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Uzbekistan Airways has selected General Electric’s GEnx-1B engines to power four new Boeing 787-8 aircraft, also known as Dreamliners.
The engine order is valued at more than $230 million, including a custom-ordered spare engine. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2018.
GE Aviation awarded Uzbekistan Airways its TRUEngine designation for the entire GEnx fleet. [Read more…] about General Electric wins $230 million order for Boeing Dreamliner engines from Uzbekistan Airways
Boeing says it has completed prototype parts for the wing of its new 777X Dreamliner aircraft.
The company is using advanced manufacturing methods, including additive or 3D printing, in the construction of the passenger plane at its new $1 billion Everett, Washington facility.
When completed, the wing for the 777X will be the largest wing Boeing has ever built. [Read more…] about Boeing completes prototype parts for 777X wing at new billion-dollar advanced manufacturing facility
Will electric cars become more common than petrol cars? New developments suggest that they just might.
There are 1 billion cars in the world today. And only 1 million of them are fully electric vehicles.
But electric cars are growing in number, as auto giants take more interest. As Pamela Fletcher of GM says: “The electric drive is the ultimate luxury attribute – the absolute smoothness of the driving experience, the quietness… the acceleration.” [Read more…] about Growing power: A quick look at the market for electric cars
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