AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle, is moving closer to production. Watch the vehicle fulfil a key development milestone in this 35-minute flight from the international airport in Nitra to the international airport in Bratislava
Author: Adam Gavine
Adam Gavine
Adam divides his time as an editor between the worlds of aviation and motoring. These worlds may seem a little diverse today, but autonomous technology and future urban mobility is bringing them ever-closer. Adam is also chairman of the Vehicle Dynamics International Awards.
The all-new Astra is nearing completion of its test programme ahead of its launch later this year. Vauxhall/Opel’s head of vehicle dynamics, Andreas Holl, gives an update of the tests and their progress
Volta Trucks, a start-up electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, has revealed the first running prototype chassis of the Volta Zero, a purpose-built, fully electric 16-tonne vehicle designed for inner-city logistics
Porsche test driver, Lars Kern, has smashed another record on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, this time in a 911 GT2 RS fitted with the Manthey Performance Kit. His 6:43.300 lap makes it the fastest road car on the track: take in the view as he flies around the circuit
Watch the 911 GT2 RS with a Manthey Performance Kit by Porsche Tequipment become the fastest road car to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a record time of 6:43.300, driven by development driver, Lars Kern
International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), an annual celebration of female engineers and their accomplishments, is taking place on 23 June. A team of engineers from Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) hope to inspire more females to begin a career in automotive engineering
The development team at Volkswagen has made major dynamics updates for the Mk8 Golf GTI, including a standard front-axle locking differential and the Vehicle Dynamics Manager, a higher-level control system linking the electromechanical running gear components
Mathematics expert Dr Sivakumar discusses how to overcome the vehicle dynamics problems that can be encountered on banked road surfaces
Automotive supplier, Marelli, has signed a framework agreement with RWTH Aachen University, a leading German technical institute, for collaboration on developing new technologies for electric vehicles as well as related production technologies
The Airspeeder’s technology could hasten the arrival of new advanced air mobility (AAM) technologies, with close but safe air racing assured by the latest LiDAR and radar technologies that create virtual ‘forcefields’ around the quadcopter flying cars. Rapid hair-pin turning manoeuvrability is delivered using a multicopter layout