Truly disruptive transport technology. Past: VP of Vehicle Engineering, Bond Mobility; Buell; Erik Buell Racing; Cycle World; Williams International; M.I.T.
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Steve Anderson retweeted
While we’re talking about much-needed environmental review reform: California High-Speed Rail had to study how running service on existing tracks between SF and San Jose would affect anchovies, sardines, mackerel, and market squid. The rail line has existed since the 1860s.
My hypothesis is the filter is basically duration: the earth's unusual formation has given it a rare, dense, hot core and plate tectonics that has kept the biosphere active (see Mars), and, that, and the sun's stability and the mere chance life wasn't destroyed by a nearby supernova gave humans the time to evolve. We can't blow this gift.
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Steve Anderson retweeted
There are many types of Turbomachinery engineers.
It’s always the Aero guys who think they can design a whole engine.
Real engines fail in mechanical integrity, or rotor dynamics.
Secondary air flows and sealing engineers are unsung heros and are what make supercritical feasible.
Steve Anderson retweeted
The Singularity is Near.
Across our projects @GoogleDeepMind, we are witnessing a genuine phase transition in the pace of scientific discovery. You will see a glimpse of this in our releases in the next few weeks.
More information below. No performance specs, but this likely competes with 125cc class ICE scooters. I expect this to be extremely popular in Paris -- just as the BMW C1 was. Reasons: no helmet hair and decent weather protection. thepack.news/segway-takes-on…
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Segway introduced an enclosed electric scooter, the "X cruiser" at EICMA. Licensing intellectual property from BMW, it uses a similar roll-cage and 4-point belt system from the long-out-of-production BMW C1, and will not require a helmet in the fully enclosed version.
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Steve Anderson retweeted
People think NetZero means luxury communism and printing a trillion dollars a year to sequester CO2.
It refers to the size of the global economy necessary to solve the climate problem the dumb way. And the returns of the governments and funds that try it.
The only way out is through. Reflect sunlight, enhance weathering, expand solar supply.
Steve Anderson retweeted
Evidence is growing that we’re turning the corner on productivity.
US productivity grew at a 3.6% annual rate this past quarter.
That’s more than double the 1.5% average from 2007-2019.
The new numbers put me further ahead for my bet with Bob Gordon about productivity growth in the 2020s. 💪
Here’s how far the US is now ahead of the CBO estimate at the start of the decade (before they knew about the pandemic or LLMs) courtesy of @jasonfurman’s
Econvitals.
Steve Anderson retweeted
Atlas shrugged, the Elves sailed into the West, and the Orbital Data Centers launched to Sun-synchronous orbit.
It's notable that the Zero Project Ventura is rated at 65 mph continuous, with burst speed to 80 or so. It probably has an ~8 kWh battery, and power goes up with V^3. So perhaps 3kW at 50 mph, more like 8kW at 65 -- it will not go far on the motorway, and even less at 80!
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Steve Anderson retweeted
This lady crashed the housing pipeline for San Francisco a decade ago and now she’s going to crash like anything that requires home or auto insurance in the entire state of California.
Steve Anderson retweeted
Я ніколи більше не буду міряти штангенциркулем довжину акумулятора я ніколи більше не буду міряти штангенциркулем довжину акумулятора я ніколи більше не буду міряти штангенциркулем довжину акумулятора я ніколи більше не буду міряти штангенциркулем довжину акумулятора
Perhaps the smartest e-motorcycle to come out recently, other than the Stark Varg. Lightweight e-motorcycles designed for city and suburban riding make sense, while higher performance ones that also need decent motorway range don't.
Zero's electric supermoto Project Ventura was unveiled today at Eicma in Milan.
#motorcycle #MCN #eicma #Supermoto #electric
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My version had a belt drive from the e-motor like the Yamaha, a 2kWh lithium-iron-phosphate pack (it could have been almost 4kWh with 2026 high-energy cells) -- and a 125cc range extender/generator set.
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I think I designed this in 2013…
ヤマハが、電動スクーター「NMAX E」「XENTER E」を発表。
どちらも最高出力7.5kW（定格6.7kW）、最大トルク33.3N・mのモーターと、容量3.5kWhのリチウムイオンバッテリーをベルトドライブで組み合わせる。
バッテリーは車体に固定する方式で、家庭の電源や公共の充電器（AC Type 2）で充電でき、充電時間（0～100％）は5.5時間。
【バッテリー除く車重/シート高/航続/出力/価格】
121kg/770mm/104[108]km/10.2ps/7,799ユーロ（約138万円）
[ ]内はXENTER E
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lol. In 1910, the Italian futurists wanted to raze Venice and build a modern city there. I’m sympathetic to both impulses, if not necessarily a supporter.
