Vehicle Technology

Take a look at the vehicle sitting in your driveway. It may be the last one you ever own. With an estimated 33 million fully autonomous cars and taxis projected to hit the road by 2040, an automotive renaissance is soon to be upon us. Personal car ownership currently costs the average sedan owner $9,000 annually. But car ownership may soon be a thing of the past.

The Titanic sinking is one of the most memorable tragedies in history. Find out what really happened when the doomed ship sank on April 15, 1912.

This audiobook tells the story of Henry Ford, along with his invention, the popular Model T automobile.

Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celebrated today as heroes for their revolutionary contributions to science and engineering - they are acknowledged as the first men to successfully achieve powered, piloted flight - their success was hard-earned. In fact, it took the self-taught engineers years of work and dozens of crashes before they managed a single 12-second flight! In this first installment of the brand new Epic Fails series, Ben Thompson and Erik Slader take listeners through the Wright brothers' many mishaps and misadventures as they paved the way for modern aviation.

I’m Johnny Vincento, leading Applied physicist of THE TELEPORTATION PROJECT. It is time to bring humanity into a new age. That project is not fiction and it is available for testing by all the nations of the world. In fact, a request to the United Nations was recently made to do just that. Now, I will give out some technologies that are not in existence yet. This means, by bringing the idea alive in the world, showing how it can be created, makes them become created. There are many such devices that I see happening: From frequency towers to lift one's mood, anti gravity waves, an ...

🔋 The Future of Energy: Technologies and Trends Driving Disruption By Jason Schenker — #1 Bestselling Author and Bloomberg-Ranked Energy Forecaster The future of energy is not a debate — it's a disruption already underway. In The Future of Energy, economist and futurist Jason Schenker delivers a data-driven, no-hype exploration of the seismic shifts transforming global energy. From oil and natural gas to renewables, electric vehicles, and blockchain, this book examines the critical drivers of change—technological, economic, environmental, and geopolitical. ✔️ Understand why U.S...

Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curiosity led them to become inventors - with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas' glorious career from afar, a frustrated Henry wondered about the secret to his success.

Ghosts in the Sky explores how drones — once science fiction — have become the defining instruments of 21st-century power. From silent killers in remote war zones to consumer quadcopters, agricultural sprayers, delivery bots, and underwater sentinels, drones are reshaping the battlefield, the economy, and everyday life. Written by Thornton D. Barnes — former CIA Special Projects engineer and Area 51 insider — this groundbreaking nonfiction work traces the hidden evolution of unmanned systems. With rare insight into classified programs, wartime deployments, industrial adoption, and ...

This audiobook uses engaging nonfiction text and hands-on projects to help young listeners explore real-life rolling vehicle engineering projects, including the science behind how these vehicles are planned and built.

Feed the Dragon is a detailed study of China's battery mineral operations in Africa. The U.S. and China are chief rivals in the international system and part of this competition includes the race for increasingly limited critical minerals. Africa, once the preserve of Western colonial powers, is open for business and their raw materials are on the table for discussion. To date, China has engaged the African nations in a persistent and comprehensive manner to secure their mineral needs in order to feed their growing battery and electric vehicle industries. While there are serious challenges ...

Our lives are on the verge of being reshaped by advanced technology. Fast Forward Investing provides the knowledge and insight you need to build and maintain your portfolio accordingly. Author Jon D. Markman is a veteran tech investor, money manager, and award-winning author of the popular daily newsletter Tech Trend Trader. There's no one more qualified to help you design a portfolio that extracts huge profits from the shares of public technology companies and helps you augment your gains with conviction during stretches of high volatility.

Listen to the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright developed, tested, and successfully flew the first powered airplane.

This book details what emissions cars and trucks are creating, how they are harmful and an explanation of the technologies that are used to reduce those emissions. A great listen for someone who wants to learn more about the topic, out of curiosity or a need for understanding as a new technician. Written by an automotive trade school instructor.

What happens to garbage after it is picked up? Where does water go? Discover what happens to garbage, recycling, water, and mail after it leaves the home.

Megatrends such as climate change, urbanization, new work practices, and aging populations are starting to impact how we move and how we transport goods, as well as the decisions we make about consumer transportation and logistics. The Flagship Experience discusses how Software-Defined Vehicles and AI will enable automakers, transportation providers, and transportation planners to reimagine the mobility customer experience, and presents a framework for implementing it.

Fueling Tomorrow: How Hydrogen Is Driving the Global Shift in Clean Transportation - Wondering if electric vehicles are enough to win the clean energy race? - Curious how hydrogen fuel fits into a world rapidly moving away from oil? - Looking for a deeper, science-backed look at the next evolution in global transportation? This compact guide explores how hydrogen fuel is fast becoming the world’s most promising alternative energy source for mobility. From eco-friendly cars to industrial transport, hydrogen offers scalable, sustainable solutions that complement and enhance electric ...

Introducing "From Wheels to Wings" – a fascinating journey through the past, present, and future of human transportation. This comprehensive and captivating eBook will take you on an exciting adventure exploring the remarkable innovations, breakthroughs, and the genius minds behind them, which have shaped the way we travel today. Every great trip begins with the first step, and in Chapter 1, you'll embark on a voyage back in time to explore the early beginnings of human transportation. Next, the invention of the wheel and its tremendous impact on human progress sets the stage for a world ...

Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring—she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines. However, they all seemed too impractical. Lilian knew she could design one that worked.

Explore the lives and achievements of the Wright Brothers.

This audiobook uses engaging nonfiction text and hands-on projects to help young listeners explore real-life flying vehicle engineering projects, including the science behind how these vehicles are planned and built.