Transportation

The toughest, smartest, most capable and safest F-150 ever is also the greenest according to Ford - image courtesy of Ford

Ford recycling creates 30,000 F-150 bodies worth of aluminium every month

The 2016 Ford Focus Electric vehicle at a charging point - image courtesy of Ford

Ford to take on Chevrolet and Tesla with improved electric vehicle

The £65m battery technology Institute will bring together the expertise from its 7 founding partner universities- image courtesy of Steve Zylius and UCI.

New rechargeable battery that can charge over 200k times

Exterior artist’s impressions of Coventry University’s new National Transport Design Centre (NTDC), based on the Technology Park.

£multimillion design centre to bolster UK innovation in transport

Siemens new, powerful aircraft electric motor. Image courtesy of Siemens

Airbus and Siemens join forces to develop hybrid electric planes

By 2020 and 2025, European OEM’s must reduce average fleet tailpipe emissions to below 95g of CO2/ km and then 75g of CO2/km.

Automotive light weighting: driving the revolution

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and US Navy unveiled its new self-driving ship Sea Hunter during a christening ceremony for the vessel last week - image courtesy of DARPA

DARPA and US Navy unveil autonomous Sea Hunter warship

Flux have launched three high performance affordable e-bike models including the Attack pictured here - image courtesy of Flux.

Flux Electric Bikes look to ‘Trump’ the e-bike market with mid-mounted motor

50 Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell power the new BeeZero car sharing programme by The Linde Group launching this summer in Munich - image courtesy of Hyundai

Hyundai and Linde launch BeeZero, the world’s first fuel cell car sharing service

Ella Middleton, aged 22 from Walsall, joined the firm last year as a semi-skilled sheet metal worker.

Global engineering firm on the hunt for home-grown talent

India’s IndiGo recently took delivery of its first A320neo, becoming the world’s second operator for this highly-efficient single-aisle aircraft - image courtesy of Airbus.

Airbus targets huge growth in India air transport market