motors
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Why Is The Victorian Government Going Ahead With This Much-Hated EV Tax Anyway?
The Australian Industry Group (AIG) has called for a moratorium on the electric vehicle (EV) taxes that are set to be imposed in Victoria on July 1, asserting that the extra taxes will be detrimental to the future of EVs in Australia. AIG CEO is not happy about the Victorian EV taxes AIG chief executive Innes…
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World’s Smallest Electric Motor Is Made From A Single Molecule
How silly of us all to never realise that the butyl methyl sulfide molecule is not a liquid, but a motor. Thankfully, some clearheaded chemists at Tufts University were able to make us see this compound’s true nature.
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The 590,000kg Rockets That Shot Endeavour Into Space
Endeavour was launched into space today for the last time ever. Prayers don’t shoot shuttles into space, though: Hurtling Endeavour and its crew 45km straight up were a pair of 590,000kg reusable solid rockets.
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Lego Ping Pong Launcher Serves Its Purpose Well
Using a single Lego motor and a whole heap of gears and Lego to ramp up the speed, this ping pong launcher will push out ping pong balls fast enough for any would be Forrest Gump to practice their returns. Oh, Lego: Is there anything you can’t do? [Thanks Daryl!]