Advances in mobility do not only focus on private transportation, we have already seen that in other areas, such as logistics, important innovations have emerged such as the truck with a green hydrogen engine. This time, a prestigious British car brand is betting on new 1600 hp enginesnot for cars, but for the transportation of the future.
The new 1600 HP engines of the future
Both experts and executives of automotive companies agree that the Private transportation will soon be replaced by new public transportation technologies more efficient. This type of mobility reduces both the consumption of physical space involved in private cars and the emission of greenhouse gases.
Beyond increasingly efficient engines that use alternative fuels, it is important to reduce the number of vehicles in circulation, especially considering that in a short time we will reach 10 billion inhabitants. Developing more efficient and sustainable forms of public transportation would be a great help to eliminate the carbon footprint.
This time, the brand that has taken the banner of innovation is the prestigious Rolls-Royce, of British origin. However, we are not talking about the plant that produces luxury cars but about the branch of the company that is dedicated to the development and production of aeronautical and weapons technology, which has managed to produce a scalable engine that can deliver up to 1600 HP of power.
Technology for the next era of transportation
The new 1600 HP engines that Rolls-Royce plans to launch, however, are not designed for a simple car for private use. It is a model based on a gas turbine designed to power hybrid flight systems installed in compact aircraft for urban use. In this way, the firm would be taking the first step towards a standard engine for public air transport.
The particularity of this revolutionary technology is that it is designed to be completely scalable. It can be manufactured in models that will range from 680 HP to 1600 HP. This will allow these 1600 HP engines are manufactured in different modelseach one adapted to the power and features required by each company that is interested in acquiring them.
The technology developed by Rolls-Royce is designed to offer a compact and efficient engine that can power vertical take-off and short flight aircraft alike, adjusting its power to the type of use given to it. In this way, aeronautical companies could implement the British mechanism as a standard for the different models they want to put into circulation.
An ambitious but versatile project
This innovation is still going through the final phase of testing, although the company has already announced the first successful ignition of its new engine. With this, the renowned company seeks to create a common point between its civil branch and its naval branch, creating a series engine based on the gas turbine that they have already implemented in aerial, naval and power generation systems.
This gas turbine is designed to be highly efficient, allowing it to greatly reduce CO2 emissions. This is vitally important if the brand plans to enter the public transport sector while complying with sustainability regulations. In fact, the plan is that the next models, once this one enters the market, will run on hydrogen in a gaseous state.
Will we have flying cars in the future?
Between new efficient fuels and increasingly sustainable and powerful engines, the day when we see the first flying cars in our skies seems closer and closer. On that day, we will probably remember that they are powered by one of these innovative 1600 HP engines.
