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Transport - Innovation - 28.04.2023
Highly efficient TUM electric car introduced
Highly efficient TUM electric car introduced
Reading time 1 min. Lower weight and significantly reduced aerodynamic drag The latest competition car from student group TUfast Eco makes its debut.

Computer Science - Transport - 03.02.2023
Autonomous driving: New algorithm distributes risk fairly
Autonomous driving: New algorithm distributes risk fairly
Software makes more ethically differentiated decisions Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed autonomous driving software which distributes risk on the street in a fair manner. The algorithm contained in the software is considered to be the first to incorporate the 20 ethics recommendations of the EU Commission expert group, thus making significantly more differentiated decisions than previous algorithms.

Transport - Innovation - 07.12.2022
Autonomous driving is the focal point of mobility research - TUM
Autonomous driving is the focal point of mobility research - TUM
Racing victory as the basis for the science of the future Autonomous driving is the focal point of mobility research Autonomous driving has a special significance for the mobility of the future.

Environment - Transport - 26.10.2022
'There's no legally mandated exit from fossil fuels...'
’There’s no legally mandated exit from fossil fuels...’
Interview with Prof. Jakob Burger, head of the Professorship for Chemical Process Engineering "There's no legally mandated exit from fossil fuels..

Transport - Innovation - 20.10.2022
Plans to triple charging speeds for electric trucks
Plans to triple charging speeds for electric trucks
NEFTON consortium working on test bench A science and industry consortium is working on a testing station to achieve significantly higher charging rates than have been possible in the past.

Transport - Innovation - 10.10.2022
A simulation modelling an entire city state
A simulation modelling an entire city state
How TUMCREATE takes scientific knowledge from the lab to the real world in Singapore Researchers at the TUMCREATE research platform on the Singapore campus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed CityMoS - City Mobility Simulator.

Transport - 25.04.2022
E-Genius breaks world record again
E-Genius breaks world record again
Back in Business: Two major world records achieved [Picture: University of Stuttgart / Institut of Aircraft Design] E-Genius", the electric aircraft designed by the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering a

Transport - 05.04.2022
Electric air transport of the future: University of Stuttgart is part of the Air Mobility Initiative
To advance the development of regional and Urban Air Mobility, leading companies, universities, and research institutions as well as municipalities and organizations are joining forces to form the Air Mobility Initiative (AMI).

Transport - 02.04.2022

Computer Science - Transport - 10.01.2022

Transport - Innovation - 06.01.2022
The decarbonization of long-haul transportation
The decarbonization of long-haul transportation
Researchers of the University of Münster publish study on the competitiveness of battery and fuel cell electric trucks in long-haul transportation To reach the United Nations' strategic goal of an emi

Transport - 19.10.2021
Electric trucks: ultra-fast charging in the megawatt range
Consortium developing solution for low-emission cargo transport It is an ambitious goal: By 2030 the German government aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 65 percent compared to 1990.

Transport - Computer Science - 08.10.2021

Transport - Innovation - 13.09.2021
Bavarian test facility for intelligent mobility
Bavarian test facility for intelligent mobility
TUM, IABG and Bavarian Ministry of Transport join forces The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) are building a new test bed for intelligent mobility concepts.

Event - Transport - 03.09.2021

Innovation - Transport - 23.03.2021
Multiple patents for inductive energy transmission
Multiple patents for inductive energy transmission
The researchers working with Nejila Parspour at the iew develop wireless electrical road networks, where electric cars and commercial vehicles can be automatically charged, either when moving or stationary, for example when parked on a parking lot or waiting at traffic lights.

Transport - Innovation - 22.02.2021
Ready for tomorrow’s trends in mobility?
Fraunhofer IAO and University of Stuttgart study assesses the maturity and user acceptance of trending mobility technology Hyperloops and micro-scooters look to be among the most promising solutions for tomorrow's sustainable transportation.

Transport - 02.12.2020
From a loan to an exhibition piece
From a loan to an exhibition piece
The BK117 had its first service flight in April 1989. Since then, the brightly painted helicopter at Airbus Helicopters has served as a test vehicle for research and development.

Computer Science - Transport - 23.11.2020
Driving lessons for Artificial Intelligence
Driving lessons for Artificial Intelligence
Automated and autonomous vehicles are predicted to be the future of transportation, but their core element of artificial intelligence (AI) has previously struggled to master changing traffic situations.

Environment - Transport - 31.08.2020
First Arctic Survey Flights Since the Pandemic Began
First Arctic Survey Flights Since the Pandemic Began
Zu "News Portal" German polar research aircraft start atmospheric surveys over the Arctic Ocean Following a five-month mandatory delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, yesterday (30 August) the two Ge

Transport - Innovation - 16.03.2020

Transport - 10.02.2020

Transport - 10.02.2020

Transport - 16.12.2019
Sustainable flying to the limits
Sustainable flying to the limits
Aircraft should become more energy efficient and at the same time fly stable and quietly. To achieve this, it is necessary to gain a better understanding and prognosis of the flow-physics up to the borders of the flight envelope.

Transport - 09.12.2019
Flying taxi to fly over a European city center for first time - in Stuttgart
A volocopter is to fly over a European city center for the first time.

Innovation - Transport - 12.09.2019
Bavaria boosts the Hyperloop vision
Bavaria boosts the Hyperloop vision
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is racing to the future with the Hyperloop. Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk came up with the idea of a high-speed train that will move through a tube at close to the speed of sound.

Transport - Mechanical Engineering - 08.09.2019

Transport - Innovation - 22.08.2019
Test fields for autonomous flying to be established
Test fields for autonomous flying to be established
The Institute of Flight Mechanics and Control (IFR) at the University of Stuttgart is leading a project to establish test fields for energy-efficient, electric and autonomous flying.

Transport - 21.08.2019

Mechanical Engineering - Transport - 15.08.2019
Icaré flies with electric wing end propulsion
Icaré flies with electric wing end propulsion
In the future, electric wing end propulsion systems can simplify the control of aircraft. This is the conclusion after the first manned test flights of the solar aircraft "icaré wtp", which is equipped with two electric wingtip propellers (wtp).

Transport - Computer Science - 27.03.2019
Safety for air taxis
Safety for air taxis
From the city to the airport by air taxi: Since the airport operator Fraport and the startup Volocopter from Bruchsal have been investigating the integration of autonomous air taxis into the operations at Frankfurt Airport, this is no longer fiction.

Transport - 19.09.2018
The truck of the future
The truck of the future
Trucks will remain essential to cargo transport in the upcoming decades.

Transport - Event - 31.07.2018