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.
A report released this week from the National Association of City Transportation Officials, a nonprofit representing cities on transportation issues, lays out a vision for the future of city streets as autonomous vehicles arrive. Some cities look to NACTO for recommendations, but it's unclear if Read More...
Electric cars emit significantly less greenhouse gases over their lifetimes than diesel engines even when they are powered by the most carbon intensive energy, a new report has found. In Poland, which uses high volumes of coal, electric vehicles produced a quarter less emissions than diesels when Read More...
Driving with little following distance to the truck in front of you may seem dangerous today, but in the future, it will likely be just the opposite. Thanks to a new wave of technology intended to make trucks safer—such as radar, cameras and reflective light scanning—pairs of trucks will soon Read More...
How to recharge an electric vehicle while it is driving is a problem the industry would love to solve. The limited range of electric cars and the lack of a widespread charging infrastructure make charging in transit an incredibly attractive Read More...
Start-up company Northvolt said Thursday it had picked its home country Sweden to build Europe's biggest factory for electric car batteries, rivaling Tesla's American "Gigafactory". The company said it had selected Skelleftea, a coastal town in the country's industrial north-east, for the site Read More...
A town in Florida is giving its residents a real reason to let go of their gas-powered cars. The fully solar-powered town is in the process of establishing the first autonomous network of transportation in the U.S.. Using an app, residents in the town can gain access to autonomous pods that carry Read More...
California is preparing to let companies test driverless cars without a human at the steering wheel. The state Department of Motor Vehicles released proposed rule revisions today (Oct. 11) that would allow testing of self-driving cars without a human in the driver’s seat. The new rules also would Read More...
While most estimates suggest that it will still take decades before autonomous vehicles will be adopted, manufacturers like Ford and Tesla, alongside tech giants like Google and Uber, are neck-and-neck in the race to bring self-driving cars into the mainstream. Simply put, self-driving cars will be Read More...
With hurricanes and disaster relief top of mind for the US government, General Motors is this week presenting military leaders with a platform design it hopes can one day help. The multi-vehicle Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure (SURUS) uses a fuel cell powertrain and autonomous Read More...
California is often touted as the capital of electric cars, but a new report indicates that title belongs to Norway. In the month of September, the Scandinavian country reported 6,524 new registrations of plug-in electric cars, taking a record 48.4 percent of the market share. The big surprise Read More...