I wrote back in 2010 that the transition to electric vehicles is coming.
Ground Tests of Superconducting Electric Aircraft Engine Begin in Russia Our Bureau 3297 Ground test of Superconducting electric engine on Yak-40 aircraft. Image @tvzvezda
Ground tests of the world’s first electric hybrid aircraft engine based on a superconducting system has commenced in Chaplygin in Novosibirsk, Russia.
Following the successful ground tests, a flying laboratory based on the Yak-40 aircraft will be created, according to the General Director of the Research Center Zhukovsky, Andrey Dutov.
The General Director added that such aircraft should commence flying around 2030. The engine has no comparables in the world, and representatives of Airbus and Siemens approached the institute with a proposal for cooperation.