Transportation
From autonomous EVs to electric planes, from hydrogen trains to biofuel transportation, check out the most recent developments on how we’re moving transportation towards a more sustainable future in the good news section below.
What’s driving electric cars into the mainstream? Plenty
Many electric vehicle owners love their ride, considering it their dream car. They enthusiastically share tips on, say, how to drive more electric miles. They gush that these vehicles offer a quiet ride and zippy torque that makes them feel like luxury automobiles – without the premium gas Read More...
Tesla rival Faraday approved to test self-driving cars on California roads
Faraday Future plans to begin testing prototype self-driving electric vehicles on California roads later this year after winning approval from the state, an industry source said on Tuesday. The China-backed, Los Angeles-based startup plans to begin building and selling electric vehicles next year Read More...
Nissan switches on solar farm to power UK car production, will built 31K cars on renewables
Nissan expanded its renewable electricity generation in the company’s Sunderland Plant, UK. The latest additions adds a 4.75 MW solar array, with some 19,000 solar panels – which is on top of the 6.6 MW in place from 10 wind turbines, displacing some 7% of electricity usage. Nissan Read More...
Toyota to build artificial intelligence-based driving systems in five years
Toyota Motor Corp is targeting developing in the next five years driver assistance systems that integrate artificial intelligence (AI) to improve vehicle safety, the head of its advanced research division said. Gill Pratt, CEO of recently set up Toyota Research Institute (TRI), the Japanese Read More...
Behold, Rolls-Royce’s truly bizarre self-driving car
Ultra-luxury automaker Rolls-Royce debuted its self-driving concept car this week, called the 103EX, and it looks, well, odd. It's nearly 20 feet long and 5 feet tall, and has some — interesting — features. See for yourself: The futuristic-looking vehicle seats two passengers on a Read More...
Volkswagen is making a huge shift to electric cars in the wake of its diesel scandal
Volkswagen has been in deep trouble this past year. Last fall, the German automaker was caught rigging more than 11 million of its "clean diesel" cars in the US and Europe so they polluted far less during testing than they did on the road. The scandal could ultimately cost the company $18 billion Read More...
American electric truck company raises $3.2 billion from pre-sales
Nikola Motor Company, the American manufacturer that wants to build electric has announced it has raised $2.3 billion in the first month since they opened pre-sales. The company will unveil its first electric truck prototype in December, but has over 7,000 reservations for the production Read More...
Google’s Larry Page pursues the dream of the flying car
While the world is only beginning to get used to electric cars let alone driverless cars, some visionaries are already looking at the next challenge. Most boys have dreamed about flying cars that can easily hop over traffic jams. However, Google co-founder Larry Page is pursuing this dream with Read More...
Beyond batteries: Launch of the Rasa hydrogen fuel cell car
Electric cars are great and they are an important part of a sustainable future. Yet, their batteries are not very environmentally friendly, and they limit their range. There’s an even better power source for an electric car: The hydrogen fuel cell. Riversimple is a UK company that is launching a Read More...
Report: More than 1 million electric cars hit the road in 2015
The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that 1.26 million electric cars hit the world's roads in 2015. This chart shows how rapidly electric cars are entering societies. However, there’s still a long way to go. Worldwide there are more than 1 billion gas- and diesel-powered cars on the Read More...