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Heartbeat spoke with the tuning specialist and head of a loyal fan club of more than 280,000 YouTubers in the BMW branch showroom of his hometown of Dortmund about his opinions on autos, the fun of tuning and how he came to television. Most Germans know him from the popular Sport1 series “Die PS-Profis—Mehr Power

The transformation in mobility involves more than the shift from internal combustion engines to electric motors. Car sharing, the linking of private and public means, of transport, and the emergence of autonomous driving are all revolutionizing the way we think about mobility, how we use it, and how we experience it. Not all that long

During rush hour, motorists are regularly stuck in traffic jams. The world’s major urban centers suffer particularly from the daily breakdown of traffic that takes its toll on time, money and sanity. But cycle-friendly strategies for cities can help. More and more municipalities are investing in infrastructure to make metropolitan areas a better place to

FOJANA, the German acronym for “forestry”, “hunting” and “nature conservation,” is part of the program at the Rheinmetall test site in Unterlüss. The aim here is to sustainably manage the areas of heath and forest. This not only facilitates an otherwise rarely encountered diversity of flora and fauna, but also means that, every year in

Operating a control tower is expensive. For smaller airports in particular, this can be a financial burden. This is why Rheinmetall, acting in cooperation with the German Air Traffic Control Authority and Frequentis, developed a system that enables remote monitoring and control of several regional airports from a central location. The air traffic controller takes

Civil aviation has a surging problem: unlabeled drones flying in an uncoordinated fashion. n 2018 alone, there were 158 incidents caused by small unmanned aerial vehicles alone in Germany – an alarming new record. For this reason, airports are increasingly relying on drone defenders. One of these comes from Rheinmetall. ir traffic controllers tend to

Like the Pink Panther series – Blake Edwards’ comedy thrillers – the racing car built by university students in Delft in the Netherlands is a gem. In fact, it’s the world’s first Le Mans-style fuel cell-powered racing car with a monocoque homologated by Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). To date, students at the Technical University

To travel in time, Marty McFly and Doc Brown needed a flux compensator. But when the EVEX Porsche 910 hits the road now after forty years, all it needs is an electric motor – and with almost 500 h.p. and a top speed of over 300 km/h, time flies! This story has all the makings