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.
Former F1 champion Villeneuve goes electric
Former Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve is coming out of retirement to compete in the Formula E championship next season. The 44-year-old became the only Canadian to land the F1 title in 1997. The winner of 11 grand prix he moved on to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hour and had a spell in Read More...
The innovators: cheaper batteries could help electric cars hit the mainstream
There was a surge in the sale of electric cars last year but the number leaving the forecourts is still dwarfed by traditional gas-guzzlers at a ratio of almost 50 to one. The high cost of the batteries that power the vehicles is a prime reason. Sheffield-based Faradion believes it has found a Read More...
Norway wants (nearly) all cars on its roads to be emissions-free by 2025
Norway has the world's highest per capita use and sale of electric cars. Its embrace of electric cars will continue as a member of parliament has now commented that the country is aiming for all new vehicles (or well, nearly all) to be completely emissions-free by the year 2025. All municipal Read More...
Fastest Charging Electric Bus Charges In 10 Seconds In...
Published on August 6th, 2015 | by Marc Howe The world’s fastest charging electric bus is now operating in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo. According to local transportation authorities, the public bus — which was manufactured in Ningbo and runs along a 24-stop, 11 Read More...
National Highway Traffic Safety Admin Endorses Self-Driving Cars
Mark Rosekind, the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, wants you to know the government approves of self-driving cars. The government is backing the technology needed for the emerging technology, not hoping to block it from developing, according to recent statements Read More...
Toyota Claims Its Negative Attitude to Battery Electric Cars is Due to Experience
Self-confessed geek and mother of two, Nikki has been talking and writing about cars ever since she passed her driving test. Back then, her Internet contributions were all classic car-focused. Now, she’s all about greener, cleaner, safer and smarter cars. Back in the late 1990s, Toyota was Read More...
Now opening: The neighborhood for testing driverless cars
Mcity is a cool lab to test self-driving cars in a neighborhood all their own. It’s a 32-acre simulated town with streets, intersections, traffic signs, buildings, and sidewalks, opened yesterday at the University of Michigan. Mcity also has robotic human dummies, designed to anticipate all Read More...
Self-driving cars won’t violate traffic rules; that’s a problem for cities
We have written before that the self-driven electric car will deeply transform transportation as we know it. But there are interesting side-effects that will not be good for everyone. Think about cities and states that depend on traffic fines for their revenue. Once the car is in charge, it’s a Read More...
Solar powered family car generates more energy than it uses
Now this is a car. It’s powered by solar energy only and still manages to seat four people while generating more energy over the course of a year than it uses to drive. Top speed: 125 km/h (77 mph). Range in its cloudy country of origin, the Netherlands: 1,000 km (621 miles). In sunny places: Read More...
Charging electric cars with street lights
The lack of a reliable charging infrastructure for electric cars is one of the biggest obstacles to their acceptance. Nobody likes the idea of getting stuck with an empty battery somewhere nowhere late at night. But what if existing infrastructure can be used? Mini is demonstrating a new technology Read More...